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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyMark THOMSON
(1739-1803)
THOMSON, Mark, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Norriton Township, near
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1739; engaged in milling;
was justice of the peace of Sussex County in 1773; member of the
provincial convention in 1774 and of the Provincial Congress in
1775; was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the First Regiment,
Sussex County (N.J.) Militia, July 22, 1775; lieutenant colonel in
Col. Charles Stewart’s Battalion of Minutemen February 15,
1776; colonel of the First Regiment, Sussex County Militia, July
10, 1776; colonel of the Battalion of Detached New Jersey Militia
July 18, 1776; member of the State general assembly in 1779; served
in the State council 1786-1788; appointed lieutenant colonel and
aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov. Richard Howell, of New Jersey,
June 10, 1793; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1799); died in Marksboro, Sussex
(later Warren) County, N.J., December 14, 1803; interment in the
Hughesville Cemetery, Warren County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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