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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames Walter WALL
(1820-1872)
Senate Years of Service:
1863-1863Party: DemocratWALL, James Walter, (son
of Garret Dorset Wall), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Trenton,
N.J., May 26, 1820; was tutored privately in Flushing, N.Y., and
graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
in 1838; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced
practice in Trenton; served as commissioner in bankruptcy; moved to
Burlington, N.J., in 1847; mayor of Burlington 1850; was tendered
the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1850, but declined;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth
Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Thompson and served from
January 14 to March 3, 1863; unsuccessful candidate for reelection;
resumed the practice of law in Burlington; also engaged in literary
pursuits; moved to Elizabeth, N.J., in 1869 where he died June 9,
1872; interment in the churchyard of St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church, Burlington, N.J.
Bibliography
Wall, James W. The Constitution: Originating in Compromise, It
Can Only Be Preserved by Adhering to Its Spirit, and Observing Its
Every Obligation. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1862; Wall,
James W. Speeches for the Times by Hon. James W. Wall, of New
Jersey. New York: J. Walter & Co., 1864.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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