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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyGeorge VAIL
(1809-1875)
VAIL, George, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, Morris County,
N.J., July 21, 1809; completed preparatory studies; attended Morris
Academy at Morristown; engaged in the manufacture of telegraph
instruments; member of the State general assembly in 1843 and 1844;
appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to represent the State at
the World’s Fair in London, England, in 1851; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress;
elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); appointed February 3,
1858, by President James Buchanan, as consul to Glasgow, Scotland,
and served until August 10, 1861; returned to the United States and
settled in Morristown, N.J., where he engaged in literary pursuits;
member of the court of pardons; judge of the New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals 1865-1871; died in Morristown, N.J., May 23,
1875; interment in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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