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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
MANUAL
f egislature of New Jersey
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SSION,
1891 S2>Si%
CU7^3
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1891
1891
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
MAY.
JUNE.
APRIL
15
16
22 23
29 30
5
12
19|.v
2627
262;
2' 3
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEO.
25 26
...I...
i\ 2
8 9
1516
22 23
29 30
6 7
1314
20 21
27 28
3; 4
1011
1718
24 25
1| 2
8[ 9
1516
22 23
29 30
PERPETUAL CALENDAR
FOR ASCERTAINING THE DAY OF THE WEEK FOR ANY YEAR
BETWEEN 1700 AND 2199.
Table of Dominical
Letters.
year of the
century.
N. B.—A star
on the left
denotes leap
year.
1 29
2 30
3 31
*12 *40
57 85
58 8(3
69 87
*60 *88
*20 *48 *76
2l| 49
22 50
23 51
*24
25
2'i
27
Month.
Jan. Oct.
Feb. Mar. Nov.
Jan. Apr. July
May-
June
Feb. Aug.
Sept. Dec.
8
15
22
9
16
23
10
17
24
11
18
25
12
19
2(5
13
20
27
14
21
28
Dominical Letter.
A
B
0
D
E
F
D
E
F
a
A
B
(1
A
H
(!
I)
K
B
(J
D
E
F
(i
K
F
(.i
A
B
(;
C
D
E
F
a
A
F
(i
A
B
c
D
s
S
F
Th
w
Tu
M
s
s
F
Th
W
TV
M
s
S
K
Th
W
Tu
M
s
S
F
Th
W
Tu
M
S
S
F
Th
VV
Tu
M
s
S
F
Th
W
Tu
M
M
Tu
W
Th
F
S
S
EXPL, ANATIO N.
Under the Century, and in the line with
the Year of the Century, is the Dominical
Letter of the Year. Then in the line with
the month find the column containing
this letter ; in this column, and in line
with the day of the Montli, is the day of
the Week. In Leap Years, the letters for
January and February are in the lines
where these months are printed in Italics.
EXAMPI.E.S.
For December 81st, 1875 : for 1875, the
letter is C ; under C, in a line with 31, is
Friday ; and for January 1st, 1876, the
letter is A ; under A, and in a line with
1, is Saturday.
HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY.
In 1606, King James of England granted a new patent for
Virginia (ignoring that of Sir Walter Kaleigh, dated in 1584),
in which was included the territory now known as the New
England States and New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Maryland. The possession of New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and the adjacent lands was claimed respectively by the Dutch
and Swedes. The former built Fort Nassau, on the Delaware,
near Gloucester ; Fort Orange, on the Hudson, near Albany ;
and the Hirsse of Good Hope, on the Connecticut. Disputes
as to the rightful possession of territory continued for years,
until the early summer of 1664, when Charles II. sold to John
Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret " all that tract of land
adjacent to New England, and lying and being to the westward
of Long Island ; bounded on the east part by the main sea and
part by the Hudson river, and hath upon the west Delaware
bay or river, and extendeth soutlnvard to the main ocean as
far as Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware bay, and to the
nortlnvard as far as the northernmost branch of said bay or
river of Delaware, Avhich is forty-one degrees and forty minutes
of latitude, and worketh over thence in a straight line to
Hudson river, vhicli said tract of land is hereafter to be called
by the name, or names, of Nova C^sarea or New Jersey."
The name was given in honor of Carteret, on account of his
gallant defense of the Island of Jersey, at the time he was
Governor of the island.
This grant regarded the Dutch as intruders, and Berkeley
and Carteret not only became rulers, but acquired the right
to transfer the privilege to others. Measures were speedily
devised for peopling and governing the country. The pro-
prietors publislied a constitution, dated February 10th, 1664,
by which the government of the province was to be exercised
by a Governor and Council and General Assembly. The
Governor was to receive his appointment from the proprietors ;
the Council was to be selected by the Governor, who might
make choice of six Councillors, at least, (or twelve, at most,)
or any even numlier between six and twelve.
On the same day that the instrument of government was
signed, Philip Carteret, a brother of one of the proprietors,
received a commission as Governor of New Jersey. He landed
at Elizabeth in August, 1665.
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8 R'TSTOR Y OF NEW J ERSE Y.
The precise date of the first settlements in New Jersey is
not known, thongh it is believed that the Danes or Norwegians,
who crossed the Atlantic witli the Dutch C(jlonists, began a
settlement at Bergen abont tlie year 1G24. Ten years previous,
an attempt was made to form a settlement at Jersey City. In
1623, tlie Dutch West India Company sent out a ship under
tlie conmiand of Capt. Cornelius Jacobse Mey, who entered
the Delaware bay and gave his name to its northern cape, and,
sailing np the river to Gloucester, built Fort Nassau, which
may be considered the first permanent settlement of the State.
Upon the arrival of Governor Carteret, he entered at once
upon a vigorous discharge of his duties. A lai'ge number of
settlers flocked thither, and at an early period the executive
authority of the province was established by the appointment
of a Council, composed of Captain Nicliolas Varlett, Daniel
Pierce, Rol)ert Bond, Samuel Edsall, Robei't Vanqnellen and
William Pardon. James Bollen was appointed Secretary of
the province.
The first Legislative Assembly in the history of New Jersey
met at Elizabethtown, on the 26th of May, 1668. The session
lasted four days, and was characterized by harmony and strict
attention to the business for which the Burgesses and Repre-
sentatives were summoned by Governor Carteret. It may be
noted that this Assembly passed laws by which twelve distinct
offenses were made punishable with deatli. The Assembly
adjourned sine die, and seven years elapsed before another
convened. The capture of New York by the Dutch, July
30tli, 1673, was followed by the subjection of the surrounding
country, including the province of New Jersey. The whole
of the territory, however, swung back to the possession of the
English crown, bv the treaty of peace with Holland, on the
9th of Febrnary, 1674.
The second General Assembly began its session on the 5th
of November, 1675. Eight members of Council, including
the Governor, were present, and fourteen Representatives
appeared from the towns. Laws were enacted looking to the
proper military defense of the province, for tlie institution of
regular courts, and for tlie asse.ssment of taxes. A code of
capital laws was also adopted, similar in its provisions to that
passed in 1668.
On the 18tli of March, 1673, Lord Berkeley, one of the
original proprietors of New Jersey, disposed of his riglit and
interest in the i)roviiice to Jolin Fenwick and Edward Byllinge,
members of the Society of Quakers, or Friends, who ])aid the
sum of one tliousand j)oun(ls for the same. Jolin I'enwick
received the conveyance in trust for Edward Byllinge, and a
dispute as to the terms liaving arisen, William Peiin was called
HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY. 9
in as arbitrator. He gave one-tenth of the province and a
considerable sum of money to Fenwick, and the remainder of
the territory was adjudged to be tl>e property of Byllinge. A
permanent settlement was made at Salem, in June, 1675.
Owing to the continued disputations and dissensions, a divis-
ion of tlie territory of the province was agreed upon. By this
" Indenture Quintipartite," dated July 1st, 1676, the line of
division was made to extend across the province, from Little
Egg Harbor to a point in the Delaware river in forty-one
degrees of north latitude. These divisions were known respect-
ively as East and West Jersey, imtil the charters of both wei-e
surrendered, and the two portions included together under a
royal government.
By the retercession of New Jersey to Great Britain, by the
treaty of 1674, the question arose whether the title returned
to the proprietors or to the King. To avoid all difficulty, the
King recognized the claim of Carteret, and made a new grant
to the Duke of York, who also executed a fresh conveyance
to Carteret, covering, however, only a part of the original
territory of New Jersey. But, before making this conveyance,
the Duke included the province in a commission given to Sir
Edmund Andros, Governor of New York, who refused to
recognize the authority, as Governor, of Philip Carteret,
arrested all magistrates who would not submit to his own
jurisdiction, and finally, on April 30th, 1680, carried Carteret
himself prisoner to New York. The Duke was finally pre-
vailed upon to acknowledge the claims of the proprietors, and
in 1681 the government of Andros came to an end.
West Jersey, in February, 1682, was purchased by William
Penn and eleven other Quakers. The first Governor under
the new proprietors Avas Robert Barclay, a Scotchman, and
one of the twelve purchasers, under whom the country became
an asylum for the oppressed members of his creed, and for a
time enjoyed great prosperity. But the number of proprietors,
the frequent sub-divisions and transfers of shares, and various
other difficulties in the way of good government, soon involved
the province in trouble, and in 1702 the proprietors surren-
dered the rights of government to the Crown.
Queen Anne appointed Lord Cornljury Governor of New
York and New Jersey, but each continued to have a separate
Assembly. In 1738, New Jersey petitioned for a distinct
administration, and Lewis Morris was appointed Governor.
The population was then about 40,000. The last Eoyal Gov-
ernor was William Franklin, the natural son of Benjamin
Franklin. A State Constitution was adopted in 1776, and
some of the most important battles of the Revolution took
10 LIST OF GOVERNORS.
place upon its soil. Among these were the battles of Trenton,
Pi-inceton, Red Bank and Monmouth.
The first Legislature met at Princeton, in August, 1776, and
chose William Livingston, Governor. The P^ederal Constitu-
tion was adopted by a imanimous vote, December 18th, 1787.
The State Capital was established at Trenton in 1790.
New Jersey, out of 98,806 men liable to do military duty,
furnished 88,305 during the civil war, being 10,057 in excess
of the number called for by the general government, and
within 10,501 of her entire militia at that time. Of this num-
ber 79,348 served with State organizations, and the remainder
in regiments of other States. The naval and marine enlis't-
ments from New Jersey numbered 4,853. Tiie entire expense
to the State for organizing, erjuipping, subsisting, supplying
and transporting her troojn .vas $2,894,384.99.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW JERSEY.
GOVERNORS OF EAST JERSEY.
Philip Carteret, 1665 to 1681
Robert Barclay, 1682 to 16h3
Thomas Rudyard, Deputy Governor, .... 1683
Gawen Laiirv, 1683
Lord Niel Campbell, 1685
Andrew Hamilton, 1692 to 1697
Jeremiah Basse, 1698 to 1699
GOVERNORS OF WEST JERSEY.
SamuelJenings, Deputv, - 1681
Thomas Oliver, Governor, 1684 to 1685
John Skein, Deputy, 1685 to 1687
William Welsh, Doimty, 1686
])aniel Coxe. Governor, 1687
Andrew Hamilton, 1692 to 1697
Jeremiah Bas.se. Deputy, 1697 to 1699
Andrew Hamilton, Gov., 1699 till surrender to the Crown, 170'2
EAST AND WEST JERSEY UXITF.D.
Edward, I>ord Cornbury, Governor, 1703 to 1708
John, Lord Lovelace— i,died in ottiee), .... 17o8
Richard Ingoldshy, Lieutenant Governor, - - - - 1700 to 1710
General Robert Hunter, 1710tol7i9
Lewis Morris (President of Council), 1719 to 1720
William liurnet, - - - - 1720 to 1727
John Montgomcrie, 1728 to 1731
Lewis Morris (I'resident of Council), .... 1731 to 1732
William Cosby, 1732 to 1736
John Anderson (President of Council), - - - - 1736
John Hamilton (President of Council), .... 1736 to 17 8
(The above were also Governors of New York at the same time.)
LIST OF GOVERNORS. 11
SEPARATE FKOM NEW YORK.
Lewis Morris, 1738 to 1746
John Hamilton (President of Council), - - - - 1746 to 1747
John Heading (President of Council), . - . . 1747
Jonathan Belcher, 1747 to 1767
Thomas Pownall. Lieutenant Governor, - - - - 1757
John Reading (President of Council;, - - - - 1757 to 1758
Francis Bernard, 1758 to 1760
Thomas Boone, 1760 to 1761
Josiah Hardv, 1761 to 1763
William Franklin, ........ 1763 to 1776
FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
William Livingston (Federalist), - - - - - 1776 to 1790
William Paterson (Federalist), 1790 to 1792
Richard Howell (Federalist), 1792 to 1801
Joseph BloomfieM( Democrat), 1801 to 1802
John Lambert, Pres't of Council and Act'g Gov. (Dem.), 1802 to 18G3
Joseph Bloomfield (Democrat), 1803 to 1812
Aaron Ogden (Federalist), 1812 to 1813
William S. Pennington (Democrat), .... 1813 to 1815
Mahlon Dickerson (Democrat), 1815 to 1817
Isaac H. Williamson (Federalist), 1817 to 1829
Garret D Wall (Democrat*, ---.--- 1829 decl'd
PeterD.Vroom( Democrat), 1829 to 1832
Samuel L. Southard (Whig), 1832 to 1833
Ellas P. Seeley (Whig', 1833 to 1833
Peter D.Vroom( Democrat), 1833 to 1836
Philemon Dickerson (Democrat), 1836 to 1837
William Pennington (Whig), 1837 to 1843
Daniel Haines (Democrat), 1843 to 1844
Charles C. Stratton( Whig), 1845 to 1818
Daniel Haines (Democrat), .-...- 1848 to 1851
George F. Fort (Democrat), 1851 to 1851
Rodman M. Price (Democrat), 1854 to 18-57
William A. Newell (Republican), 1857 to 1860
Charles S. Olden (Republican), 1860 to 1863
Joel Parker (Democrat), 1863 to 1866
Marcus L. Ward (Republican), 1866 to 1869
Theodore F. Randolph (Democrat), 1869 to 1872
Joel Parker (Democrat), 1872 to 1875
.Joseph D. Bedle (Democrat), 1875 to 1878
George B Mcf;lellan (Democrat), 1878 to 1881
George C. Ludlow (Democrat), 1881 to 1884
Leon Abbett (Democrat), 1884 to 1SS7
Robert S. Green (Democrat), 1-^^7 10 1890
Lcou Abbett (Democrat), 890 to
12 LIST OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
The following is a list of the United States Senators fur New
Jersey from 1789 to date:
Jonathan Elmer, March 41h, 1789, to March 3d, 1791.
William Paterson, March 4lh, 1789. to November 'JSd. 1790.
Philemon Uickinson, November 23d, 1790, to March 3d. 1793.
John Rutherford, March 4th, 1791, to December 6th, 1798.
Frederick Frelinghuysen, March 4th, 1793, to Novtmber 12th, 1796.
Richard Stockton, November 12th, 1796, to March 3d, 1799.
Franklin Davenport, December 5th. 1798, to February 14th. 1799.
James Schureman, February 14th, 1799, to February 26th, 1801.
Jonathan Dayton, March 4th, 1799, to March 3d, 1805.
Aaron Ugden, February 26th, 1801, to March 3d, 1803.
John Condit, September 1st, 1803, to March 3d, 1809.
Aaron Kitchell, March 4lh, 1805, to March 21st, 1809.
John Lambert, March 4th, 1809, to March 3d, 1815.
John Condit, March 21st, 1809, to March 3d, 1817.
James Jefferson Wilson, March 4th, 1815, to January 26th, 1821.
Mahlon Dickerson, March 4th, 1817, to March 3d, 1829
Samuel L. Southard, January 26th, 1821, to November 12th, 1823.
Joseph Mcllvaine, November 12lh, 1823, to November 10th 1826.
Kphraim Batemaii, November 10th, 1826, to January 3()th, 1829.
Theodore Frelinghuysen, Alarch 4th, 1829 to March 3d, 18,35.
Mahlon Dickerson, January 30th, 1829, to March 3d. 1833.
Samuel L Southard, March 4th, 1833, to June 26th, 18i-.>
Garret D. Wall, March 4th, 1835, to March 3d, 1841.
Jacob W. Miller, March 4th, 1841, to March 3d, 1853.
William L Dayton, July 2d, 1842, to March 3d, i»oi.
Jacob W. Miller, January 4th. 1841, to March 3d. 1853.
Robert F. Stockton, March 4th, 1851, to February lUh, 1853.
William Wright, March 4th, 1853, to March 3d, ]8.'>9
John R. Thomson (died), February Uth, 1853, to December, 1862.
Richard S. Field (vacancy), December 12th, 1862, to January 13lh,
1863.
John C. Ten Eyck, from March 17th, 1859, to March 3d, 1865.
James W. Wall (vacancy), January 14th, 1863, to March 3d, 1863.
William Wright, March 4th, 1863. to November, 1866
K. T. Frelinghuy.sen, November, 1866. to March Sd, 1869.
Jolin P. Stockton, March 4th, 1865, to March 27th, 1866.
Alexander Ci Cattell, March 27th, 1866, to March I'd. 1871.
John P. Stockton, March 4th, 1869, to March 3d, 1875.
F. T. Frelinghuy.sen, March 4th, 1871, to March 3d, 1877.
T. F. Randolnh, March 4th, 1875, to Match 3d, 1881.
John R. McPnerson, March 4th, 1877, to .
William J. Sowell, March 4th, 1881, to March 3(1, l,Sb7.
Rufus Hlodgctt, March 4th, 1887, to —
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
When, in the course of Imman events, it becomes necessary
for one people to dissolve the political bands wliicli have con-
nected tlieni with another, and to assume, among the powers
of tlie eartli, the separate and equal station to whicli the laws
of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent resj^ect
to the opinions of mankind requires tliat they should declare
the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these trutlis to be self-evident : that all men are
created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuits of happiness. That, to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed ; that whenever any
form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
tlie right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a
new government, laying its foundations on such principles,
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that governments long established should
not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly,
all experience hath sliown that mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But,
when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invari-
ably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute 'despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to tlirow
off such government, and to provide new guards for tlieir
future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these
colonies, and such is now the necessity wliich constrains them
to alter their former systems of government. The history of
the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated
injuries and'usurpations, all having, in direct object, the estab-
lishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. To prove
this, let facts be submitted to a candid world:
He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and
necessary for the public good.
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14 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate
and jjressing importance, unless suspended in their operations
till his assent should be obtained ; and when so suspended, he
has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of
large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish
the right of representation in the Legislature— a right ines-
timable to them, and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable and distant from the repository of their public
records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance
with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for
opposing, with manly iirmness, his invasions on the rights of
the people.
He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to
cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers,
incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large
for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the meantime,
exposed to all the dangers of invasions from without, and con-
vulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these
States ; for that purpose, obstructing the laws for the natural-
ization of foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage
their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new
appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing
his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the
tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their
salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither
swarms of officers to liarass our people, and eat out their
substance.
He has kept among us in times of peace, standing armies,
without the consent of our Legislatures.
He has afiected to render tlie military independent of, and
superior to, the civil power.
He has combined, with others, to subject us to a jurisdiction
foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws;
giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation :
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us;
For protecting them, l)y a mock trial, from punishment, for
any nun-ders which they should commit on the inhabitants of
these States ;
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world ;
For imposing taxes on us without our consent ;
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 15
For depriving us, in many cases, of tlie benefit of trial by
jury ;
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended
ofienses ;
For abolisliing the free system of English laws in a neigh-
boring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government,
and enlarging its Ijoundaries, so as to render it at once an
exami)le and tit instrument for introducing tlie same absolute
rule into these colonies ;
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable
laws, and altering, fundamentally, the forms of our govern-
ments ;
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring them-
selves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases
whatsoever.
He has al)dicated government here, by declaring us out of
his protection, and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our
towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
■"^He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign
mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and
tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and
perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on
the high seas, to bear arms against their country', to become
the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall
themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrection among us, and has
endeavored to bring on tlie inhabitants of our frontiers, the
merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an
undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for
redress, in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions
have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince
whose character is thus marked by every act which may
define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in our attentions to our British
brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of
attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable
jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circum-
stances of our emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we
have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to
disavow these usurpations, which Avould inevitably interruitt
om- connections and correspondence. They, too, liave been
deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. W^e must,
16 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our
separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind,
enemies in war, in peace, friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of
America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the
Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our inten-
tions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people
of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these
United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Free and
Independent States ; that they are also absolved from all
allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connec-
tion between them and the State of Great Britain, is, and
ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as Free and Inde-
pendent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude
peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other
acts and things which Independent States may of right do.
And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge
to each other, our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
.JOHN HANCOCK.
Fras. Hopkinson.
John Hart.
Abra. Clark.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
Saml. Adams.
John Adams
Robt. Treat Paine.
Elbridge Gerry.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wm. Hooper.
Joseph Hewes.
John Penn.
MARYLAND.
Samuel Chase.
Francis^Lightfoot Lee. xhos. Stone.
Charles Carroll,
of CarrolUon.
GEORGIA.
Button GvTinnett.
Lyman Hall.
Geo. Walton.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Edward Rutledge.
Thos. Hayward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton.
VIRGINIA.
George Wythe.
Richard Henry Lee.
Thos. Jeflfersoii.
Benjan. Harrison.
Thos. Nelson, Jr.
Carter Braxton.
DELAWARE.
Csesar Rodney.
Geo. Read.
NEW JERSEY.
Richd. Stockton.
Jno. Witherspoon.
Ordered
PENNSYLVANIA.
Robt. Morris.
Benjamiii Rush.
Benja. Franklin.
John Morton.
Geo. Clymer.
Jas. Smith.
Geo. Taylor.
James Wilson,
Geo. Ross.
NEW YORK.
Wm. Floyd.
Phil. Livingston.
Fran's Lewis.
Lewis Morris.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Josiah Bartlett.
Wm. Whipple.
Matthew Thornton.
RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE, AC.
Step. Hopkins.
William Ellery.
CONNECTICUT.
Roger Sherman.
Saml. Huntington.
Wm. Williams.
Oliver Wolcott.
IN CONGRESS, JANUARY 18, 1777.
That an authenticated copy of the Declaration of Independency,
with the names of the Members of Congress subscribing the same, be
Bent to each of the United States, and that they be desired to have
the same put on record.
By order of Congress. JOHN HANCOCK,
Attest, CHA3. TuojjsoN, A true copy. President.
Secy. John Hancock,
Presidt.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.*
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tran-
quility, provide for the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the
United States of America.
ARTICLE I.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Section I.
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a
Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate
and House of Representatives.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Section II.
1 . The house of representatives shall be composed of mem-
bers chosen every second year by the people of the several
States; and the electors in each State shall have the qualifica-
tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the
State legislature.
members' qualipicatioxs.
2. No person shall be a representative who shall not have
attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years
a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected,
be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
rule of apportioning representatives and
direct taxes.
3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned
among the several States which may be included within this
*This (Constitution weut into operation on the fir.->t WeJuesday in
March, 1789.
2 (17)
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Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be
determined by adding to the Avhole number of free persons,
including those bound to service for a term of years, and
excluding Indians not taxed, tliree-fifths of all other persons.
Tlie actual enumeration shall be made within three years after
the first meeting of the congress of the United States, and
within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as
they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall
not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall
have at least one representative; and until such enumeration
shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled
to choose three; Massachusetts, eight; Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, one; Connecticut, live; New York,
six; New Jersey, four; Pennsylvania, eight; Delaware, one;
Maryland, six; Virginia, ten; North Carolina, live; South
Carolina, live; and Georgia, three.
FILLING OF VACANCIES.
4. When vacancies happen in the representation of any
State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of elec-
tion to fill such vacancies.
OFFICERS — IMPEACHMENT.
5. The house of representatives shall choose their speaker
and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeach-
ment.
SENATE — HOW COMPOSED.
Section TIL
1. The senate of the United States shall be composed of
two senators from each State, chosen by the legislature thereof,
for six years, and each senator shall have one vote.
ROTATION OF SENATORS.
2. Immediately after tliey shall be assembled, in consequence
of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may
be into three cla.sses. The seals of the .senators of the first
class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; of
the second class, at the expiration of the fourth year; and of
tiie third class, at the expiration of the sixth year, so tliat
one-third may be chosen every second year. And if vacancies
happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the
legislature of any State, the executive thereof may niwke tem-
porary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature,
which shall then fill such vacancies.
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THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
3. No person shall be a senator Avho shall not have attained
to the age of thirty years, and Leen nine yeais a citizen of the
United States, and who sliall not, when elected, be an inhab-
itant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
4. The Vice-President of the United States shall be presi-
dent of the senate, but shall have no vote unless they be
equally divided.
SENATE OFFICERS.
5. The senate shall choose their other officers, and also a
president pro temjiore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or
when he shall exercise the office of President of the United
Stales.
THE senate's powers.
6. The senate shall have the sole power to try all impeach-
ments. When sitting for tliat purpose, they shall be on oath
or affirmation. When the President of the United States is
tried, the chief justice shall preside. And no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the mem-
bers present.
7. Judgment, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend
further than to removal from office, and disqualiiication to
hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit und-^r the
United States; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be
liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punish-
ment according to law.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS — HOW ELECTED.
Section IV.
1. The times, places and manner of holding elections for
senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State,
by the legislature thereof; but the congress may, at any time,
by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places
of choosing senatoi-s.
WHEN CONGRESS SHALL MEET.
2. Congress shall assemble at least once in every year; and
such meeting shall be on tiic first Monday in December, unless
they shall by law appoint a difierent day.
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF EACH HOUSE.
Section V.
1. Each lionse shall be the judge of the elections, returas
and qualifications of its own members ; and a majority of
each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized
to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner
and under such penalties as each house may provide.
RULES, &C.
2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings,
punish its members for disorderly beiiavior, and, with the
concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
JOURNALS.
3. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and
from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as
may, in their judgment, require secrecy ; and the yeas and
nays of the members of each house, on any question, shall,
at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on iha
journal.
AD.TOURNMENT.
4. Neither house, during the session of congress, sliall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three
days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses
shall be sitting.
COMPENSATION, PRIVILEGES AND INCAPACITIES.
Section VI.
1. The senators and representatives shall receive a com-
pensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid
out of the treasury of the United States. They shall, in all
cases, except trea.son, felony, and breach of the peace, be privi-
leged from arrest during their attendance at the .session of
tlieir respective houses, and in going to and letui'ning from
the same ; and ff)r any speech or debate in either house, tiiey
shall not be questioned in any other place.
APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE.
2. No senator or representative shall, during the time for
which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under
the authority of the United States, which siiall have been
created, or theeuioluments whereof shall have been increased,
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during such time ; and no person holding any office under the
United States, shall be a member of either house during his
continuance in office.
REVENUE BILLS.
Section VII.
1. All bill for raising revenue shall originate in the house
of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, as on other bills.
PASSING BILLS, &C.
2. Every bill which shall have passed the house of repre-
sentatives and the senate, shall, before it become a law, e
presented to the President of the United States ; if he approve,
he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objec-
tions, to that house in which it shall have originated, who
shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds
of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent,
together with the objections, to the other house, by which it
shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds
of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases
the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the pei-sons voting for and against the
bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively.
If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten
days (Sundays excepteflj after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the congress, by their adjournment, prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence
of the senate and house of representatives may be necessary
(except on the question of adjournment), shall be presented
to the President of the United States, and before the same
shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being disap-
proved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the senate
and house of representatives, according to the rules and
limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
POWERS OP CONGRESS.
Sedio.i VIII.
The congress shall have power:
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to
pay the debts and provide for the common defense, and gen-
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eral welfare of the United States ; but all duties, iuipo.sts and
excises sliall be uniform througiiout the United States.
2. To borrow money on the credit of United States ;
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among
the several States, and with the Indian tribes;
4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uni-
form laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the
United States;
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign
coins, and fix the standard of weights and measures ;
6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the
securities and current coin of the United States ;
7. To establish post offices and post roads ;
8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by
securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the
exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court;
10. To define and punisii piracies and felonies committed
on the high seas, and ofTenses against the law of uations;
11. To declare war, grant letters of manjue and reprisal,
and make rules concerning captures on land and Avnter ;
12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of
money to that use shall be for a longer term than two yeai-s;
13. To provide and maintain a navy ;
14. To make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces;
15. To pr<)vide for calling forth the militia to execute t lie
laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and re|)el invasions;
16. To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the
militia, and for governing such partof them as may l)e em])loyed
in the service of the United States, reserving to tlie Stales,
respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority
of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed
by congress;
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever,
over such district (not exceeding ten miles square), as may,
by cession of ])articular States, and the acceptance of congress,
become the seat of government of tlie United States; and to
exercise like authority over all places purchased by tlie con-
sent of tlie legislature of the State in which tlie same shall
be, for tlie erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards
and other needful buildings; and —
18. To make all laws wliicli shall be necessary and jiroper,
for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and nil other
powers vested by tliis constituticm in tlie government of tlie
United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
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LIMITATIONS OF THE POWERS OF CONGRESS.
Section IX.
1. The migration or importation of such persons as any of
the States now existing shall think proper to adniit, shall not
be prohil)ited by the congress, prior to the year one thousand
eight Inindred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed
on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be
suspentled, unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the
liul)lic safety may require it,
3. No i)ill of attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed.
4. No capitation or otlier direct tax shall be laid, unless in
proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed
to be taken.
5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from
any State. No preference shall be given, by any regulation
of commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over those
of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State, be
(jbliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another.
G. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in
consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular
statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all
public money shall be published from time to time.
7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United
States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust
under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept
of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind what-
ever, from any king, prince or foreign State.
LIMITATIONS OF THE POWERS OF INDIVIDUAL STATES.
Section X.
1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confed-
eration; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money;
emit bills of credit ; make anything but gold and silver coin a
tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post
facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or
grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of the congress, lay
any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may
be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and
the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State
on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of
the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the
revision and control of the congress.
3. No State shall, without the consent of congress, lay any
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duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace,
enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or
witli a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded,
or in such imminent danger as will not admit delay.
AETICLE II.
THE EXECUTIVE POWER.
Section I.
1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the
United States of America. He shall hold his office during
the term of four years, and, together with the Vice-President,
chosen for the same term, be elected as follows :
HOW ELECTED.
2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legisla-
ture tiiereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the
whole number of senators and representatives to which the
State may be entitled in congress ; but no senator or repre-
sent.'itive, or person holding an office of trust or profit under
the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
ELECTORAL COLLEGES.
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States, and
vote by ballot, for two persons, of whom one, at least, shall
not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And
they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the
number of votes for each ; which list they shall sign and
certify, and transmit, sealed, to tlie seat of the government of
the United States, directed to the president of the senate.
The president of the senate sliall, in the presence of the
senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates,
and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the
greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number
be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and
if there be more than one who have such majority, and have
an equal number of votes, then the house of representatives
shall immediately choose by ballot, ()neof them for President;
and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest
on the list, tlie said house shall in like mannner cho se the
President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be
taken by States, the representation from each State having
one vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member
or memljers from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of
the States shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after
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the choice of the President, the person having the greatest
number of votes of the electors, sliall be the Vice-President.
But if there sliould renmin two or more who have equal
votes, the senate shall choose from them, by ballot, the Vice-
President. {_See Xllih amendinent.']
4. The congress may determine the time of choosing the
electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes,
which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
WHO MAY BE ELECTED PRESIDENT.
5. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of
the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitu-
tion, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall
any person be eligible to that office avIio shall not have attained
to the age of thirty-live years, and been fourteen years a resi-
dent within the United States. [See XJIth amendment.']
ON THE DEATH, REMOVAL, &C., OF THE PRESIDENT,
THE POWERS AND DUTIES DEVOLVE UPON
THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
6. Tn case of the i-emoval of the President from office, or of
his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-
President ; and the congress may, by law, provide for the case
of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the Presi-
dent and Vice-President, declaring Avhat officer shall then act
as President, and euch officer shall act accordingly, until the
disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT.
7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his ser-
vices a compensation which shall neither be increased nor
diminished during the period for which he shall have been
elected ; and he shall not receive, within that period, any
other emolument from the United States or any of them.
8. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall
take the following oath or affirmation :
THE OATH.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm] that I will faithfully exe-
cute the office of President of the United States, and will, to
the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the con-
stitution of the United States."
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POWERS, &C., OF THE PRESIDENT.
Section IT.
1. The President sliall be commander-in-chief of the army
and navy of the United States, and of the militia of tlie several
States, when called into the actual service of the United States ;
he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer
in each of the executive departments, upon any suhject relat-
ing to the duties of tlieir respective offices, and he shall have
power to grant reprieves and pardons for oflfeuses against the
United States, except in cases of impeachment.
TREATIES, AMBASSADORS, &C.
2. He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the
senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and
with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint, ambas-
sadors, otlier public ministers and consuls, judges of the supreme
court, and all other officers of the Uniteil States whose appoint-
ments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall
be established by law. But the congress may, by law, vest the
appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in
the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of
department.
APPOINTING POWER.
3. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies
that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting
commissions, which shall expire at the end of their next session.
DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT.
Section III.
He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information
of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consider-
ation such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ;
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or
either of them; and in case of disagreement between them
with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn theui
to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambas-
sadors and other public ministers; he sliall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the
ifficers of the United States.
IMPEA-CHMENT, &C.
Section IV.
The President, Vice-President and all civil officers of the
United States shall be removed lVi>in ofHce on imi)eachment
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for, and convittiGn of, tieason, bribery or other high crimes
and misdemeanors.
AKTICLE III.
THE JUDICIAL POWER.
Section I.
The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in
one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as tlie congress
may irom time to time ordain and estal lish. Tlie judges,
both of tlie supreme and inferior courts, shall hold llieir offices
during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for
their service a compensation, Avhich shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office.
EXTENT OF THE JUDICIAI, POWER.
{See Amendments, Art. XI.)
Section II.
1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and
equity arising under this constitution, the laws of the United
States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their
authority; to all cases aflecting ambassadors, or other public
ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall
be a party; to controversies between two or more States;
between a State and citizens of another State ; between citizens
of diflerent States; between citizens of the same State, claim-
ing lands under grants of diflTerent States, and between a State,
or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens or subjects.
ORIGINAL AND APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, and those in Avhich a State shall be party, the
supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the
other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have
appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such excep-
tions and under such regulations as the congress shall make.
TRIALS FOR CRIMES.
3. The trials of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State
where the said crime shall have been committed ; but when
not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such
place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
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TREASON — WHAT AND HOW PUNISHED.
Section III.
1. Treason against the United States shall consist only in
levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted
of treason unless on the testimony of two w itnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open court.
2. The congress shall have power to declare the punishment
of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption
of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person
attainted.
ARTICLE IV.
ACTS, EECORDS, AC, OF EACH STATE.
Section I.
Full faith and credit shall be given, in each State, to the
public acts, records and judicial jjroceedings of every other
State. And the congress may, by general laws, prescribe the
manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be
proved, and the effect thereof.
PRIVILEGES OF CITIZENS.
Section II.
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privi-
leges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.
2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony or
other crime, who shall flee from justice and be found in another
State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State
from Avhich he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the
State having jurisdiction of the crime.
SERVANTS, &C., TO BE SURRENDERED ON CLAIM.
3. No person held to service or labor in one State, under
the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence
of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such
Btrvice or labor, but shall be delivered up, on claim of the
party to whom such service or labor may be due.
HOW NEW STATES ARE ADMITTED.
Section III.
1. New States may \ie admitted by the congress into thi.s
Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within
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the jurisdiction of any other State, nor any State be formed
by the junction of two or more States or parts of States, with-
out the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned, as
well as of the congress.
THE DISPOSITIOX OF TERRITORIES.
2. The congress shall have power to dispose of, and make
all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory or
other property belonging to the United States; and nothing
in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any
claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
GUARANTY AND PROTECTION OF THE STATES BY THE UNION.
Section IV.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this
Union a republican form of government, and shall protect
each of liiem against invasion ; and, on application of the legis-
lature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
vened), against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION— HOW MADE.
The congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall
deem it necessary, shall ])ropose amendments to this constitu-
tion ; or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds
of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing
amendments, which in either case shall be valid, to all intents
and ]iurposes, as part of this constitutiou, when ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by con-
ventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode
of ratification may be proposed by the congress; provided, that
no amendment which may be made prior to the year eighteen
hiHidred and eight shall in any manner affect the' first and
fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article, and that
no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal
suffrage in the senate.
ARTICLE VI.
FORMER DEBTS VALID.
Section I.
All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before
the atloptinn of this constitution, shall be as valid against the
United States under this constitution as under the confederation.
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THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND.
Section IT.
This constitution, and tlie laws of the United States which
ehall lie made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or
M hich shall be made, under the authority of the United States,
shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every
Slate shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or
laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL OATH NO RELIGIOrS TEST.
Section III.
The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several State legislatures, and all executive
and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the sev-
eral States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to suijjiort
this constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required
as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United
States.
AETICLE VII.
WHEN THE CONSTITUTION TO TAKE EFFECT.
The ratification of the ronventicns of nine States shall be
sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the
States so ratifying the same.
Done in the convention, by the unanimous consent of the
States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven,
and of the independence of the United States of America the
twelfth.
In witness ■whereof, we have hcreinlo subscribed our namte.
GEO. WASHINGTON, PrfS((/«i/,
And Deputy from Virr/inia.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. DELAWARE.
John Langdon, George Keed,
Nicholas Giljian. Gi nning Eedkokk, Jun,,
John Dickinson,
MASSACHUSETTS. Kichard Bassett,
Nathaniel Gorman, Jacob Broom.
RuFus King.
MARYLAND.
CONNECTICUT. Dan'l of St. Ti.os. Jenifer,
William Samuel Johnson, James McHenry,
Eooer Sherman. Daniel Carroll.
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NEW YORK.
Alkxandek Hamilton.
KEW JEESEY.
William Livingston,
David Erearle,
William Patterson,
Jonathan Dayton.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Mifflin,
Robert Morris,
George Clymer,
Thomas Fitzsimons,
Jaked Ingersoll,
James Wilson,
Gouv. Morris.
YIRGINLA.
John Blah;,
James Madison, J mi.
NORTH CAROLINA.
William Bllnt,
Rich'd Dobbs Sraight,
Hugh Williamson.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
John Rutledge,
Chas. Coateswouth Pinck-
NEY',
Charles Pinckney,
Pierce Butler.
GEORGIA.
William Few,
Abraham Baldwin.
Attest :
William Jackson,
Secretary.
AMENDMENTS
to the constitution of the united states, ratified
according to the provisions of the fifth article
of the foregoing constitution.
Tlie following articles proposed by congress, in addition to
and amendments of the constitution of the United States, hav-
ing been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the
States, are become a part of the constitution.
First Congress, First Sessiov, March 5th, 17S9
ARTICLE I.
BIGHT OF CONSCIENCE, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, &C.
Congress sliall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
32 CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S.
the freevloin of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government
lor a reilress of grievances.
ARTICLE II.
OF THE MILITIA.
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of
a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed.
ARTICLE III.
OF QUARTERING SOLDIERS.
No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner ; nor in time of war, but in
a manner to be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE IV.
OF UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
sliall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particu-
larly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized.
ARTICLE V.
OF CRIMES AND INDICTMENTS.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise
infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a
grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or
public danger, nor shall any ])erson be subject, for the same
offense, to be twice put in Jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall
be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against him-
self; nor to be deprived of life, liberty or property, without
due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for
public use without just compensation.
ARTICLE VL
OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the
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State and district wheiein the crime bliall have been com-
mitted, which district shall have been previously ascertained
by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the
accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ;
to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
AETICLE VII.
OF TEIAL BY jrRY IN CIVIL CASES.
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy
shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall
Le preserved ; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise
re-examined in any court of the United States, than accord-
ing to the rules of the common law.
AETICLE VIII.
OF BAILS, FINES AND PUNISHMENTS.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
AETICLE IX.
EESEKVED EIGHTS.
The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall
not be construed to deny or disparage others, retained by the
people.
AETICLE X.
POWEES NOT DELEGATED EESERVED.
The powers not delegated to the United Stales by the con-
Btitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.
Third Congress, Second Session, December M, 178S.
AETICLE XL
THE JUDICIAL POWEE — SEE ART. 3, SEC. 2.
The judicial power of the United States shall not be con-
strued to extend to any suit, in law or equity, commenced or
prosecuted against one of tlie United States, by citizens of
another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.
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Eighth Congress, First Session, October 17th, 1803.
AKTICLE XII.
HOW THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PEESIDENT ARE ELECTED.
The electors shall meet in their respective States,* and vote
by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at
least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with them-
selves; they shall name, in their ballots, the person voted for
as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as
Vice-President; and they shall make distinct lists of all
persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as
Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each ; which
list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed,! to the
seat of the government of the United States, directed to the
president of the senate ; the president of the senate shall, in
the presence of the senate and house of lepresentatives, open
all the certificates,^ and the votes shall then be counted ; the
person having the greatest number of votes for President shall
be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed. And if no person have such
majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers,
not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President,
the house of representatives shall choose immediately, by
ballot, the President; but in choosing the President, the votes
shall be taken by States, the representation from each State
having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall. consist of a
member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a
majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice ; and
if the house of representatives shall not choose a President,
whenever the right of a choice shall devolve upon them,
before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-
President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or
other constitutional disability of the President. The person
liaving the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall
be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the
whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a
majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the
senate sliall choose the Vice-Pi-esident; a quorum for the
purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of
senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be neces-
sary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to
"On the first Wednesday in December, by act of Congress, 1st
March, 1792.
tBefore the 1st Wednesday in January, by act of Congress, 1st
Maroh. 1792.
iOn the 2d Wednesday In February, by the same act.
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tlie office of President, shall be eligible to that ox Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States,
AKTICLE XIII.
SLAVERY ABOLISHED — 13tH AMENDMENT, PASSED 1865.
Section I,
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punislinient for crime, whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section II.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appro-
priate legislation.
CITIZENS AND THEIR RIGHTS — 14tH AMENDMENT.
Section I.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States. Nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without
due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdic-
tion the equal protection of the laws.
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Section II.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several
States according to their respective number, counting the
whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed; but whenever the right to vote at any election for
electors of President and Vice-President, or for United States
representatives in congress, executive and judicial officers, or
the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of
the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of
age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged,
except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis
of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the nimiber of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in
such State.
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DISABILITY OF PEESONS ENGAGED IK THE REBELLION.
Section HI.
No person eliall be a senator or representative in congress,
elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office,
ciyil or military, under the United States, or under any State,
who, having previously taken an oath as a member of congress,
or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any
State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any
State to support the constitution of the United States, shall
have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; but congress may,
by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.
VALIDITY OF PUBLIC DEBT NOT TO BE QUESTIONED.
Section IV. '
The validity of the public debt of the United States author-
ized by law, including debts incurred for the payment of
pensions and bounties for service in suppressing insurrection
or rebellion, shall not be questioned, but neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United
States, or claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave, but
all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and
void.
Section V.
The congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate
legislation, the pjovigions of this article.
ARTICLE XV.
BIGHT OF SUFFRAGE NOT TO BE IMPAIRED,
Section I.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State,
on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
Section II.
The congress shall have power to enforce this article by
apprf)priate legislation.
[The fifteenth amendment passed at the Fortieth Congress.]
STATE CONSTITUTION,
A. Constitution agreed upon by the delegates of the people of
New Jersey, in convention begun at Trenton on the fourteenth
day of 3 fay, and continued to the twenty-ninth day of Jane,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-
four, ratified by the people at an election held on the thirteenth
day of August, A.I). 1S44, and amended at a special election
held on the seventh day of September, A.D. 1875.
We, tlie people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to
Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He
hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a
blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same
unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish
this Constitution :
AETICLE I.
EIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.
1. All men are by nature free and independent, and have
certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those
of enjoying and defending life and liberty ; acquiring, pos-
sessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining
safety and happiness.
2. All political power is inherent in the people. Govern-
ment is instituted for the protection, security and benetit of
the people, and they have the right at all times to alter or
reform the same, whenever the public good may require it.
3. No person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege
of worshiping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the
dictates of his own conscience ; nor, under any pretense what-
ever, to be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary
to his faitli and judgment; nor shall any person be obliged to
pay tithes, taxes or other rates for building or repairing any
church or chui-ches, place or places of worship, or for the
maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he
believes to be right, or has deliberately and voluntarily engaged
to perform.
4. There shall be no establishment of one religious sect iu
preference to another ; no religious test shall be required as a
qualification for any oflSice or public trust; and no person
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shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right merely on
account of his religious principles.
5. Every person may freely speak, write and publish his
sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of
that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the
liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or
indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to
the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter
charged as libelous is true, and was published with good
motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ;
and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and
the fact.
6. The riglit of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects, against imreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrant shall issue but
upon probable cause, supported by oath or afBrjuation, and
particularly describing the place to be searched and the papers
and things to be seized.
7. The right of a trial by jury shall remain inviolate ; but
the legislature may authorize the trial of civil suits, when
the matter in dispute does not exceed fifty dollars, by a jury
of six men.
8. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the
right to a speed)' and public trial by an impartial jury ; to be
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to be
confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have com-
pulsoi-y process for obtaining Avitnesses in his favor, and to
have the assistance of counsel in his defense.
9. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense,
unless on the presentment or indictment of a grand jury,
except in cases of impeachment, or in cases cognizable by
justices of the peace, or arising in the army or navy ; or in
the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public
danger.
10. No person shall, after acquittal, be tried for the same
offense. All persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by
sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof
is evident or presumption great.
11. The privilege of tlie writ of habeas corpus shall not be
susj)ended, unless in case of rebellion or invasion tlie public
safety may require it.
12. The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil
power.
13. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any
house without tiie consent of tlie owner; nor in time of war,
except in a manner prescribed by law.
14. Treason against the State shall consist only in levying
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war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid
and comfort. No jierson shall be convicted of treason, unless
on tlie testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on
confession in open court.
15. Excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines
shall not be imposed, and cruel and unusual punishments
shall not be inflicted.
16. Private property shall not be taken for public use with-
out just compensation ; but land may be taken for public
highways as heretofore, until the legislature shall direct com-
pensation to be made.
17. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any action,
or on any judgment founded upon contract, unless in cases of
fraud ; nor shall any person be imprisoned for a militia fine
in time of peace.
18. The people have the right freely to assemble together,
to consult for the common good, to make known their opinions
to their representatives, and to petition for redress of griev-
ances.
19. No county, city, borough, town, township or village
shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money
or credit, to or in aid of any individual association or corpora-
tion, or become security for or be directly or indirectly the
owner of any stock or bonds of any association or corporation.
20. No donation of land or appropriation of money shall
be made by the State or any municipal corporation to or for
the use of any society, association or corporation whatever.
21. This enumeration of rights and privileges shall not be
construed to impair or deny others retained by the people.
ARTICLE II.
EIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
1. Every male citizen of the United States, of the age of
twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of this State
one year, and of the county in which he claims his vote five
months, next before the election, shall be entitled to vote for
all officers that now are, or hereafter may be, elective by the
people; provided, that no person in the military, naval or
marine service of the United States shall be considered a resi-
dent in this State, iiy being stationed in any garrison, barrack,
or military or naval place or station within this State; and no
pauper, idiot, insane person, or person convicted of a crime
which now excludes him from being a witness unless pardoned
or restored by law to the right of suffrage, shall enjoy the
right of an elector; and provided farther, that in time of war
no elector in tlie actual military service of the State, or of the
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United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived
of his vote by reason of his absence from such election dis-
trict ; and the legislature shall have power to provide the
manner in which, and the time and place at which, such
absent electors may vote, and for the return and canvass of
their votes in the election districts in which they respectively
reside.
2. The legislature may pass laws to deprive persons of the
right of suffrage who shall be convicted of bribery.
ARTICLE III.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT.
1. The powers of the government shall be divided into
three distinct departments — the legislative, executive and
judicial ; and no person or persons belonging to, or consti-
tuting one of these departments, shall exercise any of the
powers properly belonging to either of the others, except as
herein expressly provided.
ARTICLE IV.
LEGISLATIVE.
Section I.
1. The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and
general assembly.
2. No person shall be a member of the senate who shall
not liave attained the age of thirty years, and have been a
citizen and inhabitant of the State for four years, and of the
county for whicli he shall be cliosen one year, next before his
election; and no person shall be a member of the general
assembly who shall not have attained tlie age of twenty-one
years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State for
two years, and of the county for whicli he siiall be chosen
one year next before his election; provided, that no person
shall be eligible as a member of either house of the legisla-
ture, who shall not be entitled to the right of suffrage.
3. Members of the senate and general assembly shall be
elected yearly and every year, on the hrst Tuesday after the
first Monday in November; and the two houses shall meet
separately on the second Tuesday in January next after the
said day of election, at which time of meeting the legislative
year shall commence ; but the time of holding such election
may be altered by the legislature.
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Section IT.
1. The senate shall be composed of one senator from each
county in the State, elected by the legal voters of the counties,
respectively, for three years.
2. As soon as the senate shall meet after the fii"st election to
be held in pursuance of this constitution, they shall be divided
as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the
senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of
the first year; of the second class at the expiration of the
second year; and of the third class at the expiration of the
third year, so that one class may be elected every year ; and
if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, the persons
elected to supply such vacancies shall be elected for the unex-
pired terms only.
Section III.
1. The general assembly shall be composed of members
annually elected by the legal voters of the counties, respect-
ively, who shall be apportioned among the said counties as
nearly as may be according to the number of their inhabitants.
The present apportionment shall continue until the next census
of the United States shall have been taken, and an apportion-
ment of members of the general assembly shall be made by
the legislature at its first session after the next and every
subsequent enumeration or census, and when made shall
remain unaltered until another enumeration shall have been
taken ; provided, that each county shall at all times be entitled
to one member; and the whole number of members shall
never exceed sixty.
Section IV.
1. Each house shall direct writs of election for supplying
vacancies, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise ; but
if vacancies occur during the recess of the legislature, the
writs may be issued by the governor, under such regulations
as may be prescribed by law.
2. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns
and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each
shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller num-
ber may adjourn from day to day, and may be autliorized to
compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner,
and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
3. Each house shall choose its own officers, determine tlic
rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly
behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, may expel
a member.
4. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and
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from time to time imblish the same ; and the yeas and nays
of the members of eitlier house on any question shall, at the
desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
5. Neither house, during the session of the legislature,
shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two
houses shall be sitting.
6. All bills and joint resolutions shall be read three times
in each house, before the final passage thereof; and no bill or
joint I'esolution shall jjass unless there be a majority of all the
members of each body personally present and agreeing thereto;
and the yeas and nays of the members voting on such final
passage shall be entered on the journal.
7. Members of tlie senate and general assembly shall receive
annually the sum of five hundred dollars during the time for
which they shall have been elected and while they shall hold
their ofiice, and no other allowance or emolument, directly or
indirectly, for any purpose whatever. The president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of assembly shall, in virtue
of their offices, receive an additional compensation, equal to
one-third of their allowance as members.
8. Members of the senate and general assembly shall, in all
cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privi-
leged from arrest during their attendance at the sitting of their
respective houses, and in going to and returning from the
same ; and for any speech or debate, in either house, they
shall not be questioned in any other place.
Section V.
1. No member of the senate or general assembly shall,
during the time for which he was elected, be nominated or
appointed by the governor, or by the legislature in joint meet-
ing, to any civil otfice under the authority of this State Avhich
shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall
have Ijeen increased, during such time.
2. If any member of the senate or general assembly shall
be elected to represent this State in the senate or house of
representatives of the United States, and shall accept thereof,
or shall accept of any office or appointment under the govern-
ment of the United States, his seat in the legislature of this
State shall thereby be vacated.
3. No justice of the supreme court, nor judge of any other
court, sheritt", justice of the ])cace nor any person or persons
possessed of any (ifHce of profit under the government of this
Slate, shall be entitled to a seat citiier in tlie senate or in the
general assembly ; but, on being elected and taking his seat,
STATE CONSTITUTION. 43
his office shall he considered vacant ; and no pergon holding
any office of profit under the government of the United States
shall be entitled to a seat in either house.
Section VI.
1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house
of assembly ; but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, as on other bills.
2. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but for
appropriations made by law.
3. The credit of the State shall not be directly or indirectly
loaned in any case.
4. The legislature shall not, in any manner, create any debt
or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State which shall, singly
or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities, at
any time exceed one hundred thousand dollars, except for
purposes of war, or to repel invasion, or to suppress insurrec-
tion, unless the same shall be authorized by a law for some
single object or work, to be distinctly specified therein ; which
law shall provide the ways and means, exclusive of loans, to
pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due, and
also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt or liability
within thirty-five years from the time of the contracting
thereof, and shall be irrepealable until such debt or liability,
and the interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged; and
no such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election,
have been submitted to the people, and have received the
sanction of a majority of all the votes cast for and against it
at such election ; and all money to be raised by the authority
of such law shall be applied only to the specific object stated
therein, and to the payment of the debt thereby created.
This section shall not be consti-ued to refer to any money that
has been, or may be, deposited with this State by the govern-
ment of the United States.
Section VII.
1. No divorce shall be granted by the legislature.
2. No lottery shall be authorized by this State, and no ticket
in any lottery not authorized by a law of this State shall be
bought or sold within the State.
3. The legislature shall not pass any bill of attainder, ex post
facto law, or lav.- impairing the obligation of contracts, or
depriving a party of any remedy for enforcing a contract
which existed wlien the contract was made.
4. To avoid improper influences which may result from
intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no
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proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but
one object, and that shall be expressed in the title. No law
shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only ; but
the act revived, or the section or sections amended, shall be
inserted at length. No general law shall embrace any pro-
vision of a private, special or local character. No act shall
be passed wliich shall provide that any existing law, or any
part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of the act, or
which shall enact that any existing law, or any part thereof,
shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act.
5. The laws of this State shall begin in the following style:
" Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey."
6. The fund for the support of free schools, and all money,
stock and other property which may hereafter be appropriated
for that purpose, or received into the treasury imder tiie pro-
vision of any law heretofore passed to augment the said fund,
shall be securely invested and remain a perpetual fund ; and
the income thereof, except so much as it may be judged
expedient to apply to an increase of the capital, shall be
annually appropriated to the support of public free schools,
for the equal benefit of all the people of the State; and it
shall not be competent for the legislature to borrow, appropri-
ate or use the said fund, or any part thereof, for any other
purpose, under any pretense wiiatever. The legislature shall
provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and
efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all
the children in this State between the ages of five and eighteen
years. ,
7. No private or special law shall be passed authorizing the
sale of any lands belonging in whole or in part to a minor or
minors, or other persons who may at the time be under any
legal disability to act for themselves.
8. Indiviiluals or private corporations sliall not be author-
ized to take private property for public use, without just
compensation first made to the owners. *"
9. No private, special or local bill shall be passed unless
public notice of the intention to apply tliei'efor, and of the
general object thereof, shall have been previously given. The
legislature, at the next session after the adoption hereof, and
from time to time thereafter, shall prescribe the time and
mode of giving such notice, the evidence thereof, and how
such evidence shall be preserved,
10. Tlie legislature nuiy vest in the circuit courts, or courts
of conunon pleas within the several counties of this State,
chancery powers, so far as relates to the foreclosure of mort-
gages and sale of mortgaged premises.
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11. The legislature shall not pass private, local or special
laws in any of tlie following enumerated cases ; that is to say:
Laying out, opening, altering and working roads or highways.
Vacating any road, town plot, street, alley or public grounds.
Kegulating the internal affairs of towns and counties ; ap-
pointing local officers or commissions to regulate municipal
affairs.
Selecting, drawing, summoning or empaneling grand or
petit jurors.
Creating, increasing or decreasing the percentage or allow-
ance of public officers during the term for which said officers
were elected or appointed.
Changing the law of descent.
Granting to any corporation, association or individual any
exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
Granting to any corporation, association or individual the
right to lay down railroad tracks.
Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases.
Providing for the management and support of free public
schools.
The legislature shall pass general laws providing for the
cases enumerated in this paragraph, and for all other cases
Avhich, in its judgment, may be provided for by general laws.
The legislature shall pa.ss no special act conferring corporate
j)owers, but they shall pass general laws under which corpora-
tions may be organized and corporate powers of every nature
obtained, subject, nevertheless, to repeal or alteration at the
will of the legislature.
12. Property shall be assessed for taxes under general laws,
and by uniform rules, according to its true value.
Section VIII.
1. Members of the legislature shall, before they enter on
the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the
following oath or affirmation :
"I do solemnly swear [or affirm, as the case may be,] that
I will support the constitution of the United States and the
constitution of the State of New Jersey, and that I will faith-
fully discharge the duties of senator [or member of the general
assembly, as the case may be,] according to the best of my
ability."
And members-elect of the senate or general a-ssembly are
hereby empowered to administer to each other the said oath
or affirmation.
2. Every officer of the legislature shall, before he enters
upon his duties, take and subscribe the following oath or
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affirmation : " I do solemnly promise and swear [or affirm]
that I will faithfully, imj^artially and jnstly perform all the
duties of the office of , to the best of my ability and
understanding ; that I will carefully preserve all records,
papers, writings or property intrusted to me for safe-keeping
by virtue of my office, and make such disposition of the same
as may be required by law."
AETICLE V.
EXECUTIVE.
1. The executive power shall be vested in a governor.
2. The governor shall be elected by the legal voters of this
State. The person having the highest number of votes shall
be the governor ; but if two or more shall be equal and highest
in votes, one of them shall be chosen governor by the vote of
a majority of the members of both houses in joint meeting.
Contested elections for the office of governor shall be deter-
mined in such manner as the legislature shall direct by law.
When a governor is to be elected by the jjeople, such election
shall be held at the time when and at the places where the
people shall respectively vote for members of the legislature.
3. The governor shall hold his office for three years, to
commence on the thii-d Tuesday of January next ensuing the
election for governor by the people, and to end on the Monday
preceding the third Tuesday of January, three years there-
after ; and he shall be incapable of holding that office for
three years next after his term of service shall have expired;
and no appointment or nomination to office shall be made by
the governor during the last week of his said term.
4. The governer shall be not less than thirty years of age,
and shall have been for twenty years, at least, a citizen of
the United States, and a resident of this State seven years
next before his election, unless he shall have been absent
during that time on the public business of the United States
or of this State.
5. The governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services
a compensation which shall be neither increased nor dimin-
ished during the period for which he shall have been elected.
G. He shall be the commander-in-chief of all the military
and naval forces of the State ; he shall have power to convene
the legislature, or the senate alone, whenever in his opinion
public necessity requires it ; he shall communicate by message
to tlie legislature at the opening of each session, and at such
other times as he may deem necessary, the condition of the
State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expe-
dient ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed,
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and grant, under the great seal of the State, commissions to
all such officers as shall be required to be commissioned.
7. Every bill which shall liave passed both houses shall be
presented to the governor ; if he approve he shall sign it, but
if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in
which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections
at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it; if,
after such reconsideration, a majority of the whole number of
that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together
Avith the objections, to the other house, by which it shall
likewise be reconsidered, and if approved of by a majority of
the whole number of that liouse, it shall become a law ; but
in neither liouse shall the vote be taken on the same day on
Avhich the bill shall be returned to it ; and in all such cases,
the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill
shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively.
If any bill shall not be returned by the governor, within five
days (Sunday excepted) after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the legislature by their adjournment prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be a law. If any bill
presented to the governor contain several items of appropria-
tions of money, lie may object to one or more of such items
while approving of the other portions of the bill. In sucli
case he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a
statement of the items to which he objects, and the appropria-
tion so objected to shall not take eflfect. If the legislature be
in session he shall transmit to the house in which the bill
originated, a copy of such statement, and the items objected to
shall be separately reconsidered. If, on reconsideration, one
or more of such items be approved by a majority of the
members elected to each house, the same shall be a part of
the law, notwithstanding the objections of the governor. All
the provisions of this section in relation to bills not approved
by the governor shall apply to cases in which he shall with-
hold his approval from any item or items contained in a bill
appropriating money.
8. No member of congress, or person holding an office under
the United States, or tliis State, shall exercise the office of
governor; and in case the governor, or person administering
the government shall accept any office under the United
States or this State, his office of governor shall thereupon be
vacant. Nor shall he be elected by the legislature to any
office under the government of this State or of (he United
States, during the term for which he shall have been elected,
governor.
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9. The governor, or person administering the government,
shall liave power to suspend the collection of fines and for-
feitures, and to grant reprieves, to extend until the expiration
of a time not exceeding ninety days after conviction ; but this
power shall not extend to cases of im2:)eachment.
10. The governor, or person administering the government,
the chancellor, and the six judges of the court of errors and
appeals, or a major part of them, of whom the governor, or
person administering tlie government, shall be one, may remit
fines and forfeitures, and grant pardons, after conviction, in
all cases except impeachment.
11. The governor and all other civil officers under this
State shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in
office during their continuance in office, and for tv*^o years
thereafter.
12. In case of the death, resignation or removal from office
of the governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office
shall devolve upon the president of the senate, and in case of
his death, resignation or removal, then upon the speaker of
the house of assembly, for the time being, until another gov-
ernor shall be elected and qualified ; but in such case another
governor shall be chosen at the next election for members of
the legislature, unless such death, resignation or removal shall
occur within thirty days immediately preceding such next
election, in which case a governor shall be chosen at the
second succeeding election for members of the legislature.
When a vacancy happens, during the recess of the legislature,
in any office which is to be filled by the governor and senate,
or by the legislature in joint meeting, the governor shall fill
such vacancy and the commission shall expire at the end of
the next session of the legislature, unless a successor shall be
sooner appointed; when a vacancy happens in the 'office of
clerk or surrogate of any county, the governor shall fill such
vacancy, and the commission shall expire when a successor is
elected and qualified.
13. In case of the impeachment of the governor, his absence
from the State or inability to discharge the duties of his office,
the powers, duties and emoluments of the office shall devolve
upon the president of the senate ; and in case of his death,
resignation or removal, then upon the speaker of the house
of assembly for tlie time being, until the go/srnor, absent or
impeached, shall return or be acquitted, or until the disquali-
fication or inability shall cease, or until a new governor be
elected and ciualified.
14. In case of a vacancy in the office of governor from any
other cause than those herein enumerated, or in case of the
death of the governor-elect before he is qualified into office,
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(he powers, diilies and emoluments of the office shall devolve
jpon the president of the senate or speaker of the house of
assembly, as above provided for, until a new governor be
elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI.
JUDICIARY.
Section I.
1. The judicial power shall be vested in a court of errors
and appeals in the last resort in all causes as heretofore; a
court for the trial of impeachments; a court of chancery; a
prerogative court ; a supreme court ; circuit courts, and such
inferior courts as now exist, and as may be iiereafter ordained
and established by law; which inferior courts the legislature
may alter or abolish, as the public good shall retpiire.
Section II.
1. The court of errors and appeals shall consist of the
chancellor, the justices of the supreme court, and six judges,
or a major part of them ; Avhicli judges are to be appointed
for six years.
2. Immediately after the court shall first assemble, the six
judges shall arrange themselves in such manner that the seat
of one of them shall be vacated every year, in order that
thereafter one judge may be annually appointed.
3. Such of the six judges as shall attend the court shall
receive, respectively, a per diem compensation, to be provided
by law.
4. The secretary of state shall be the clerk of this court.
5. When an appeal from an order or decree shall be heard,
the chancellor shall inform the court, in writing, of the reasons
for his order or decree; but he shall not sit as a member, or
have a voice in tlie hearing or final sentence.
6. When a writ of error shall be brought, no justice who
has given a judicial opinion in the cause in favor of or against
any error complained of, shall sit as a memjjer, or have a voice
on the hearing, or for its affirmance or reversal ; but the reasons
for such opinion shall be assigned to the court in writing.
Section III.
1. The house of assembly shall have the sole power of
impeaching, by a vote of a majority of all the members; and
all impeachments shall be tried by the senate ; the members,
when sitting for that purpose, to be on oath or afiirmation
"truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in
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question accDrding to evidence;" and no i)er,son sliall be con-
victed without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members
of the senate.
2. Any judicial officer impeached shall be suspended from
exercising his office until his acquittal.
3. Judgment in cases of impeachment sliall not extend
farther than to removal fi-om office, and to disqualification to
hold and enjoy any office of honor, profit or trust under this
State; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable to
indictment, trial and punishment according tu law.
4. The secretary of state shall be the clerk of this court.
Section IV.
1. The court of chancery shall consist of a chancellor.
2. The chancellor shall be the ordinary or surrogate general,
and judge of the prerogative court.
3. All persons aggrieved by any order, sentence or decree
of the orphans' court, may appeal from the same, or from
any part thereof to the prerogative court; but such order,
sentence or decree shall not be removed into the supreme
court, or circuit court if the subject-matter thereof be within
the jurisdiction of the oi'phans' court.
4. The secretary of state shall be the register of the pre-
rogative court, and shall perform the duties required of him
by law in that respect.
Section V.
1. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and
four associate justices. The number of associate justices may
be increased or decreased by law, but shall never be less than
two.
2. The circuit courts shall be held in every county of this
State, by one or more of the justices of the sui)remc court, or
a judge appointed for that purpose, and shall, in all cases
within the county except in those of a criminal nature, have
common law jurisdiction, concurrent with the supreme court;
and any final judgment of a circuit court may be doc^keted in
the supreme court, and shall operate as a judgment obtained
in the supreme court from the time of such docketing.
3. Final judgments in any circuit court inay be brought by
writ of error into the supreme court, or directly into the court
of errors and appeals.
Section VI.
1. There shall be no more than five judges of tlie inferior
court of common pleas in each of the counties in this State,
after the terms of the judges of said court now in office shall
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terminate. One judge for each county shall be appointed
every year, and no more, except to fill vacancies, which shall
be for I he unexpired term only.
2. Tlie cominissions for the first appointments of judges of
said court shall bear date and take effect on the first day of
April next; and all subsequent commissions forjudges of said
court shall bear date and take effect on the first day of April
in every successive year, except commissions to fill vacancies,
which shall bear date and take effect when issued.
Section VIL
1. There may be elected under this constitution two, and
not more than five, justices of the peace in each of the town-
ships of the several counties of this State, and in each of the
wards, in cities that may vote in wards. When a township or
ward contains two thousand inhabitants or less, it may have
two justices; when it contains more than two thousand inhab-
itants, and not more than four thousand, it may have four
justices ; and when it contains more than four thousand inhab-
itants, it may have five justices; provided, that whenever any
township not voting in wards contains more than seven thou-
sand iniiabitants, such township may have an additioual justice
for each additional thi'ee thousand inhabitants above four
thousand.
2. The population of the townships in the several counties
of the State and of the several wards shall be ascertained by
the last preceding census of the United States, until the legis-
lature shall provide, by law, some other mode of ascertaining it.
AETICLE VII.
APPOINTING POWER AND TENURE OF OFFICE.
Section I.
MILITIA OFFICERS.
1. The legi.slature shall provide by law for enrolling, organ-
izing and arming the militia.
2. Captains, subalterns and non-commissioned officei-s shall
be elected Ijy the members of their respective companies.
3. Field officers of legiments, independent battalions and
squadrons shall be elected by the commissioned officers of their
respective regiments, battalions or squadrons.
4. Brigadier-generals shall be elected by the field officers
of their respective brigades.
6. Major-generals, the adjutant-general and quartermaster-
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general shall be nominated by the governor, and appointed
by him, with the advice and consent of the senate.
6. The legislature shall provide, by law, the time and
manner of electing militia officers, and of certifying their
elections to the governor, who shall grant their commissions,
and determine their rank, when not determined by law ; and
no commissioned officer shall be removed from office but by
the sentence of a court-martial, pursuant to law.
7. In case the electors of subalterns, captains or field officers
shall refuse or neglect to make such elections, the governor
shall have power to appoint such officers, and to fill all vacancies
caused by such refusal or neglec't.
8. Brigade inspectors shall be chosen by the field officers of
their respective brigades.
9. The governor shall appoint all militia officers whose
appointment is not otherwise provided for in this constitution.
10. Major-generals, brigadier-generals and commanding
officers of regiments, independent battalions and squadrons
shall appoint the staft" officers of their divisions, brigades,
regiments, independent battalions and squadrons, respectively.
Section II.
CIVIL OFFICERS,
1. Justices of the supreme court, chancellor, judges of the
court of errors and appeals and judges of the inferior court
of common pleas shall be nominated by the governor, and
appointed by him, with the advice and consent of the senate.
The justices of the supreme court and chancellor shall hold
their offices for the term of seven years ; shall, at stated times,
receive for their services a compensation which shall not be
diminished during the term of their appointments; and they
shall hold no other office under the government of this State
or of the United States.
2. Judges of the courts of common pleas shall be appointed
by the senate and general assembly, in joint meeting.
They shall hold tlieir offices for five years ; but when
appointed to fill vacancies, they shall hold for the unexpired
term only.
3. The state treasurer and comptroller shall be appointed
by the senate and general assembly, in joint meeting.
They shall hold tiieir offices for three years, and until their
successors shall lie qualified into office.
4. The atlorney-goneral, prosecutors of tlie pleas, clerk of
tiie su[)reme court, clerk of the court of chancery, secretary
pf state and the keeper of the state prison shall be nominated
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by the governor, and appointed by him, with the advice and
consent of the senate.
They shall hold their offices for five years.
5. The law reporter shall be appointed by the justices of
the supreme court, or a majority of them ; and the chancery
reporter shall be appointed by the chancellor.
Tiiey shall hold their offices for five years.
6. Clerks and surrogates of counties shall be elected^ by the
people of their respective counties, at the Annual elections for
members of the general assembly.
They shall hold their offices fur five yeai-s.
7. Sheriffs and coroners shall be elected by the people of
their respective counties, at the elections for members of the
general assembly, and they shall hold their offices for three
years, after which three years must elapse before tliey can be
again capable of serving. Sheriffs shall annually renew their
bonds.
8. Justices of the peace shall be elected by ballot at the
annual meetings of the townships in the several counties of
the State, and of the wards in cities that may vote in wards,
in such manner and under such regulations as may be hereafter
provided by law.
They shall be commissioned for the county, and their com-
missions shall bear date and take effect on the first day of May
next after their election.
They shall hold their offices for five years ; but when elected
to fill vacancies, they shall hold for the unexpired term only;
provided, that the commission of any justice of the peace shall
become vacant upon his ceasing to reside in the township in
which he was elected.
The first election for justices of the peace shall take place
at the next annual town-meetings of the townships in the
several counties of the State, and of the wards in cities that
may vote in wards.
9. All other officers, whose appointments are not otherwise
provided for by law, shall be nominated by the governor, and
appointed by him, with the advice and consent of the senate;
and shall hold their offices for the time ])rescribed by law.
10. All civil officers elected or appointed pursuant to the
provisions of this constitution, shall be commissioned by the
governor.
11. The term of office of all officers elected or appointed,
pursuant to the provisions of this constitution, except when
herein otherwise directed, shall commence on the day of the
date of their respective commissions ; but no commission for
any office shall bear date prior to the expiration of the term
of the incumbent of said office.
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AETICLE VIII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1. The secretary of state shall be ex officio an auditor of the
accounts of the treasurer, and as such, it shall be his duty to
assist the legislature in the annual examination and settlement
of said accounts, until otherwise provided by law.
2. The seal of the State shall be kept by the governor,
or person administering the government, and used by him
officially, and shall be called the great seal of the State of
New Jersey. ^
3. All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by
the authority of the State of New Jersey, sealed with tlie
great seal, signed by the governor, or person administering
the government, and countersigned by the secretary of state,
and it shall run thus: "The State of New Jersey, to ,
greeting." All writs shall be in the name of .the State ; and
all indictments' shall conclude in the following manner, viz.,
" against the peace of this State, the government and dignity
of the same."
4. This constitution shall take effect and go into operation
on the second day of September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and foi-ty-four.
AETICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS.
Any specific amendment or amendments to the constitution
may be proposed in the senate or general assembly, and if the
same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected
to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be entered on their j(Hn'nals, with the yeas
and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature then
next to be chosen, and shall be published for three months
previous to making such choice, in at least one newspai)er of
each county, if any be jniblished therein; and if in the legis-
lature next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or
amendments, or any of them, shall be agreed to by a majority
of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the
duty of the legislature to submit rsuch proposed amendment
or amendments, or such of them as may have been agreed to
as aforesaid by the two legislatures, to tlio jicoplc, in such
manner and at such time, at Ica.st four months after the
adjournment of the legislature, as the legislature shall pre-
scribe; and if the people at a special election to be held for
that purpose only, shall approve and ratify such amendment
or amendments, or any of them, by a majority of the electors
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qualified to vote for members of the legislature voting thereon,
such amendment or amendments so approved and ratified shall
become part of the constitution ; provided, that if more than
one amendment be submitted, they sliall be submitted in such
manner and form that the people may vote for or against each
amendment separately and distinctly ; but no amendment or
amendments shall be submitted to the people by the legislature
oftener than once in five years.
ARTICLE X.
SCHEDULE.
That no inconvenience may arise from the change in the
constitution of this State, and in order to carry the same into
complete operation, it is hereby declared and ordained, that —
1. The common law and statute laws now in force, not
repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they
expire by their own limitation, or be altered or repealed by
the legislature; and all writs, actions, causes of action, prose-
cutions, contracts, claims and rights of individuals and of
bodies corporate, and of the State, and all charters of incor-
poration, shall continue, and all indictments which shall have
been found, or which may hereafter be found, for any crime
or ofiense committed before the adoption of this constitution,
may be proceeded upon as if no change had taken place. The
several courts of law and equity, except as herein otherwise
provided, shall continue with the like powers and jurisdiction
as if this constitution had not been adopted.
2. All officers now filling any office or appointment shall
continue in the exercise of the duties thereof, according to
their respective commissions or appointments, unless by this
constitution it is otherwise directed.
3. The present governor, chancellor and ordinary or surro-
gate-general and treasurer shall continue in office until suc-
cessors elected or appointed under this constitution shall be
sworn or affirmed into office. (
4. In case of the death, resignation or disability of the pres-
ent governor, the person who may be vice-president of council
at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall continue
in office and administer tlie government until a governor shall
have been elected and sworn or affirmed into office under this
constitution.
5. The present governor, or in case of his death or inability
to act, the vice-president of council, together with the present
members of the legislative council and secretary of state, siiall
constitute a board of state canvassers, in the manner now pro-
vided by law, for the purpose of ascertaining and declaring
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the result of the next ensuing election for governor, members
of the house of representatives, and electors of president and
vice-president.
6. The returns of the votes for governor, at the said next
ensuing election, shall be transmitted to the secretary of state,
the votes counted, and the election declared in the manner
now provided by law in the case of the election of electors of
pi'esident and vice-president.
7. The election of clerks and surrogates, in those counties
where the term of office of the present incumbent shall expire
previous to the general election of eighteen hundred and forty-
five, shall be held at the general election next ensuing the
adoption of this constitution; the result of which election
shall be ascertained in the manner now provided by law for
the election of sherifTs.
8. The elections for the year eighteen hundred and forty-
four shall take place as now provided by law.
9. It shall be the duty of the governor to fill all vacancies
in ofBce happening between the adoption of this constitution
and the first session of the senate, and not otherwise provided
for, and the commissions shall expire at the end of the first
session of the senate, or when successors shall be elected or
appointed and qualified.
10. The restriction of the pay of members of the legislature,
after forty days from the commencement of the session, shall
not be applied to the first legislature convened under this
constitution.
11. Clerks of counties shall be clerks of the inferior courts
of common pleas and quarter sessions of the several counties,
and perform the duties, and be subject to the regulations now
required of them by law until otherwise ordained by the
legislature.
12. The legislature shall pass all laws necessary to carry
into effect the provisions of this constitution.
State of New Jersey :
I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of
New Jersey, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy
of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey as amended, as
the same is taken from and compared with the original Con-
stitution and amendments thereto, now remaining on file in
mj office.
In testimony wliereof, I have hereunto set my hand
[l. s.] and affixed my official seal, this ninth day of October,
A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
HENRY C. KELSEY.
SENATE.
RULES ADOPTED THI3 YEAR.
President.
1 . The President shall take the Chair at the time appointed,
and a quorum being present the Journal of the preceding day
shall be read, to the end that any mistake therein may be
corrected.
2. He shall not engage in any debate without leave of the
Senate, except so far as shall be necessary for regulating the
form of proceeding. (Rule 6.)
3. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting.
4. He shall, on all occasions, preserve the strictest order
and decorum. (Rules 8, 43, 53.)
5. AVhen two or more Senators shall rise at the same time,
he shall name the one entitled to the floor.
6. He shall have the right to name a Senator to perform
the duties of the Chair, but sucli substitution shall not extend
beyond one day.
7. He shall decide every question of order without debate,
subject to an appeal to the Senate ; and he may call for the
sense of the Senate upon any question of order.
8. He shall cause all persons to be arrested or removed
from the Senate chamber who shall interrupt the proceed-
ings of the Senate, or conduct themselves improi^erly in the
lobby or gallery. (Rule 53.)
Quorum.
9. A majority of the membei-s of the Senate shall constitute
a quorum ; and whenever a less number than a quorum shall
convene at a regular meeting, and shall adjourn, the names
of those present shall be entered on the journal.
10. AV'lienever a less number than a quorum shall convene
at any regular meeting, they are liereby authorized to send
the Sergeant-at-Arms, or any other person or persons by them
authorized, for any or all absent Senators.
Order of Business.
11. After the President has taken the chair, the order of
business shall be as follows :
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58 RULES OF THE SENATE.
I. Praver.
II. Culfing llie Roll.
III. Reading the Journal.
IV. Presentation and reference of petitions and memo-
rials.
V. Reports of Committees.
1. Standing Committees (according to Rule 13.)
2. Select Committees.
"VT. Unfinished business.
VII. Introduction of bills.
VIII. Senate bills on second reading.
IX. Senate bills on third reading.
X. Assembly bills on second reading.
XI. Assembly bills on third reading.
Committees.
12. All Committees shall be appointed by the President,
unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. (Rule 34.)
13. The following Standing Committees, consisting of three
members each, shall be appointed at the commencement of
each session, until otherwise ordered, with leave to report by
bill or otherwi.se:
A Committee on the Judiciary.
A Committee on the Revision of the Laws
A Committee on Finance.
A Committee on Corporations.
A Committee on Municipal Corporations.
A Committee on Railroads, Canals and Turnpikes.
A Committee on Banks and Insurance Companies.
A Committee on Education.
A Committee on the Militia.
A Committee on Game and Fisheries.
A Committee on Riparian Rights.
A Committee on Agriculture.
A Committee on Miscellaneous Business.
A Committee on Elections.
A Committee on Claims and Pensions.
A Committee on Unfinislied Business.
A Committee on Labor and Industries.
A Committee on Boroughs.
A Committee on iMigrossed Bills, whose duty it shall be to
examine all bills and joint resolutions before tliey shall be put
upon their third reading, and who .shall report the same to
the Senate, and the Secretary shall enter upon the journal
tluit the same have been correctly engrossed.
Special Committees shall consist of three members, unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate.
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The several Joint Committees shall consist of three members
each, and shall be also apijointed to act conjointly with corre-
sponding committees to be apjjointed by the House of Assembly.
A Committee on the Treasurer's Accounts.
A Committee on tlie State Prison.
A Committee on the Lunatic Asylums.
A Committee on the Library.
A Committee on Public (irounds and Buildings.
A Committee on Public Printing.
A Committee on Passed Bills.
A Committee on Commerce and Navigation.
A Committee on Federal Relations.
A Committee on the Soldiers' Home.
A Committee on Refoi-m iSchool for Boys.
A Committee on Sinking Fund.
A Committee on Industrial School for Girls.
A Committee on the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes.
Bills and Joint Resolutions.
14. When a memorial or bill is referred to a committee,
praying or providing for an act of incorporation, or for any
other act, notice of tlie application for which is required by
law to be previously advertised, the committee shall not have
leave to report such bill unless satisfactory evidence has been
presented to the committee that the application for such act
has had a bona fide advertisement according to law ; and all
committees reporting such bills referred to them shall certify
to the Senate that such proof has been presented and is deemed
satisfactory.
15. The titles of all bills, and such parts thereof only as
shall be affected by proposed amendments, shall be entered
on the journal.
16. When leave is asked to bring in a bill, its title shall
be read for the information of the Senate, and if objected to
it shall be laid over for one day ; and all public bills and
joint resolutions shall, after the first reading, be printed for
the use of the Senate ; but no other jjajjer or document shall
be i)rinted without S2)ecial order, except private bills, as pro-
vided by Eule 17.
17. No private bill shall be read a second time, unless
printed copies thereof, procured by the applicants, shall be in
the possession of the Senate.
18. All bills and special reports of committees shall be
numbered by the Secretary as they are severally introduced,
and a list made of the same, and such bills a,r\d reports shall
be called up by the President for consideration in the order
in which they are reported and stand upon the calendar, unless
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otherwise ordered ; and the Secretary shall read from the said
list or calendar, and not from the tiles of bills or reports.
19. No bill shall be committed or amended until it shall
have been ordered to a second reading, after which it may be
referred to a committee.
20. All bills may be made the order for a particular day,
and public bills, when called for, shall have the preference of
private bills ; and when two or more bills shall be called for
by Senators, they shall be taken up according to their seniority,
reckoning from the date of their introduction. (Rule 56.)
21. The consent of a majority of the Senators present shall
be sufficient to engross or re-engross any bill or joint resolu-
tion ; but no bill or joint resolution shall pass unless there
shall be a majority of all the Senators personally present and
agreeing thereto ; and the yeas and nays of Senators voting
on. the final passage of any liill or joint resolution shall be
entered on the journal ; and the like entry on any other ques-
tion shall be made at the desire of any Senator.
22. Every bill and joint resolution shall i-eceive three read-
ings previous to its being passed ; and the Pi-esident shall give
notice at each reading whetlier it be the first, second or third,
which readings shall be on three different days.
23. The final question upon the second reading of every bill
or joint resolution originating in the Senate shall be whether
it shall be engrossed and read a third time; and no amend-
ment shall be received at the third reading imless by unani-
mous consent of the Senators present, but it shall be in order,
before the final passage of any such bill or joint resolution, to
move its recommitment; and should such reconmiitment take
place, and any amendment be reported by the committee, the
said bill or resolution shall be again read a second time and
considered, and the aforesaid question again put.
24. All bills ordered to be engrossed shall be executed in a
fair, round hand.
25. When a bill or joint resolution shall have been lost,
and i-econsidered and lost again, the same shall not again be
reconsidered but by the unanimous consent of the Senate.
20. Bills and joint resolutions, when passed by the Senate,
shall be signed l)y the President.
27. When a Senate bill or joint resolution shall have been
passed, the same shall be signed, taken to the House of
Assem])ly, and its concurrence therein re<piested, without a
motion for that ))urj)ose.
2S. When a bill or resolution passed by the Senate shall be
carried to the Mouse of Assembly, all papers and documents
relating thereto on the files of the Senate, shall be carried by
the Secretary, with such bill or resolution, to the House of
Assembly.
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Motions and their Precedence.
29. When a motion shall be made, it shall be reduced to
writing by the Pi-esident or any Senator, and delivered to the
Secretary at his table, and read before the same shall be
debatable.
30. All motions entered on the journal of the Senate, shall
be entered in the names of the Senators who make them.
31. If the question in debate contains several points, any
Senator may have the same divided; but a motion to strike
out and insert, or to commit with instructions, shall not be
divided. (Rule 49.)
32. The rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one
proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert
a different proposition, nor prevent a subsequent motion
simply to strike out ; nor shall the rejection of a motion
simply to strike out, prevent a subsequent motion to strike
out and insert.
33. On filling blanks the question shall be first taken on
the largest sum, the greatest number, and the most distant
day.
34. When motions are made for reference of the same sub-
ject to a Select Committee and to a Standing Committee, the
question of reference to a Standing Committee shall be put
first.
35. When a question is before the Senate, no motion shall
be received but —
1. To adjourn. (Rules 36, 37.)
2. To proceed to the consideration of Executive business.
3. To lay on the table. (Rules 37, 39.)
4. To postpone indefinitely. (Rule 39.)
5. To postpone to a certain day. (Rule 39.)
6. To commit. (Rule 39.)
7. To amend. (Rules 38, 39.)
Which several motions shall have precedence in the order
in which they stand arranged. (Rule 39.)
36. The motion to adjourn, or to fix a day to which the
Senate shall adjourn, shall always be in order except when
a vote is being taken, or while a Senator is addressing the
Senate.
37. The motion to adjourn, to proceed to the consideration
of Executive business, and to lay on the table, shall be decided
without debate.
38. A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill
shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and if carried
shall be equivalent to its rejection.
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39. When a motion shall have been once made and carried
in the affirmative or negative, it shall he in order for any
Senator who voted on the prevailing side, to move a recon-
sideration tliereof on the same or next succeeding day of
actual session; hut no motion for the reconsideration of any
vote shall be in order after a l)ill, resolution, message, report,
amendment or motion upon which the vote was taken,
announcing their decision, shall have gone from the posses-
sion of tlie Senate, and they shall not pass from the possession
of the Senate until the expiration of the time in which a
reconsideration is permitted ; and every motion for reconsid-
eration shall be decided by a majority of votes, except a
motion to reconsider the vote on the final passage of a bill or
joint resolution, which shall require the same majority as is
necessary for their final passage.
Members.
40. The seats within the bar shall be reserved exclusively
for the Senators, the officers of the Senate, and the reporters
of the press, who may have seats assi'gned them.
41. No Senator shall speak in any debate without rising,
nor more than three times on any subject of debate, unless he
shall first obtain leave of the Senate.
42. Every Senator, in speaking, shall address the President,
confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid
personality.
43. Any Senator may change his vote before the decision
of the question shall have been announced b}' the Chair.
44. No Senator shall have his vote recorded on any ques-
tion, when the yeas and nays are called, unless he shall be
present to answer to his name.
Messages.
45. All messages shall be sent to the House of Assembly
by the Secretary, under the direction of the President, as a
standing order, without a vote thereon.
46. Messages may be delivered at any stage of business
except wlien a vote is being taken.
47. When a message shall be sent from the Governor or
House of Assemby to the Senate, it shall be announced at the
door by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Senate Bills in the House.
48. When an amendincnt made in the Senate to a bill from
the House of Assembly sliall be disagreed to by that House,
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and not adhered to by the Senate, the bill shall be considered
as standing on a tliird reading.
49. An amendment of the House of Assembly to a Senate
bill shall not be divisible.
50. In case of disagreement between the Senate and House
of Assembly, the Senate may either recede, insist and ask <i
conference or adhere, and motions for such purposes shall take
precedence in that order.
51. When a Senate bill shall be returned, amended by the
House of Assembly, the sections of the bill so amended,
together with the amendments, shall be read by the Secretary
for a first reading, and be entitled to a second reading, without
special motion, at which reading the proposed amendments
shall be open to the action of the Senate. (Rule 50.) And
if, at its third reading, upon the question being put by the
President, "Will the Senate concur in the House amendment
to Senate bill No. — ?" a majority of the whole Senate should,
by a vote of yeas and nays, to concur, the question shall then
be upon ordering the bill to be re-engrossed. If so ordered,
the bill shall be re-engrossed, the amendments embodied
therein, and the re-engrossed bill examined and reported by
the Committee on Engrossed Bills, and read in open Senate,
to the end that it may be known to be correctly engrossed, and
shall be then signed and certified as other bills.
Disorder.
52. In case of any disturbance in the gallery or lobby, the
President shall have power to order the same to be cleared.
53. The Sergeant-at-Arms siiall aid in the enforcement of
order, under the direction of the President.
54. No Senator, in speaking, shall mention a Senator then
present by his name.
Special Orders.
65. When the hour shall have arrived for the consideration
of a special order, the same shall be taken up, and the Senate
shall proceed to consider it, unless it shall be postponed by the
Senate.
56. The unfinished business in which the Senate shall have
been engaged at the last preceding adjournment shall have the
preference in the special orders of the day. (Rule 20.)
57. No concurrent resolution shall pass unless by the con-
sent of a majority of the Senators elected.
Secret Session.
58. On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors of
the Senate on the discussion of any business which may, in
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the opinion of a Senator, require secrecy, the President sliall
direct the chamber to be cleared, and (hiring the discussion
of such motion the doors sliall remain shut.
Rules.
59. No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be sus-
pended unless by the consent of two-thirds of the Senators
elected, nor rescinded or amended but by the same number,
and one day's notice shall be given of the motion for rescission
or amendment.
Executive Session.
60. When nominations shall be made by the Governor to
the Senate, they shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Semite,
be referred to appropriate committees; and the final queslinn
on every nomination shall be, "Will the Senate advisee and
consent to this nomination?" which question shall not be i)nt
on the same day on which the nomination is received, nor on
the day on which it may be reported by a committee, unless
by the unanimous consent of the Senate.
61. When acting on Executive business, the Senate shall
be cleared of all persons except the Senators and Secretary.
62. All information or remarks concerning the character or
qualifications of any person nominated by the Governor to
office sliall be kept a secret.
63. The Legislative and I'Lxecutive proceedings of the Senate
shall be kept in separate and distinct books.
64. All nominations approved by the Senate, or otherwise
definitely acted on, shall be transmitted by the Secretary to
the Governor, witii the determination of the Senate thereon,
from day to day, as such proccedinus may oicur; but no fur-
ther extract from the Executive journal shall be furnished,
published or otherwise communicated, except by special order
of the Senate.
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
BXJLES ADOPTED THIS YEAR.
Of the Meeting of the House.
1. Any member or members less than a quorum may meet
and adjourn the House from day to day, when necessary.
2. Every member shall attend in his place precisely at tlie
hour to which the House was last adjourned ; and in case of
neglect, he shall be subject to a reprimand from tlie Chair,
unless excused by the House; nor shall any member absent
himself from the House for more than the space of a quarter
of an hour without leave previously obtained.
3. In case a less number of members than a quorum shall
be present after the arrival of the hour to which the House
stood adjourned, they are hereby authorized to send their
Sergeant-at-Arms, or any other person or persons by them
authorized, with a warrant duly executed, for any and all
absent members, as the majority of such as are present may
agree, and at the expense of such absent members, respect-
ively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be rendered
as the House, when a quorum is convened, shall judge suffi-
cient. Immediately after the appointment of the Standing
Committees, the members shall arrange among themselves
their several seats appropriated to their counties ; and in case
of disagreement, the same shall be decided by lot.
Of the Duties of the Speaker.
4. He shall take the chair at the hour to which the House
shall have adjourned, and immediately call the members to
order ; and on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the
journal of the preceding day to be read, which may then be
corrected by the House.
5. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in debate shall
prevent personal reflections, and confine members to the ques-
tion under discussion ; but he shall not engage in any debate,
nor propose his opinion on any question, without first calling
on some member to occupy the chair. When two or more
members rise at the same time, he shall name the one entitled
to the floor.
6. He shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal
to the House, when demanded by any four members, on which
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appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave
of the House.
7. All questions before the House shall be stated by the
Speaker, and distinctly put in the following form, to wit : "As
many as are in favor of (the question) will say aye ; " and after
the affirmative is expressed, " Those of a contrary opinion, no."
If the Speaker doubts, or a division be called for, the House
shall divide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first
rise from their seats, and afterwards those in the negative ; and
in case of an equal division, the Speaker shall decide.
8. All Committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless
otlierwise specially directed by the House.
9. All acts, aldresses and joint resolutions shall be signed
by the Speaker; and all writs, waiTants and subpoenas issued
by the order of the House shall be under his hand and seal,
and attested by the Clerk. If the Speaker be absent, a less
number of members than a quorum may appoint a Speaker
pro tempore, who may sign any warrants, or perform any act
requisite to bring in absent members.
10. He shall have a general direction of the hall, and he
may name a member tj3 perform the duties of the Chair ; but
such substitution shall not extend beyond a second adjourn-
ment.
Of the Order of Business.
11. After the reading of the journal, the business of the first
meeting of each day shall be conducted in the following man-
ner, to wit :
I. Letters, petitions and memorials, remonstrances and
accompanying documents may be presented and disposed of.
II. Reports of Committees may be read.
III. Original resolutions may be offered and considered ;
items of unfinished business referred ; motions to reconsider
and to appoint additional members of Comtuittees made ; and
leave of absence, leave to withdraw documents, and leave to
introduce bills asked.
Leave for Bills and to Introduce Bills.
IV. Bills and joint resolutions on a third reading may be
taken up.
V. The House shall then ])roceed in the order of the day,
preference being always given to the imtlnished biisiness of
the previous sitting; after wbich bills and joint resolutions on
a second reading sliall bo tai<en in their onler; and tlie House,
in its afternoon session, will proceed to business as thougli
there had been no adjournment of its morning session, except-
ing that original resolutions, and leave to introduce bills of
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Committees, be the first business in the afternoon session ; and
shall, on demand of the majority, proceed- with the order of
the day.
12. The Clerk shall make a list of all public bills and joint
resolutions. He shall keep a separate calendar of private
bills. No bills for granting, continuing, altering, amending,
or renewing a charter for any corporation, other than a munici-
pal corporation, shall he placed on the calendar of public bills.
All bills, public and private, shall be numbered according to
the time of their introduction into the House. They shall be
taken up and considered in the order of time in which they
were reported, or orderetl to a third reading, as appears by the
calendar; and the calendar shall be proceeded in until all the
bills thereon are called up before the commencement of the
calendar anew.
13. All messages shall be sent from this House to the
Senate by the Clerk.
Of Decorum and Debate.
14. When a member is about to speak in debate, or com-
municate any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat
and respectfully address himself to the Speaker, confining him-
self to the question under debate, and avoiding personality.
15. If any member in debate transgress the rules of the
House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call him to
order, in which case the member so called to order shall im-
mediately sit down, unless permitted to explain. The House
shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate;
if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be sub-
mitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called
to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise, he
shall not be permitted to proceed without leave of the House,
and if the case require it, he shall be liable to censure of the
House.
16. If a member be called to" order for words spoken in
debate, tlie person calling him to order shall repeat the words
excepted to, and they shall be taken down in writing at the
Clerk's table ; and no member shall be held to answer, or be
subject to the censure of the House, for words spoken in debate,
if any other member has spoken, or other business has inter-
vened after the words spoken, and before exception to them
shall have been taken.
17. No member shall speak more than twice on the same
question, without leave of the House.
18. While the Speaker is putting any question, or address-
ing the House, none shall walk out of or across the hall ; nor
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in such case, or when a member is speakhig, shall any one
entertain private discourse; nor shall any one, while a mem-
ber is speaking, pass between him and tlie Chair.
19. No member shall vote on any question in the event of
which he is particularly interested, nor in any case where he
was not within the bar of the House when the question was put.
20. Every member who shall be in the House when the
question is put shall give his vote, unless the House for special
reasons shall excuse him. All motions to excuse a member
from voting shall be made before the House divides, or before
the call of the yeas and nays is commenced ; any member
requt:4ing to be excused from voting may make a brief verbal
staten.ei.t of the reasons for such request, and the c(uestion
shall ■ hen be taken without further debate.
21. f'etitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the
House hall Le presented by the Speaker, or by a member in
his place ; a brief statement of the contents thereof shall be
made by the introducer, and, if called upon, he shall declare
that it does not, in his opinion, contain any indecent or re-
proachful language, or any expressions of disrespect to the
House, or any committee of the same.
22. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms, at all
times, not to aliow any person to smoke in the Assembly
chamber.
On Motions.
23. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker
or any member desire it.
24. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated
by the Speaker, or being in writing, it shall be handed to the
Chair and read aloud by the Clerk, when it shall be deemed
to be ir. *he possession of the House and open ..o debate ; but
it may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amend-
ment.
25. When a question is under debate no motion shall be
■-•eceived, but —
1. To adjourn.
2. A call of the House.
3. To lay on the table.
4. For the previous question.
6. To postpone indefinitely.
6. To postpone to a day certain.
7. To go into a Committee of the Whole on the pending
subject immediately.
8. To commit to a Committee of the Whole.
9. To commit to a Standing Committee.
10. To commit to a Select Committee.
11. To amend.
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Which several motions shall have precedence in the order
in which they are stated, and no motion to postpone to a day
certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided,
shall be again allowed on the same day, and at the same stage
of the bill or jjroposition.
26. A motion to strike ont the enacting clause cf a bill or
joint resolution shall have precedence of a motion to amend,
and if carried shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.
27. A motion to adjourn shall be always in order, except
when tlie House is voting, or while a member is addressing
the House, or immediately after the question to adjourn has
been negatived ; that, and the motion to lay on the table, shall
be decided without debate.
28. Any member may call for a division of the question,
which shall be divided if it comprehends questions so distinct
that one being taken away from the rest may stand entire for
the decision of the House; a motion to strike out and insert
shall be deemed indivisible ; but a motion to strike out being
lost, shall preclude neither amendment nor a motion to strike
out and insert.
29. When any motion shall be made and seconded, the same
shall, at the request of any two members, be entered on the
Journal of the House.
30. When a motion has been once made and carried in tlie
affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member
who voted with the prevailing party to move for the reconsid-
eration thereof, on the same day or on the next day of actual
session of the House tliereafter ; all motions may be reconsid-
ered, by a majority of the members present ; but bills, to be
reconsidered, must have the same majority that would be
necessary to pass tliem ; and such vote, on motion to recon-
sider, shall be by taking the yeas and nays.
31. When a blank is to be tilled, the question shall first be
taken on the largest sum, or greatest number, and remotest
day.
32. The yeas and nays shall be entered on the Journal of
the House, when moved for and seconded by five members,
and in taking the yeas and nays the names of the members,
including the Speaker, shall be called alphabetically.
33. Tiie previous question shall be put in this form :
"Shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be
admitted when demanded by a majority of the members
present, and its effect shall be, if decided affirmatively, to put
an end to all debate, and bring the House to a direct vote
upon amendments reported by a committee, if any, then upon
pending amendments, and then upon the main question ; if
decided in the negative, to leave the main question and
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amendments if any, underdebateforthe residue of thesitting, un-
less sooner disposed of by taking the question, or in some other
manner. All incidental questions of order arising after a motion
is made for the previous question, and pendingsuch motion, shall
be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
34. After the Clerk has commenced calling the yeas and
nays on any question, no motion shall be received until a
decision shall have been announced by the Chair.
Of Committees.
35. The following Standing Committees shall be appointed
at the commencement of the session, until otherwise ordered :
A Committee of Ways and Means.
A Committee on Bill Revision.
A Committee on the Judiciary.
A Committee on Agriculture and Agricultural College.
A Committee on Education.
A Committee on Elections.
A Committee on Engrossed Bills.
A Committee on Municipal Corporations.
A Committee on Militia.
A Committee on Claims and Revolutionary Pensions.
A Committee on Corporations.
A Committee on Banks and Insurance.
A Committee on Unfinished Business.
A Committee on Incidental Expenses.
A Committee on Stationery.
A Committee on Riparian Rights.
A Committee on Revision of Laws.
A Committee on Fisheries.
A Committee on Railroads and Canals.
A Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects.
A Committee on Labor and Industries.
Which several committees shall consist of five members
each.
Joint Oommittees.
The following Joint Committees, of five meml>ers each,
shall also be appointed to act conjointly with corresponding
committees to be appointed by the Senate:
A Committee on tiie Treasurer's Accounts.
A Committee on tiie State Prison.
A Committee on Public Printing.
A Committee on the Library.
A Committee on the Lunatic Asylums.
^ A Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings.
A Committee on Commerce and Navigation.
A Committee on Federal Relations.
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A Committee on Passed Bills.
A Committee on Sinking Fund.
A Committee on Soldiei's' Home.
A Committee on Reform School for Boys.
A Committee on Industrial School for Girls.
A Committee on the New Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes. .
36. The several Standing Committees of the House shall
have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
37. No committee shall sit during the sitting of the House,
without special leave.
38. All committees appointed at the first sitting shall
continue to act during every subsequent sitting of the same
Legislature, or until they have reported on the business com-
mitted to them, or have been discharged.
Of the Committee of the "Whole House.
39. In forming a Committee of the "Whole House, the
Speaker shall leave his chair, and a chairman to preside in
committee shall be appointed by tlie Speaker.
40. The rules of proceeding in the House shall be observed,
as far as practicable, in Committee of the Whole, except that
any member may speak oftener than twice on the same subject,
but shall not speak a second time until every member choosing
to speak shall have spoken ; nor shall a motion for the previous
question be made therein.
41. All amendments made in Committee of the Whole shall
be noted by the Clerk, but need not be read by the Speaker
on his resuming the chair, unless required by the House.
On Bills and Joint Resolutions.
42. All bills and joint resolutions shall be introduced by
motion for leave, or on the report of a committee, and the
member offering the same shall indorse his name on them,
that the committee may confer with him should they so desire.
43. Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three sepa-
rate readings in the House previous to its passage, but no bill
or joint resolution shall be read twice on the same day, without
special order of the House.
44. All bills and joint resolutions shall, after their first
reading, be printed for the use of the members, and referred
to their appropriate committees.
45. All bills and joint resolutions may be made the order
of a particular day, on which day they shall be taken up in
preference to others on the calendar; and tiie calendar of pri-
vate bills shall not be taken up until tlie calendar of public
bills shall have been gone through with.
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46. All bills and joint resolutions, previous to their final
passage by the House, all petitions, motions and reports, may-
be committed at the pleasure of the House. And the recom-
mitment of any bill or resolution, when the same has been
ordered to a third reading, shall have the effect of placing the
same upon the second reading.
47. All bills and joint resolutions ordered to be engrossed
shall be executed in a fair, round hand, and no amendment
by way of rider shall be received to any bill or joint resolution
on its third reading.
48. On a motion to strike out any item in the incidental
bill, the question to be submitted to the House shall be, " Shall
the item be retained in the bill ? " and a majority of all the
members of the House shall be necessary to adojjt the same.
49. After the introduction of any private bill, the applicants
for said bill shall, at their own expense, furnish the usual
number of copies for the use of the members, unless the print-
ing thereof be dispensed with by a special order of the House.
50. On the question of the final passage of all bills and
joint resolutions, the yeas and nays shall be entered on the
journal of the House.
51. Whenever a bill or resolution that has passed the House
shall be carried to the Senate, all papers and documents relat-
ing thereto, on the files of the House, shall be carried with
such bill or resolution to the Senate.
Of Rules.
52. No standing rule or order of the House shall be rescinded
or changed without one day's notice being given of the motion
therefor; nor shall any rule be suspended excejDt by a vote of
the majority of the whole number of members of the House.
53. When an Assembly bill is returned amended by the
Senate, the report thereof by the Secretary of the Senate shnll
be taken as the first reading, and the same be entitled to a
second reading, without a motion for that purpose; after its
second reading, tlie question shall be, "Shall the Senate amend-
ments to Assembly bill No. — have a third reading?" If
ordered to a third reading, the amendments shall be read, but
these readings siiall be on different days; the question shall
then be, "Will the House of Assembly concur in tlie Senate
amendments to Assembly bill No. — ?" upon wliich question
the votes shall be by yeas and nays. If concurred in by a
majority of the whole House, the bill shall be re-engrosse<l,
the amendments embodied therein, and tlie re-engrossed bill
examined and reported upon by the Committee on Engrossed
Bills, and read in open Assembly, to the end that it may be
RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY. 73
known to be correctly engrossed, and then signed and certified
as other bills.
54. Cushing's Manual shall in all cases, when not in conflict
with the rules adopted by the House, be considered and held
as standard authority.
55. No person shall be allowed on the floor of the House
during its sessions except State officers and members and
officers of the Senate, unless by written permission of the
Speaker.
56. No committee of this House shall report a bill adversely
without notifying the introducer of the bill ; nor shall such
advei-se report be acted upon unless the introducer of the bill
is in liis seat.
57. After the calling of the roll has been commenced upon
any question, no member shall be permitted to explain his vote.
58. Every bill amended in the House, after its report by
the committee to which it was referred upon introduction, shall,
when ordered to be engrossed and have a third reading, be
delivered to the Committee on Bill Revision, whose duty it
shall be to examine the same, and if it be found that such
amendment agrees with the context the bill shall then be
engrossed. If in the opinion of the committee such amend-
ment is, as to form, improper, they shall report to the House
with such recommendation as they think fit. Such report
shall be made within two days from the receipt of the bill.
JOINT RULES AND ORDERS
OF THE
SENATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
1. In every case of an amendment of a bill agreed to in
one House and dissented from in the other, if either House
sliall request a conference and appoint a committee for that
purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a committee
to confer, such committee shall, at a convenient hour to be
agreed on by their respective chairmen, meet in conference,
and state to each other, verbally or in writing, as either shall
clioose, the reasons of their respective Houses for and against
the amendment, and confer freely thereon.
2. After each House shall have adhered to their disagree-
ment, a bill or resolution shall be lost.
3. When a bill or resolution which shall have ]iassed in
one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be sent
to the House in whicli the same shall have passed.
4. Each House in which any bill or I'esolution shall liave
passed shall transmit therewith to the other House all papers
and documents relating to the same.
5. When a message shall be sent from either House to tlie
other, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the
doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the
Chair by the person by whom it is sent.
6. After a bill shall have passed botli Houses, it shall be
delivered by the Clerk of tlie Assembly, or the Secretary of
tiie Senate, as the bill may have originated in one House or
tlie other, to a Joint Committee on Pa.ssed Bills, of two from
each House, api)ointed as a Standing Conmiittee for tliat pur-
pose, and shall be presented by said committee to the Governor
for his approbation, it being first indorsed on the back of the
bill, certifying in which House tlie same originated, which
indorsement shall be signed by the Secretary or Clerk, as the
case, may be, of the House in which the same did originate,
and shall be entere<l on the journal f)f each House. The said
committee shall rcpoi-t on the day of presentation to the
Governor, which time shall also be carefully entered on the
iournal of each House.
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NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMEN.
FBOM 1774 TO THE PBESENT TIME.
Continental Congress.
1774-5, James Kinsey; 1774-6, John Cooper, Stephen
Crane, John De Hart, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, Wil-
liam Livingston, Richard Smith, Richard Stockton ; 1776-7,
Jonathan 1). Sergeant; 1776-8, Abraham Clark, Jonathan
Eliner; 1776-9, John Witherspoon ; 1777-8, Elias Boudinot;
1777-9, Nathaniel Scudder; 1778-9, Frederick Frelinghny-
sen, Elias Dayton; 1778, John Neiison; 1778-80, John Fell;
1779, Thomas Henderson; 1779-81, William Ch. Houston;
1780-1, WilUam Burnett, William Paterson; 1780-3, Abra-
ham Clark; 1780-2, John Witherspoon; 1781-3, William
Paterson; 1782-3, Frederick Frelinghuysen ; 1781-4, Silas
Condict, Jonathan Elmer; 1783-5, John Beatty, Samuel
Dick ; 1783-4, John Stevens, Sr. ; 1784-5, Charles Stewart,
William Ch. Houston ; 1784-7, Lambert Cadwalader ; 1785-6,
John Cleaves Syrames, Josiah Hornblower; 1786-7, James
Schureman ; 1786-8, Abraham Clark ; 1787, William Pater-
son; 1787-8, Jonathan Elmer ; 1787-9, Jonathan Dayton.
From 1789 to Date.
I. 1789-91. Elias Boudinot, Burlington; Lambert Cad-
walader, Hunterdon ; James Schureman, Middlesex ; Thomas
Sinnickson, Salem.
II. 1791-3. Elias Boudinot, Burlington; Abraham Clark,
Essex ; Jonatlian Dayton, Essex ; AaroQ Kitchell, Morris ;
James Schureman, Middlesex.
III. 1793-5. John Beatty, Hunterdon ; Elias Boudinot,
Burlington; Lambert Cadwalader, Hunterdon; Jonathan
Dayton, Essex; Abraiiani Clark, Essex (died 1794); Aaron
Kitchell, Morris (to lill vacancy).
IV. 1795-7. Jonathan Dayton (Speaker), Essex ; Thomas
Henderson, Monmouth; Aaron Kitchell, Essex; Isaac Smith,
Hunterdon; Mark Tiiompson, Sussex.
V. 1797-9. Jonathan Dayton (Speaker), Essex; James
H. Imlay, Monmoutli ; James Schureman, Middlesex ; Thomas
Sinnickson, Salem ; Mark Thompson, Sussex.
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76 I\^EW JERSEY C0NGRESS3IEN.
VI. 1799-1801. John Condit, Essex; Franklin Daven-
port, Gloucester ; Samuel H. Imlay, Monmouth ; Aaron Kit-
chell, Morris; James Linn, Somerset.
VII. 1801-3. Jt)lin Condit, Essex; Ebenezer Elmer,
Cumberland; William Helms, Sussex; James Mott, Burling-
ton ; Henry Soutiiartl, Somerset.
VIII. 1803-5, Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland ; William
Helms, Sussex; James Mott, Burlington; James Sloan,
Gloucester; Henry Southard, Somerset ; Adam Boyd, Bergen.
IX. 1805-7. Ebenezer Elmer, Cumberland ; William
Helms, Sussex ; John Lambert, Hunterdon ; James Sloan,
Gloucester ; Henry Southard, Somerset ; Ezra Darby, Essex.
X. 1807-9. William Helms, Sussex ; John Lambert,
Hunterdon ; Thomas Newbold, Burlington ; James Sloan,
Gloucester; Henry Southard, Somerset; Ezra Darby, Essex
(until 1808) ; Adam Boyd, Bergen (from 1808-9).
_ XL 1809-11. Jaues Cox, Monmouth (until 1810) ; Wil-
liam Helms, Sussex ; Jacob Hufty, Cumberland ; Thomas
Newbold, Burlington; Henry Southard, Somerset; Adam
Boyd, Bergen.
XII. 1811-13. Adam Boyd, Bergen; Lewis Condict,
Morris; Jacob Plufty, Cumberland; George C. Maxwell,
Hunterdon; James Morgan, Middlesex; Thomas Newbold,
Burlington.
XIII. 1813-15. Lewis Condict, Morris; William Cox,
Burlington ; Richard Stockton, Somerset ; Thomas Ward,
Essex ; James Schureman, Middlesex ; Jacob Hufty, Cumber-
land (until 1814); Thomas Binns, Essex (1814-15).
XIV. 1815-17. Ezra Baker, Middlesex ; Ephraim Bate-
man, Cumberland ; Benjamin Bennett, Monmouth ; Lewis
Condict, Morris; Henry Southard, Somerset; Thomas Ward,
Essex.
XV. 1817-19. Ephraim Bateman, Cumberland; Benja-
min Bennett, Monmoutb ; Joseph Bloomtield, Burlington;
Charles Kinsey, Bergen ; John Linn, Sussex ; Henry South-
ard, Sussex.
XVI. 1819-21. Ephraim Bateman, Cumberland; Joseph
Bloomfield, Burlington ; Joliu Linn, Sussex ; Barnard Smilli,
Middlesex; Henry Southard, Somerset; John Condit, Essex
(until 1820) ; Thomas Binns, Essex (18-20-1).
XVII. LS21-3. George Cassndy, Bergen ; Lewis Condict,
Morris; G. E. Holcombe, Monmoutii ; James Matlack, Glou-
cester ; Ephraim Bateman, Cumberland ; Samuel Swan, Som-
erset.
XVIII. 1823-5. George Cassady, Bergen ; Daniel Garri-
son, Salem; (i. JO. Holcombe, Monmouth; James Matlack,
Gloucester ; Lewis Condict, Morris ; Samuel Swau, Somei-seU
NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMEN. 77
XIX. 1825-7. George Cassady, Bergen; Lewis Condict,
Morris; Daniel Garrison, Salem; G. E. Holcombe, Mon-
mouth ; Samuel Swan, Somerset ; Ebenezer Tucker, Burling-
ton.
XX. 1827-9. Lewis Condict, Essex ; Isaac Pierson, Es-
sex ; Samuel Swan, Somerset ; Ebenezer Tucker, Burling-
ton; George E. Holcombe, Monmouth (until 1828); Hedge
Tliompson, Salem (until 1828); James Fitz Kandolph, Mid-
dlesex (1828-9) ; Thomas Sinnickson, Salem (1828-9).
XXI. 1829-31. Richard M. Cooper, Gloucester; Lewis
Condict, Morris; Thomas H. Hughes, Cape May; Isaac Pier-
son, Essex ; James Fitz Randolph, Middlesex ; Samuel Swan,
Somerset.
XXII. 1831-3. Lewis Condict, Morris; Richard M.
Cooper, Gloucester; Thomas H. Hughes, Cape May; James
Fitz Randolph, Middlesex; Isaac Southard, Somerset; Silas
Condit, Essex.
XXIII. 1833-5. Philemon Dickerson (D.), Essex ; Sam-
uel Fowler (D.), Sussex; Thomas Lee (D.), Cumberland;
James Parker (D.), Middlesex; Ferdinand S. Schenck (D.),
Somerset; William N. Shinn (D.), Burlington.
XXIV. 1835-7. Philemon Dickerson (D.), Passaic (re-
signed and elected Governor); Samuel Fowler (D.), Sussex;
Thomas Lee (D.), Cumberland; James Parker (D.j, Middle-
sex; Ferdinand S. Schenck (D.), Somerset; William N.
Shinn (D.), Burlington; William Chetwood (D.), Essex (va-
cancy 1836-7).
XXV. 1837-9. John B. Aycrigg (W.), Bergen ; William
Halstead (W.), Mercer; John P. B. Maxwell ( W.), Warren ;
Joseph F. Randolph (W.), Monmouth; Charles C. Stratton
(W.), Gloucester; Thomas Jones York (W.), Salem.
XXVI. 1839-41. William B. Cooper (D.), Gloucester;
Philemon Dickerson (D.), Passaic; Joseph F. Randolph
(W.), Monmouth; Daniel B. Ryall (D.), Monmouth; Joseph
Kille (D.), Salem; Peter D. Vroom (D.), Somerset.
XXVII. 1841-3. John B. Aycrigg (W.), Bergen; Wil-
liam Halstead (W.), Mercer; John P. B. Maxwell (W.),
Warren; Joseph F. Randolph (W.), Monmouth; Charles C.
Stratton (W.), Gloucester; Thomas Jones Yorke (W.), Salem.
XXVIII. 1843-5. Lucius Q. C. Elmer (D.), Cumberland ;
George Sykes (D.), Burlington; Littleton Kirkpatrick (D.),
Middlesex ; Isaac G. Farlee (D.), Hunterdon ; William Wright
(W.), Essex.
XXIX. 1845-7. James G. Hampton (W.), Cumberland ;
Samuel G.Wright (W.) (died 1845), Monmouth; George
Sykes (D.) (vacancy), Burlington; John Runk (W.), Hunter-
don; Joseph E. Edsall (D.), Sussex; William Wright (W.),
Essex.
78 NEW JERSEY CONGKJiJSSMEN.
XXX. 1847-9. James G. Hampton (W.), Cumberland ;
"William A. Newell (W.), Monmouth ; John Van Dyke ( W.),
Middlesex; Joseph E. Edsall (D.), Sussex; Dudley S. Greg-
ory (W.), Hudson.
XXXI. 1849-51. Andrew K. Hay (W.), Camden ; Wil-
liam A. Newell (W.), Monmouth; John Van Dyke (W.),
Middlesex; Isaac Wildrick (D.), Warren; James G. King
(W.), Hudson.
XXXII. 1851-3. Nathan T. Stratton (D.), Cumberland ; "
Charles Skelton (D.), Mercer; George H. Brown (W.), Som-
erset; Isaac Wildrick (D.), Warren; Eodman M, Price (D.),
XXXIII. 1853-5. Nathan T. Stratton (D.), Cumberla .id ;
Charles Skelton (D.), Mercer ; Samuel Lilly (D.), Hunterdon ;
George Vail (D.), Morris; A. C. M. Pennington (W.), Essex.
XXXIV. 1855-7. Isaiah D.Clawson (R.),Cp.raberland;
George K. Eobbins (R.), Mercer; James Bishop (N. A.),
Middlesex ; George Vail (D.j, Morris ; A. C. M. Pennington
(R.), Essex.
XXXV. 1857-9. Tsalali D. Clawson (R.), Cumberland ;
George R. Robbins (R. ), Mercer; Garnet B. Adrain (D.),
Middlesex ; John Huyler (D.), Bergen ; Jacob R. Worten-
dyke (D.), Hudson.
XXXVI. 1859-61. John T. Nixon (R.), Cumberland;
John L. N. Stratton (R.), Burlington ; Gariiot B. Adrain (D.),
Middlesex; Jetur R. Riggs (D.), Passaic; William Penning-
ton (R.) (Speaker), Essex.
XXXVIL 1861-3. John T. Nixon (R.), Cumberland;
John L. N. Stratton (R.), Burlington; William G. Steele
(D.), Somerset; George T. Cobb (D.), Morris; Nehemiah
Perrv (D.), Essex.
XXXVIII. 1863-5. John F. Starr (R.), Camden ; George
Middleton (D.), Monmouth; William G. Steele (D.), Somer-
set; Andrew J. Rogers (D.), Sussex; Nehemiah Perry (D.),
Essex.
X XXIX. 1865-7. John F. Starr (R.), Camden ; William
A. Newell (R.), Monmouth; Cluirles Sitgreaves (D.), War-
ren ; Andrew J. Rogers (D.), Sussex ; Ed. R. V. Wright (D.),
Hudson.
XL. 1867-9. William Moore (R.), Atlantic; Charles
Haigbt (D.), Monmouth; diaries Sitgreaves (D.), Warren;
Jolui Hill (R.), Morris; George A. Halsey (R.), Essex.
XLI. 18<;9-71. William Moore (R.), Atlantic; Charles
Haight (D.), Monmouth; John T. Bird (D.), Hunterdon;
John Hill (R.), Morris; Orestes Cleveland (D.), Hudson.
XLI I. ] 87 1-3. Joim W. Hazleton (R.), Gloucester;
Sam'l C. Forker (D.), Burlington; John T. Bird (D.), Hunter-
don; John Hill (R.), Morris; George A. Halsey (R.), Essex.
NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMEN. 79
XLIII. 1873-5. John W. Hazleton (E.), Gloucester;
Samuel A. Dobbins (R.), Burlington; Amos Clark, Jr. (R.),
Union; Robert Hamilton (D.), Sussex; William Walter
Phelps (R.), Bergen ; Marcus L. Ward (R.), Essex ; Isaac W.
Scudder (R.), Hudson.
XLIV. 1875-7. Clement H. Sinnickson (R.), Salem;
Samuel A. Dobbins (R.), Burlington; Miles Ross (D.), Mid-
dlesex; Robert Hamilton, (D.), Sussex; Augustus W. Cutler
(D.), Morris; Frederick H. Teese (D.), Essex; Augustus A.
Hardenbergh (D.), Hudson.
XLV. 1877-9. Clement H. Sinnickson (E.), Salem; J.
Howard Pugh (R.), Burlington ; Miles Ross (D.), Middlesex ;
Alvah A. Clark (D.), Somerset; Augustus W. Cutler (D.),
Morris; Thomas B. Peddie (R.J, Essex; Augustus A. Har-
denbergli (D. ), Hudson.
XLVI. 1879-81. George M. Eobeson (R.), Camden;
Hezekiah B. Smith (D.), Burlington; Miles Ross (D.), Mid-
dlesex; Alvah A. Clark (D.), Somerset; Charles H. Voorhis
(R.) Bergen ; John L. Blake (R.), Essex; Lewis A. Brigham
(R.), Hudson.
XLVII. 1881-3. George M. Eobeson (E.), Camden;
John Hart Brewer (R.), Mercer ; Miles Ross (D.), Middlesex ;
Henry S. Harris (D.), Warren; John Hill (R.), Morris;
Pbineas Jones (R.), Essex; Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D.),
Hudson.
XLVIIl. 1883-5. Thomas M. Ferrell (D.), Gloucester;
John Hart Brewer (R.), Mercer ; John Kean, Jr. (R.), Union ;
Benjamin F. Howev (R.), Warren; William Walter Phelps
(R.), Bergen; William H. F. Fiedler (D.j, Essex; William
McAdoo (D.), Hudson.
XLIX. 1885-7. George Hires (R.), Salem; James Bu-
chanan (E.)> Mercer; Robert S. Green (D.), Union; James
N. Pidcock (D.), Hunterdon; William Walter Phelps (R.),
Bergen ; Herman Lehlbach (R.), Essex ; William McAdoo
(D.), Hudson.
L. 1887-9. George Hires (R.), Salem; James Buchanan
(E.), Mercer ; John Kean, Jr. (E ),Union ; James N. Pidcock
(D.), Hunterdon; Wm. Walter Phelps (R.), Bergen; Her-
man Lehlbach (R.), Essex ; Wm. McAdoo (D.), Hudson.
LI. 1889-91, Christopher A. Bergen (R.), Camden;
James Buchanan (R. ), Mercer ; Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D.),
Monmouth ; Samuel Fowler (D.), Sussex ; Charles D. Beck-
with ( R.), Passaic ; Herman Lehlbach (E.), Essex ; William
McAdoo (D.), Hudson.
LII. 1891-93. C. A. Bergen (E.), Camden ; J. Buchanan
(E ), Mercer; J. A. Geissenhainer (D.), Monmouth; Sam-
uel Fowler (D.), Sussex; C. A. Cadmus (D.), Passaic; T.
I) English (D.), Essex; E. F. McDonald (D.), Hudson.
THE JUDICIARY.
(From 1704 to date.)
CHANCELLORS.
(Term, seven years- -Salary. 810,000.)
18 15, Oliver S. Halsted ; 1852, Benjamin Williamson ; 1860,
Henry \V. Green; 1866, Abraham O. Zabriskie; 1873, Theo-
(lore Kunyon ; 1887, Alexander T. McGill (term expires May
1st, 1894).
CHIEF JUSTICES.
(Term of office, seven years— Salary, 810,000.)
1704, Eoger Mompesson ; 1709, Thomas Gordon; 1710,
David Jamison; 172H, William Trent; 1724, Robert Lettis
Hooper ; 1728, Thomas Farmer ; 1738, Robert Hunter Morris;
1758, William Aynsley; 1764, Charles Read; 1764, Frederick
Smyth; 1776, Richard Stockton (declined); 1776, John De-
Hart (declined) ; 1777, Robert Morris ; 1779, David Brearley ;
1789, James Kinsey ; 1803, Andrew Kirkpatrick; 1824,
Charles Ewing ; 1832, Joseph C. Hornblower; 1846, Henry
W.Green; 1853, Peter D.Vroom (declined); 1853, Alexander
Wurts (declined) ; 1861, Edward W. Whelpley ; 1864, Mercer
Beasley (term expires March 8th, 1892).
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
(Term of office, seven years— Salary, $9,000 each.)
1704, William Pinhorne; 1705, William Sand ford ; 1705,
Andrew Bowne; 1706, Daniel Coxe ; 1708, Thomas Revel;
1708, Daniel Leeds; 1710, Peter Sonnians; 1710, Hugh Huddy;
1711, Lewis Morris; 1711, Thomas Farmer; 1721, Peter
Bard; 1734, Daniel Coxe; 1735, John Hamilton; 1739, Jo-
seph Bonnel ; 1739, John Allen; 1748, vSamuel Nevil ; 1749,
Charles Read; 1754, Richard Salter; 1764, Joiin Berrien;
1772, David Ggden ; 1774, Richard Stockton; 1776, Samuel
Tucker; 1776, Francis Hopkinson (declined); 1777, Isaac
Smith; 1777, John Cleves Symmes; 1788, John Chetwood;
1797, Andrew Kirkpatrick; 1798, Klisha Boudinot; 1804,
William S. Pennington; 1804, William Rossell ; 1813, Mah-
lon Dickerson ; 1815, Samuel L. Southard ; 1820, Gabriel H.
Ford; 1826, (ieorge K. Drake; 1S.'!4, Thomas C. Ryerson;
1838, John Moore White; 1838, William L. Dayton; 1838,
m
THE JUDICIARY. 81
James S. Nevius; 1841, Daniel Elmer; 1841, Ira C. White-
head ; 1845, Thomas P. Carpenter ; 1845, Joseph F. Randolph ;
1845, James S. Nevius; 1848, Elias B. D. Ogden ; 1852, Lucius
Q. C. Elmer; 1852, Stacy G. Potts; 1852, Daniel Haines;
1855, Peter Vredenburgh; 1855, Martin Ryerson ; 1855, Elias
B. D. Ogden; 1858, Edward W. Wlielpley; 1859, Daniel
Haines; 1859, William S. Clawson; 1859, John Vandyke;
18G1, George H. Brown; 1861, L. Q. C Elmer; 1862, Peter
Vredenburgli ; 1862, L. Q. C. Elmer ; 1862, Elias B. D. Ogden ;
1865, Joseph D. Bedle; 1866, Vancleve Dalrimple; 1866,
George S.Woodhull ; 1866, 73, '80 and '89, David A. Depue ;
1869, '76, '83 and '90, Bennet Van Syckel ; 1869, '76, '83 and
'90, Edwa'-d W. Scudder ; 1875, '82 and '89, Manning M.
Knapp; 1875, '82 and '89, Jonathan Dixon; 1875, '82 and
'89, Alfred Reed; 1880 and '87, Joel Parker ; 1880 and '87,
William J. Magie ; 1888, Charles G. Garrison.
ATTORNEY-GENERALS.
(Term, five years— Salary, 87,000.)
1704, Alexander Griffith; 1714, Thomas Farmer; 1719,
Jeremiah Bass; 1723, James Alexander; 1728, Lawrence
Smith; 1738, Joseph Warrel ; 1754, Cortland Skinner; 1776,
William Paterson; 1783, Joseph Bloomfield ; 1792, Aaron D.
Woodruff; 1811, Andrew S. Hunter; 1817, Theodore Freling-
huysen; 1829, Samuel L. Southard; 1833, John Moore White;
1838, Richard S. Field; 1841, George P. Molleson; 1844,
Richard P. Thompson; 1845, Abraham Browning; 1850,
Lucius Q. C. Elmer; 1852, Richard P. Thompson ; 1857, Wil-
liam L. Dayton ; 1861, F. T. Frelinghuysen ; 1867, George M.
Robeson; 1870, Robert Gilchrist; 1875, Joel Parker; 1875,
Jacob Vanatta ; 1877, John P. Stockton (term expires April
5th, 1892). ^ ^
CLERKS IN CHANCERY.
(Term, five years— Fees.)
1831, Stacy G. Potts; 1840, Samuel R. Gummere: 1851
Daniel B. Bodine; 1856, William M. Babbitt; 1861, Barker
Gummere; 1871, Henry S. Little; 1881, George S. Duryee •
1886, Allan L. McDermott (term expires March 28th, 1891).'
CLERKS OF SUPREME COURT.
(Term, five years— Fees.)
1776, Jonathan D. Sergeant (declined) ; 1776, Bowes Reed;
1781, William C. Houston; 1788, Richard Howell; 1793,
Jonathan Rhea; 1807, William liver; 1812, Garret I). Wall;
1817, Zachariah Rossell ; 1842, ElfMorris; 1842, James Wil-
son; 1852, William M. Force; 1857, Charles P. Smith ; 1872,
Benjamin F. Lee (term expires November 2d, 1892).
6
STATE OFFICERS.
(From 1776 to date.)
SECRETARIES OF STATE.
(Term, five years— Salary, SG.OOO.)
1776, Charles Pettit, resigned October 7tli, 1778 ; 1778, Bnwes
Reed; 1794, Samuel W. Stockton ; 1795, John Beatty ; 1805,
James Linn; 1820. Daniel Coleman; 1830, James D. West-
cott; 1840, Charles G. McChesney ; 1851, Thomas S. Alli.son;
1861, Whitfield S.Johnson; 1866, Horace N. Congar; 1871,
Henry C. Kelsey (term expires April 6th, 1892).
STATE TREASURERS.
(Term, three years— Salary, Sti.OOO.)
1776, Richard Smith (resigned February 15th, 1777) ; 1777,
John Stevens, Jr.; 1783, John Schureman (declined); 1783,
James Mott; 1799, James Salter ; 1803, Peter Gordon ; 1821,
Charles Parker; 1832, William Grant; 1833, Charles Parker;
1836, Jacob Kline; 1837, Isaac Southard; 1843, Thomas Ar-
rowsmith; 1845, Stacy A. Paxson ; 1848, Samuel Mairs; 1851,
Rescarrick M. Smith ; 1865, David Naar ; 1866, Howard Ivins;
1868, William P. McMichael; 1871, Josephus Sooy, Jr.; 1875,
Gershom Mott; 1876, George M.Wright; 1885, Jonathan H.
iJlackwell; 1885, Jolni J. Tufiey (term expires March 16th,
1891).
STATE COMPTROLLERS.
(Term, three years— Salary, $6,0(.0 )
1865, William K. McDonald; 1871, Albert L. Rimyon ;
1877, Robert F.Stockton; 1880, Edward J. Aodersou ("term
expires March 16th, 1891),
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STATE OFFICERS. 83
ADJUTANT-GENERALS.
(Salary, 81,200.)
1776, William Bott; 1793, Anthony Walton White; 1806,
'ohn Morgan; 1804, Ebenezer Elmer; 1804, Peter Hunt;
iSlO, James J. Wilson; 1812, John Beatty ; 1814, James J.
Wilson; 1814, Charles Gordon; 1816, Zachariah Rossell;
1842, Thomas Cadwallader ; 1858, Robert F. Stockton, Jr.;
1867, William S. Strvker.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAIjS.
(Salary, 81.200.)
1776, John Mehelm ; 1778, Matthias Williamson; 1813,
Jonathan Rhea; 1821, James J. W^ilson ; 1824, Garret D.
Wall; 1830, Samuel R. Hamilton; 1855, Lewis Perrine
(died 1889) ; 1890, Richard A. Donnelly.
STATE PRISON KEEPERS.
(Term since 1876, five years— Salary. S3,500.)
Crooks; Henry Bellerjeau ; Francis Labaw;
1829, Ephraim Ryno; 1830, Tiiomas M. Perrins; 1836, Jo-
se[>Ii A. Yard ; 1839, John Voorhees; 1841, Jacob B. Gaddis;
1843, Joseph A. Yard ; 1845, Jacob B. Gaddis; 1851, William
B. Vanderveer; 1857, Robert P. Stoll; 1862, T. V. D. Hoag-
iand; 1863, Jo.seph B. Walker; 1866, Peter P. Robinson;
1S68, Joseph B. Walker; 1869, David D. Hennion: 1«71,
Robert H. Howell; 1873, Charles Wilson; 1876, Gershom
Mott; 1881, P, H. Laverty; 1886, John H. Patterson (term
e-nires Auril 22d, 1891).
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURES.
Below is a record of the length of each session, the date of meeting
and adjournment of, and the number of laws enacted by the various
Legislatures since the adoption of the new Constitution in 1841:
[Special Sessions.— An extra session convened on April 30th, and
adjourned on Way 10th, 1861, called in obedience to Governor Olden's
J reclamation, to raise troofs for the vs'ar. Laws enacted, 18; Joint
Resolutions, 2. A special session of Ihe Senate was convened in 1877,
for the purpose of acting on the Governor's nominations of District
Court Judges ; it met on March 28lh, and adjourned on March 30Hi.
A special session of the Senate was convened in 1884, to act on ihe
Governor's nominations for members of the State Beard of Assessors;
it met on April 23d, and lasted two hours]
Laws
Joint
Year.
Meeting.
Adjournment.
Length.
enacted.
Resolutions
1845-Ja
luaryll,
April
4,
12 Weeks.
1846—
13,
"
18,
14 "
144
1847-
12,
March
5,
8 "
109
13
1818-
11,
"
9,
9 "
186
14
1819—
9,
"
2,
8 "
136
12
18:0-
8,
"
8,
9 "
123
9
IS.')!-
14,
"
19,
10 "
171
3
]8')2—
13,
"
30,
11 "
213
9
ISJ3—
12,
"
11,
9 "
198
12
1851-
10,
"
17,
10 "
223
13
185J-
9,
April
G,
13 "
258
5
1856-
8,
March
14,
10 "
180
11
1857-
13,
"
21,
10 '•
223
2
1858-
12,
"
18,
10 "
215
8
1859—
11,
"
23,
11 "
231
1
1860—
10,
"
22,
11 "
270
C
1861—
8,
"
15
10 "
181
2
1862—
14,
"
28,
11 "
194
5
1803-
13,
"
25,
11 "
279
3
186J-
12,
April
1-1,
14 "
446
7
1805-
10,
"
6,
13 "
514
5
1866-
9,
"
6,
13 "
487
G
i8G7—
18,
"
12,
12 "
480
12
186S_
14,
"
17,
14 "
566
11
1869-
12,
"
2.
12 "
577
6
(84
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
85
Year.
Meeting.
Adjournment.
Length.
enacted R
esoluti
1870— January 11,
March
17,
10 Weeks.
532
6
1871—
10,
April
6,
13 "
625
9
1872—
9,
"
4,
13 '•
603
10
1873-
14,
"
4,
12 "
723
1
1874-
13,
March
27,
n "
534
1
1875—
12,
April
9,
13 "
439
0
1876-
11,
"
21,
15 "
213
ti
1877—
9,
March
9,
9 "
156
6
1878—
8,
April
5,
13 "
267
7
1879-
14,
March
H,
9 "
209
3
1880—
13,
•'
12,
9 "
224
4
1881—
11,
"
2-3,
11 "
230
10
1882—
10,
"
31,
12 "
190
7
1883—
9,
"
23,
11 "
208
5
1884-
8,
April
18,
15 "
225
9
1885-
13,
"
4,
12 "
250
4
188C-*
12,
June
2
15 "
279
;t
1887- 1
11,
April
7,
13 "
182
3
18SS—
10,
March
30,
12 "
337
u
ISSO-
8,
April
20,
15 "
207
8
IS'JO—
14,
May
23,
19 "
311
3
*.\fter a session of 14 weeks the House took a recess on April IPth
till June 1st. The Senate continued in session, as a Court of Impeach-
ment, till April 22d, when a recess was taken till June 1st. Up to the
time of taking the recess the Senate and House were in session to-
gether 14 weeks, and the Senate by itself one week. Both Houses
re-assembled on June 1st, and an adjournment sine die took place at
5 o'clock p. M , on Wednesday, June 2d. The Laverty impeachment
trial was opened before the Senate, sitting as a court, on March 11th,
and ended on Wednesday, April 21st, at 9 o'clock p. m., when a ver-
dict of guilty on two counts, by a two-thirds majority, was returned.
The trial lasted 19 days. See Senate Journal, session of 18S6, pages
9U5 to 959.
fThe Senate did not organize till February 1st.
STATE SENATORS.
BY COrnSTTIES, FROM 1845 TO 1886.
Atlantic County.
45-47, Joel Adams.
48-50, Lewis M. Walker.
51-53, Joseph E. Potts.
54-56, David B. Soniers.
57-59, Enoch Corderv.
60-62, Thomas E. Morris.
45-47,
48-49,
50-51,
52-53,
54-56,
57-59,
60-62,
63-65,
Bergen
Kichard R. PaulLson.
Isaac I. Haring.
John Van Brunt.
Abraham Hopper.
Daniel D. Depew.
Thomas H. Hening.
Ralph S. Demarest.
Daniel Holsman.
63-65, Samuel Stille.
66-68, David S. Blackman.
69-71, Jense Adams.
72-74, William Moore.
75-77, Hosea F. Madden.
78-86, John J. Gardner.
County.
66-68, John Y. Dater.
69-71, James J. Brinkerhoff.
72-74, Cornelius Lydecker.
75-77, George Dayton.
78-80, Cornelius S. Cooper.
81-83, Isaac Wortendyke.
84-85, Ezra Miller.
86, John W. Bogert.
Burlington County.
45-46, James S. Hulme.
47-49, Thomas H. Ricliards.
50-52, Joseph Satterthwaite.
53-58, Joseph W.Allen.
59-61, Thomas L. Norcross.
62, Joseph W. Pharo.
63-64, AVilliam Garwood.
05-67, Geo. M.Wright.
68-70, Job H. Gaskell.
71-73, Henry J. Irick.
74-76, Barton F. Tlioni.
77-79, Caleb G. Ridgway.
80 -82, Wm. Biidd Deacon.
83-85, Hezekiah B. Smith.
86-88, William H. Carter.
Camden County.
45, Richard W. Howell.
46-48, Joseph C. Stafford.
49-51, John Gill.
52-54, Thomas W. Mulford.
5')-60, John K. Roberts.
61-63, William P. Tatem.
64-66, James M. Scovel.
67-72, Edward Bettle.
73-81, William J. Sewell.
82-84, Albert Merritt.
85-87, Richard N. Herring.
Cape May County.
45-46, Reuben Willets. 50-52, Enoch Edmimds.
47-49, James L. Smitio, 53-55, Joshua Swain, Jr.
(86)
STATE SENATORS.
87
56-58, Jesse H. Diverty. 71-73, Thomas Beesley.
59-Gl, Downs Edmunds. 74-76, Richard S. Leaming.
62-64, Jonathan F. Leaming. 77-79, Jonathan F. Learning.
65-67, Wihnon W. Ware. ' 80-85, Waters B. Miller.
68-70, Leaming M. Eice. 86-88, Joseph H. Hanes.
Cimiberland County.
45-46, Enoch H. More.
47-50, Stephen A. Garrison.
51-53, Reuben Fithian.
54-56, Lewis Howell.
57-59, John L. Sharp.
60-62, Nat. Stratton.
63-68, Providence Ludlam.
69-71, James H. Nixon.
72-74, C. Henry Shepherd.
75-77, J. Howard Willets.
78-80, George S. Whiticar.
81-86, Isaac T. Nichols.
Essex County.
45, Joseph S. Dodd.
46-48, Stephen R. Grover.
49-51, Asa Whitehead.
52-54, Stephen Cougar.
55-57, George R. Chetwood.
58-60, Charles L. C.Gifibrd.
61-63, James M. Quinby.
64-66, John G. Trusdell.
67-69, James L. Havs.
70-75, John W. Tay'lor.
76-78, William H. Kirk.
79-81, William H. Francis.
82-84, William Stainsby.
85-87, Fredericks. Fish.
Gloucester County.
45-48, John C. Small wood.
49-51, Charles Reeves.
52-54, John Burk.
55-57, Joseph Franklin,
58-60, Jeptha Abbott.
61-63, John Pierson.
64-66, Joseph L. Reeves.
67-69, W^oodward W^arrick.
70-75, Sauuiel Hopkins.
76-78, Thos. P. Mathers.
79-81, John F. Bodine.
82-83, Thomas M. Ferrell.
84-87, Stacy L. Pancoast.
Hudson County.
45-47, Richard Outwater.
48-49, John Tonnele.
50, John Cassedy.
51-53, Abraham O. Zabriskie.
54-56, Moses B. Bramhall.
57-59, C. V. Clickener.
60-61, Samuel Wescott.
62 -65, Theodore F. Randolph.
Hunterdon County,
45-46, Alexander Wurts. 56-58, John C. Rafferty.
47-49, Isaac G. Farlee. 59-61, Edmund Perry.
50-52, John Manners. 62-64, John Plane.
53-55, Alexander V. Bonnell. 65-67, Alexander Wurts.
66-68, Charles H. Winfield.
69-71, Noah D. Taylor.
72-74, John R. McPherson.
75-77, Leon Abbett.
78-80, Rudolph F. Rabe.
81-83, Elijah T. Paxton.
84-86, William Brinkerlioff.
88 STATE SENATORS.
68-70, Joseph G. Bowne. 80-82, Eli Bosenbury.
71-73, David H. Bangliart. 83-85, John Carpenter, Jr.
74-76, Fred. A. Potts. 86-88, George H. Large.
77-79, James N, Pidcock.
Mercer County.
45-50, Charles S. Olden. 69-71, Jolm Wool verton.
51-56, William C. Alexander. 72-74, Charles Hewitt.
57-59, Robert C. Hutchinson. 75-77, Jonathan H. Blackwell.
60-62, Jonathan Cook. 78-80, Crowell Marsh.
63-65, Edward W. Sciidder. 81-83, John Taylor.
66-68, Aug. G. Eichey. 84-86, George 6. Vanderbilt.
Middlesex County.
45-46, David Crowell. 62-70, Amos Robbins.
47-49, Adam Lee. 71-76, Levi D. Jarrard.
50-52, Edward Y. Rogers. 77-79, George C. Ludlow.
53-55, Ralph C. Stults. 80-82, Isaac L. Martin.
56-58, Henry V. Speer. 83-85, Abraham V. Schenck.
59-61, Abra. Everitt. 86-88, Daniel C. Chase.
Monmouth. County.
45, Thomas E. Combs. 61-63, Anthony Reckless.
46-48, George F. Fort. 64-71, Henry S. Little.
49-51, John A. Morford. 72, Wm. H. Conover, Jr.
52-54, William D. Davis. 79-81, George C. Beekman.
55-57, Robert S. Laird. 82-84, John S. Applegate.
^8:60, j ^v,^. H. Hendrickson.«-5-87, Thomas G. Chattle.
Morris County.
45-47, John B. Johnes. 66-70, George T. Cobb.
48-50, Ephraim Marsh. 71, Columbus Beach.
51-53, John A. Bleecker. 72-74, Augustus W. Cutler.
54-56, Alexander Robertson. 75-77, John Hill.
57-59, Andrew B. Cobb. 78-80, Augustus C. Canfield.
60-62, Daniel Budd. 81-86, James C. Youngblood.
63-65, Lyman A. Chandler.
Ocean County.
51-53, Samuel Birdsall. 72-74, John G. W. ILavens.
54-56, James Cowpertliwaite. 75-77, John S. Scluiltze.
57-62, William F. Brown. 78-80, Ephraim P. Emson.
63-68, George D. Horner. 81-83, Abraham C. B. Havens.
69-7 1, John Torrey, Jr. 84-86, George T. Cranmer.
Passaic County.
45-46, Cornelius G. Garrison. 50-52, Sila.s D. Canfield.
47-49, Martin J. Ryerson. 53-55, Thoniiis D. Hoxsey.
STATE SENATORS.
89
5G-5S, Jetur E. Eiggs.
59 C7, Benjamin Buckley
,.' ,2-p' > John Hopper.
Salem County
71-73, Henry A.Williams.
77-82, Garret A. Hobart.
83-88, John W. Griggs.
45, William J. Shinn. 67-
46-48, Benjamin Acton, Jr. 70
49-51, John Summerill, Jr. 73
52-54, Allen Wallace. 76-
55-57, Charles P. Smith. 79
58-60, Joseph K. Eiley. 82-
61-63, Emmor Eeeve. 85
64-66, Eichard M. Acton.
69, Samuel Plummer.
72, John C. Belden.
75, Isaac Newkirk.
78, Charles S. Plummer.
81, Quinton Keasbey.
■84, George Hires.
87, Wyatt W. Miller.
Somerset County.
45,
46-48,
49-51,
52-54,
65-57,
58-60,
61-63,
64-66,
George H. Brown.
William H. Lenpp.
John W. Craig.
Moses Craig.
Samuel K. Martin.
James Campbell.
Eynier H. ^^eghte.
Joshua Doughty.
67-69, John H. Anderson.
70-72, Calvin Corle.
73-75, Elisha B. Wood.
76-78, Charles B. Moore.
79-81, John G. Schenck.
82-84, Eugene S. Doughty.
85-87, Lewis A. Thompson.
Sussex County.
45-46, Benjamin Hamilton.
47-49, Nathan Smith.
50-52, Joseph Greer.
63-55, Isaac Bonnell.
56-58, Zachariah H. Price.
59-61, Edward C. Moore.
62-64, Peter Smith.
65-67, Joseph S. Martin.
68-73, Richard E. Edsall.
74-76, Samuel T. Smith.
77-79, Francis M. Ward.
80-82, Thomas Lawrence.
83-85, Lewis Cochran.
86-88, J. Anson McBride.
TJnion County.
58-60, John E. Ayres.
61-63, Joseph T. Crowell.
64-65, James Jenkins.
66, Philip II. Grier.
67-69, Amos Clark, Jr.
70-72, James T.Wiley.
73-75, J. Henry Stone.
76-78, William J. Magie.
79-84, Benjamin A. Vail.
85-87, Eobert L. Livingston.
"Warren County.
45, Charles .J. Ilirie. 67
46-48, Jeremy Mackey. 70
49-51, George W. Taylor. 73
52-54, Charles Sitgreaves. 76
55-57, William Eea. 79
58-60, Philip Mowry. 82
61-63, James K. Swayze. 85
64-66, Henry E. Kennedy.
-69. Abraham Wildrick.
-72, Edward H. Bird.
-75, Joseph B. Cornish.
-78, William Silverthorn.
-81, Peter Cramer.
-84, George H. Beatty.
-87, Jame.s E. Moon.
ASSEMBLYMEN,
BY COUNTIES, FROM 1845 TO 18S6.
Atlantic County.
45, 46,
47-49,
50, 51,
52,
53,
54,
55,
56, 57,
58,
59.
60-62,
G3,
64,
65,
45,
45,
46, 47,
46, 47,
48, 49,
48, 49,
50-52,
50, 51,
52,
53, 54,
53, 54,
55, 56,
55, 56,
57, 58,
57, 58,
59,
59, 60,
60,
61, 62,
61, 62,
63, 64,
Josepli Ingersoll. 66, 67,
Mark Lake. 68, 69,
Robert B. Risley. 70, 71,
Jolm H. Boyle. 72, 73,
Thomas D. Winner. 74, 75,
Daniel Townsend. 76, 77,
Nicholas F. Smith. 78,
David Frambes. 79, 80,
John B. Madden. 81,
Thomas E. Morris. 82,
Charles E. P. Mayhew. 83,
John Godfrey. 84, 85,
Simon Hanthorn. 86,
Simon Lake.
P. M. Wolfseiffer.
Jacob Keini.
Benj. H. Overheisei
Samuel H. Cavileer.
Lemuel Conover.
Leonard H. Ashley.
Israel Smith.
James Jefl'ries.
George Elvins.
Joseph H. Sliinn.
John L. Bryant.
Edward North.
James S. Beckwith.
Bergen County.
William G. Hopper. 63, 64,
Jacob C. Terhune. 65, 66,
John G. Banta. 65, 66,
Jacob J. Brinkerhoff. 67, 68,
John Ackerman, Jr. 67,
Henry H. Voorhis, Jr. 68, 69,
John Huyler. 69, 70,
John H. Hopper. "0,71,
John Zabriskie. 71, 72,
Jacob I. Demarest. 72, 73,
Abraham Van Horn. 73,
Ralph S. Demarest. 74, 75,
Thomas W. Demarest. 74, 75,
Daniel Holsman. 76, 77,
Aaron H. Westervelt. 76, 77,
Andrew C. Cadmus. 78,
Enoch Brinkerhoff. 78, 79,
John A. Hopper. 79, 80,
Abram Carlock. 80,
Jolm R. Post. 81-83,
Tiiomas Dinni English. 81, 82,
(yo)
John Y. Dater.
Isaac Demarest,
Abraham J. Haring.
Cornelius Christie.
A. Van Emburg.
Henry G. Herring.
Eben Winton.
Henry A. Hopper.
Jacob G. Van Riper.
George J. Hopper.
John J. Anderson.
Henry C. Herring.
•Tohn W. Bogert.
Jolin H. Winant.
Barney N. Ferdon.
M. Corsen Gillhani.
Southey S. Parramorf .
John A. Demarest.
Oliver D. Smith.
John Van Bussinn.
Elias H. Sisson.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
91
83, 84, Peter K. Wortendyke. 85, 86, Eben Winton.
84, * Jacob W. Doremiis. 86, John Van Bussum.
85, Peter Ackerman.
Burlington County.
Joseph Sattei-thwait. 59-61
Isaiah Adams. 60, 61
48, John W. C. Evans. 60-62
Edward Taylor. 60-62
William Biddle. 61
Clayton Lippincott. 62-64,
William Malsbury. 62, 63!
Gai-rit S. Cannon. 63-65
Stephen Willets. 63-65,
Wm. (jr. Lippincott. 64
John S. Irick. 65
Benjamin Kemble. 65, 66,
Joseph W. Allen. 66, 67
William Biddle. 66, 67
Edward French. 66, 67
Samuel Stockton. 67-69
William R. Braddock. 68-71
William Brown. 68
William S. Emley. 68
Allen Jones. • 69-71
John W^. Fennimore. 69
Charles Haines. 70, 7 1
Benajah Antrim. 70,
Mahlon Hutchinson. 71-73
Jacob L. Githens. 72
Job H. Gaskell. 72-74
William Parry. 72-74
Joseph us Sooy, Jr. 73, 74
Benjamin Gibbs. 74
Thomas L. Norcross. 75
Elisha Gaunt.
Richard Jones. 75
William M. Collom. 75-77
Jervis H. Bartlett. 76
Samuel Keys. 76-78
Charles Mickle. 76
Ezra Evans. 77-79
Samuel C. Middleton. 78, 79
Charles 8. Kemble. 79, 80,
John Larzalere. 79
, Samuel A. Dobbins.
, George B. Wills.
, Robert B. Stokes.
, William Sooy.
, Joseph L. Lamb.
, Wm. P. McMichael.
, John M. Higbee.
, Israel W. Heulings.
, Henry J. Irick.
:, Jarett Stokes.
', Samuel Stockton.
, Charles C. Lathrop.
, George W. Thompson.
, Samuel Coate.
, Andrew J. Fort.
', Wallace Lippincott.
, John J. Maxwell.
, Ciias. E. Hendrickson.
, Charles Collins.
, Thomas C. Alcott.
, Theophilus I. Price.
, Abraham Perkins.
', Levi French.
; Edward T. Thompson.
:, Robert Aaronson.
, E. Budd Marter.
, George B. Borton.
, Townsend Cox.
, Joseph P. Adams.
, Levi French.
, Cliarles J. Gordon.
, Henry Moffett.
, Sanuiel Taylor.
, Daniel L. Piatt.
, John Cavileer.
, Edward F. ]\[athews.
, George Syke*.
, Wm. Budd Deacon.
, John AV. Haines.
', Wm. R. Lippincott.
♦John W. Doremus was first elected, but died before Legislature
convened.
92
ASSEMBLYMEN.
80 82,
80 82,
81
80,81
82,
45
45
40
46
47
47
48:
48
49
49
50,51
50,51
52,53
52,
52.
53
53, 54
54, 55
55
54-56
56
56, 57
57-59
57
57
58
58, 59:
59
60,6]
60,
6O;
61, 62:
61
62
62, 63
63
63, 64
64
64, 65:
65, 66
William 11. Carter.
Henry C. Herr.
John Cavileer.
Abraham Marter.
Thomas M. Locke.
Camden
Josepli Kay, Jr.
John Redfield.
Joel G. Clark.
Gerranl Wood.
Edward Turner.
Joseph B. Tatera.
John C. Shreeve.
Jolin E. Marshall.
Jacob Troth.
Joseph Wolohon.
Charles D. Hineline.
Thomas W. Hurff.
J. O. Jolinson.
J. Kay.
Jonathan Day.
Samuel Lytle.
John K. Roberts.
Samuel S. Cake.
James L. Hines.
Re i ley Barret.
Evan C. Smith.
Jolni P. Harker.
*Samuel Scull.
T. B. Atkinson.
Joseph M. Atkinson.
Edmund Hoflman.
Samuel M. Thorne.
Zebedee Nicholson.
John R. Graham.
Jo.sepli iStaftbrd, Jr.
George Brewer.
Joel P. Kirkbride.
James L. Hines.
Daniel A. Hall.
Edwin J. Osier.
James M. Scovel.
Chalkiey Albert.son.
Sanuiel Tatem.
Paul ('. Brinck.
Isaac W. Nicholson.
83-86, Theodore Budd."
83, 84, Stacy H. Scott.
83, Horace Cronk,
84-86, Thomas J. Alcott.
85, 86, Allen H. Gangewer.
County.
65, John F. Bodine.
66, 67, George W. N. Custis.
66, 67, Thomas H. Coles.
67, Edward Z. Collings.
68, John Hood.
68, James Wills.
68, Chalkiey Albertson.
69, 70, Henry S. Bonsall.
69, 70, William C. Shinn.
69, Thomas H. Coles.
70, Samuel Warthman.
71, Charles Wilson.
71, Isaac W. Nicholson.
72, Fred. Bourquin.
71, 72, Stevenson Leslie.
72-74, George B. Carse.
73, Isaac Foreman.
73, 74, William H. Cole.
74, Chalkiey Albertson.
75-77, Alden C. Scovel.
75, 76, 79, 80, R. N. Herring.
75, Henry B. Wilson.
76, 77, Oliver Lund.
77, Samuel T. Murphy.
78, Isaiah Woolston.
78, 79, Alonzo D. Nichols.
78, Andrew J. Rider.
79, 80, Edward Bin-rough.
80, 81, Henry L. Bonsall.
81,82, Chris. J. Mines, Jr.
81,82, John H.McMnrrav.
82, Robert F.S. Heath.
83, George W. Borton.
83, John Bamford.
83, 84, Clayton Stafford.
84-86, Edward A. Armstronj:
84, John W. Branniug.
85, Benjamin M. Braker.
85, 86, Henry M. Jewett.
86, George Pl'eifler.
•lu 1857 Mr. Scull was unseated by T. B. Atkiii.son.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
93
Cape May County.
45,
46,
47,
48, 49,
50,51,
52,
53,
54, 55,
5G-58,
59, 60,
61,
45
45, 46
45, 46
46
47
47
47, 48:
48,49
48, 49
49, 50,
50, 51
60,51
51, 52,
52!
53
53
54
54
55, 56;
55, 56
57
57
58
58,59
59,
60
60,
61, 62;
45
45,46
45
John Stites. 62-64,
Samuel Townsend. 65-67,
Richard S. Ludlam. 68,
Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. 71-73,
Mackey Williams. 74,
Joshua Swaim. 75,
Waters B. Miller. 76-78,
Jesse H. Divertv. 79,
Downs Edmunds, Jr. 80, 83-
Abram Reeves. 81,82,
Jonathan F. Leaming. 86,
Wilmon W^. Ware.
69, 70, Thos. Beesley.
Samuel R. Magonagle.
Richard S. Leaming.
Alexander Young.
Richard D. Edmunds.
William T. Stevens.
Daniel Schellinger.
85, Jesse D. Ludlam.
Furman L. Richardson.
Alvin P. Hildreth.
Cumberland County.
Josiah Shaw. 61, 62
George Heisler. 63, 64
Lewis Howell. 63, 64,
Stephen A. Garrison. 65-67
Leonard Lawrence. 65-68
Jeremiah Parvin. 68
Uriah D. Woodruff. 69
Reuben Fithian. 69-71
Richard Lore. 70, 71
John T. Nixon. 72, 73
Benj. Ayres. 72, 73
Joel Moore. 74, 75
Samuel Mayhew. 74
David Campbell. 75-77
Enos S. Gaudy. 76
Lewis Woodruff. 77, 78
Daniel Harris. 78
Morton Mills. 79, 80!
James M. Wells. 79, 80^
John F. Keen. 81, 82
Uriah Mayhew. 81
Elias Doughty. 82,
Elwell Nichols. 83
Robert Moore. 83, 84,
Aaron S. Westcott. 84, 85,
Ebenezer Hall. 85, 86
John Carter. 86
William Bacon.
J. Edmund Sheppard.
B. Rush Bateman.
Edw. W. Maylin.
Robert Moore.
James H. Nixon.
Thomas D. Westcott.
C. Henry Shepherd,
Wm. A. House.
Charles C. Grosscup.
George S. Whiticar.
J. Howard Willets.
Lewis H. Dowdney.
George B. Langley,
George W. Payne.
Isaiah W. Rich man.
Isaac T. Nichols.
James Loughron.
Robert P. Ewing.
Arthur T. Parsons.
Charles Ladow.
John II. Avis.
Philip P. Baker.
Isaac M. Smalley.
John B. Campbell.
Jeremiah H. Lupton.
Wilson Banks.
Franklin Lawrence.
Essex County.
Isaac Van Wagenen.
William M. Scudder.
John Runyon.
45, 46, Hugh F. Randolph.
45, 46, Jabez Pierson.
45, 46, Keen Pruden.
94
ASSEMBLYMEN.
45, 46
Alvali Sherman.
55, 56,
46,47
George W. McLane.
55, 56,
46,47
Parker Teed.
55, 56,
47,48
A. S. Hubbeel.
55, 56,
47,48
Jabez G. Goble.
56,
47.48
Francis B. Chetwood.
56,
47,48
Abraham Van Kiper.
56,
47,48
Elston Marsh.
56, 57,
48
Hugh H. Bowne.
57,
48,49
Charles Harrison.
57,
49, 50
Joel W. Condit.
57,
49, 50
Obadiah Meeker.
57,
49, 50
\\'illiam F. Day.
57,
49, 50
Stephen Personnett.
57,
49
Hugh H. Bowne.
57, 58,
49
Lewis C. Grover.
57, 58,
50, 51
Jonathan Valentine.
58,
50, 51
David Wade.
58,
50, 51
Isaac H. Pierson.
58,
51,52
Beach Vanderpool.
58,
51, 52
John C. Beardsiey.
58,
51
Wm. M. Whitehead.
59, 60,
51
Cornelius Boice.
59, 60,
62
Thomas McKirgan.
59, 60,
52
John ^I. Clark
59,
52
William M. Sandford.
59,
52
Silas Merchant.
59,
52
John Munn.
59,
52
James S. Bell.
60,
52, 53
John B. Clark.
60,
53
Stephen Day, Jr.
60, 61,
53
Grant J. AVheeler.
60,61,
53
Edward T. Hillyer.
61,62,
53
Charles T. Dav.
61,62,
53
Cliarles O. Bolles.
61, 62,
53, 54
Abiathar Harrison.
61, 62,
53, 54
Daniel Price.
61,
53,54
William Dennis.
62, 63,
54
David S. Craig.
62, 63,
54
Daniel H. Noe.
62, 63,
54
James N. Joraleman.
(;2, 63,
54
David Ripley.
62, 63,
54, 55
Hugli Holmes.
63,
54, 55
Daniel D. Benjamin.
63,
55
Charles O. Bolles.
63, 64,
55
Daniel F. Tomjjkins.
63, 64,
55,56
Nehemiah Perry.
64, 65,
, James A. Pennington.
, Apollos M. Palmer.
, Joseph T. Hopping.
, Samuel R. Winans.
, Warren S. Baldwin.
, James E. Bathgate.
, George H. Doi-emus.
, William K. McDonald.
, John C. Denman.
, Moses P. Smith.
, John L. Blake, Jr.
, William B. Baldwin.
, Charles L. C. Giffbrd.
, Elihu Day.
, Charles C. Stewart.
, John C. Thornton.
, Simeon Harrison.
, James McCracken.
, Joseph Bootii.
, Ira M. Harrison.
i, Thomas Kirkpatrick.
I, Adolpbus W. Waldron.
, James F. Bond.
, Amzi Condit.
, Gashier De Wilt, Jr.
, David Ayres.
, Isaac P. Trimble.
, David A. Hayes.
, James McCracken.
', J. W. Hale.
, Frederick H. Teese,
, James Wheeler.
;, George A. Halsey.
, James M. Lang.
:, David Oakes.
;, John Flintoft.
, James E. Smith.
, Walter Tompkins.
, Corra Drake.
, John D. Freeman.
, John P. Jackson.
, Tiiomas McGrath.
', Amzi Dodd.
, John C. Littell.
, Adolph Schalk.
, James Smith.
, Rufns F. Harrison.
ASSEMBL YMEN.
95
64,
64,
64,
64,
65,
66,
66,
66,
66,
67,
67,
68,
68,
68,
68,
69,
69,
69,
69,
70,
70,
70,
71,
71,
71,
72,
65, Charles A. Lightpipe.
65, Thomas B. Peddie.
65, John C. Seiftert.
65, Bernard Kearney.
64, Jeremiah DeCamp.
64, Ira M. Harrison.
65, J. B. S. Robinson
65, John H. Land ell.
65, James D. Cleaver.
66, David Anderson.
66, William Bodwell.
67, Albert P. Condit.
67, Isaac P. Trimble.
67, William H. Murphy.
68, Edward L. Price.
66, John F. Anderson.
66, David Ayers.
66, James L. Hays.
67, Israel D. Condit.
67, Daniel Ayers.
67. William R. Sayre.
68, Samuel Atwater.
68, Edward Hedden.
67, M. H. C. Vail.
69, Josiah Speer.
69, James Peck.
69, John Kennedy.
69, Timothy W. Lord.
69, Francis Macken.
68, Josiah L. Baldwin.
70, James L. Gurney.
70, John Hunkele.
70, William W.Hawkins
71, James G. Irwin.
71, Joseph F. Sanxay.
71, Farrand Kitchell.
71, Henry W. Wilson.
70, Chaun'y G.Williams.
70, William R. Sayre.
70, Matthew Murphy.
71, Albert P. Condit.
72, Edmund L. Joy.
72, Theodore Horn.
72, Rochus HeiniFch, Jr.
71, William A Ripley.
73, Samuel Wilde.
72, 73, Joseph G. Hill.
72, 73, Theodore Macknett.
72, David Anderson.
72, Daniel Murphy.
72, Moses H. Williams.
73, L. M. Armstrong.
73, John W. Campbell.
73, 74, Elias O. Doremus.
73, 74, Phineas Jones.
73, 74, Aaron G. Baldwin.
74, Moses E. Halsey.
74, 75, Thomas S. Henry.
74, 75, Julius C. Fitzgerald.
74, 75, William H. Kirk.
74, James T. Vanness.
73-75, Samuel Morrow, Jr.
75, Andrew Teed.
75, Hugh Kinnard.
75, Patrick Doyle.
75, William Carrolton.
75, 76, David Dodd.
76, 77, Albert D. Traphagen.
76, 77, Francis K. Howell.
76, 77, S.V.C. Van Rensselaer.
76, 77, Elkanah Drake.
76, Charles H. Harrison.
76, Marcus S. Richards.
76, Philip W. Cross.
86, 80, James M. Patterson.
77, Joseph H.Wightman.
77, 80, Gottfried Krueger.
77, 78, Charles Gomer.
77, 78, James Malone.
77, 78, Edward D. Pierson.
78, 79, Edward W. Crane.
78, 79, George S. Durvee.
78, 79, 82, Wm. H. F. Fiedler.
78, 79, Schuyler B. Jackson.
78, Alexander Phillips.
78, Charles Hoizwarth.
79-81, Harrison Van Duyne.
79, 80, Peter J. Gray.
79. 80, 83, John Gill.
79, Charles A. Felch.
80, *William H. Brown.
80.81, Elias A. Wilkinson
'■In 1890, W. H. Brown wa9 unseated by William R. Williams
96
ASSEMBLYMEN.
80, 81,
79-81,
81,
81,
81,
81, 82,
80,81,
82, 83,
82, 83,
82,
82,
82,
82,
82,
82,
83,
83,
83,
83,
83, 84,
45, 4r,,
45, 46,
47, 48,
47, 48,
49, 50,
49,
50,
51, 52,
51,
52,
53,
53,
54,
54,
55, 56,
55, 56,
57,
57,
58, 59,
58, 59,
60,61,
Thos. W. Langstroth.
83, Thomas O'Connor.
Joseph L. Munn.
William Wright.
*Chas. G. Bruemmer.
Michael McMahan.
William R. Williams.
John H. Parsons.
David Young.
Robert McGowan.
Roderick Robertson.
Ulysses B. Brewster.
Edw'd R. Pennington.
Adam Tnrkes.
Edwin B. Smith.
Lucius B. Hutchinson.
James N. Arbuckle.
John H. Murphy.
William Hill.
John L. Armitage.
83-86,
84, 85,
84, 85,
84, 85,
84, 85,
84, 85,
84,
84,
84,
85, 86,
85, 86,
85, 86,
85,
86,
86,
86,
86,
William Harrigan.
George B. Harrison.
David A. Bell.
Edward Q. Keasbey.
William E. O'Connor.
Charles Holzwarth.
Herman Lehlbach.
Rush Burgess.
Frederick S. Fish.
Henry M. Doremus.
R. W^ayne Parker,
Augustus F. R. Martin.
Franklin Muiphy.
Charles F. UnderhiU.
Henry A. Potter.
Elias M. Condit.
Edwin Lister.
Jacob Schreihofer.
John H. Peal.
Gloucester County.
Samuel W. Cooper.
Benjamin Harding.
John B. Miller.
John B. Hilliard.
John Duell.
John Burk.
Tliomas Gaskell.
Benjamin C. Tatem.
p]dmimd Weatherby.
Thomas Mills.
Jeptha Abbott.
John V. Parch.
John Franklin.
Benjamin Beckett.
Jacob G. Toralin.
James B. Albertson.
John H. Bradway.
Benjamin Smith.
John F. Thomas.
George C. Hewitt.
John Starr.
60,
62,
63,
64,
65,
66,
69-
69,
71,
73,
73,
75,
76,
77-
60, fJosepli Harker.
61, {Joseph Duffield.
63, Allen Moore.
62, Thomas G. Batten.
64, E. C. Heritage.
65, Nathan S. Abbott.
66, William D. Wilson.
67, Wiliiaui W. Clark.
67, Jacob J. Hendrickson.
68, Charles T. Molony.
68, Win. B. Rosenbaum.
1, Nimrod Woolery.
70, Leonard F. Harding.
72, John S. Rulon.
72, John R. Middleton.
74, Obadiah Eidridge.
74, D^W.C. Hemmingway.
76, Tliomas B. Lodge.
75, Simeon Warruigton.
77, Samuel Moore.
79, Caleb C. Pancoast.
* Mr. Bruemmer was elected for 1882, but died before Legislature
convened.
+ Mr. Harker died during the session of 1860, and Mr. Duffield was
elected lo fi;l the vacancy.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
97
78, 79, Lawrence Lock.
80, 81, George Craft.
80, 81, Thomas M. Ferrell.
82, Abijah S. Plewitt.
83-85, Job S. Haines.
86, Joseph B. Eoe.
Hudson County.
, HartmanYanWagenen
. 65,
, Benjamin F. Welsh.
65, m,
\, Oliver S. Strong.
66-68,
, Jas. J. Van Boskerck.
66, 67,
, Edward T. Carpenter.
66. 67,
, John Van Vorst.
66,
i, Edmund T. Parker.
66,
!, Joseph W. H.ancox.
!, John Dunn Littell.
67, 68,
67, 68,
, James S. Davenport.
, Jacob M. Vreeland.
67, 68,
68,
, Clement M. Hancox.
68, 69,
, Aug. F. Hardenbergh.
>, Jacob M. Merseles.
69, 70,
69, 70,
, Dudley S. Gregory, Jr
69,
>, John M. Board.
69, 71,
), John D. Ward.
70, 71,
), James T. Hatfield.
70,
, George V. De Mott.
70,
, Robert Gilchrist, Jr.
71,
i, Robert C. Bacot.
71,
5, William Voorhees.
71,
), Garret M. Van Horn.
71,
, Wra. H. Hemenover.
72, 73,
, Samuel A. French.
72, 73,
), W. H. Peckham.
72, 73,
), N. C. Slaight.
72, 73,
, Franklin B. Carpenter
, Theodore F. Randolph
72, 73,
72, 73,
I, Michael J. Vreeland.
72,
I, Edward D. Reiley.
72,
;, George McLaughlin.
73,
J, Josiah Conley.
73, 74,
;, John B. Perry.
, Joshua Benson.
74, 75,
74, 75,
, James Lynch.
:, Garret D. Van Reipen
74, 75,
74-76,
r, John B. Drayton.
74,
), John Van Vorst.
74,
), Abra. W. Duryee.
74-77,
j, Delos F, Culver.
75, 76,
j, William E. Broking.
75.
, Hiram Van Buskirk.
, 69, 70, Leon Abbett.
, Noah D. Taylor.
, Obad'h D. Falkenburg.
, De Witt C. Morris.
, John Ramsey.
, Charles F. Ruh.
, Hosea F. Clark.
, A. O. Evans.
, .John Dwyer.
, John Van Vorst.
, Henry C. Smith.
I, Sidney B. Bevans.
, James B. Doremus.
Elbridge V. S. Besson.
, Michael Coogan.
, Hermann D. Busch.
, Abel I. Smith.
, William Brinkerhoff.
, James F. Fielder.
, John Anness.
, George Warrin.
, Josiah Hornblower.
, George H. Farrier.
, Dennis Reardon.
, George S. Plympton.
, Henry Gaede.
, Jasper Wandel.
, Anthony J. Ryder.
!, James Stevens.
, John A. O'Neill.
, John Lee.
, Richard C. Washburn.
, Alexander T. McGill.
, Patrick Sheeran.
, Alexander McDonnell.
', John D. Carscallen.
, Henry Coombs.
, James K. Selleck.
, Rudolph F. Rabe.
I, .John J. Tofi'ey.
Thomas Carey.
ASSEMBLYMEN'.
75, Edward F. McDonald.
76, William A. Lewis.
76, Henry Brautigam.
76, Thomas C. Brown.
76, 78, Alex. Jacobus.
76, 77, Thomas J. Hannon.
77, 78, Marmaduke Tilden.
77, 78, Alex. W. Harris.
77, 78, James Stevens.
77, Martin M. Drohan.
77, Lewis A. Brigham.
77, Elijah T. Paxton.
78, Dudley S. Steele.
78, Edward P C. Lewis.
78, 79, 81, T. J. McDonald.
78, 79, Henry Dusenberry.
79, John Owen House.
79, Frank C. Frey. _
79, Gustavus A. Lilliendahl
79, John A. Tangeman.
79, 80, Joseph Meeks.
79, 80. Samuel W. Stilsing.
80, 8i; Noah D. Tavlor.
80, 81, Allan L. McDermott.
80, 81, J. Herbert Potts.
80, 81, James Curran.
80, Patrick Sheeran.
81, Frederick Payne.
81, 82, James J. Casey.
80-82, David W. Lawrence.
82, 83, Thomas V. Cator.
82-84, James C. Clarke.
82-84,
82,
82,
82,
82,
82,
83,
83,
83-85,
83, 84,
83, 84,
83, 84,
83, 84,
84, 85,
84, 85,
84,
85,
85,
, 85,
85,
85,
85,
85, 86,
86,
86,
86,
86,
86,
86,
86,
86,
Dennis McLaughlin.
William McAdoo.
Kobert McCague, Jr.
George H. Farrier.
David M. Durrell.
John O'Rourke.
Peter F. Wanser.
John M. Shannon.
Edwin O. Chapman.
Martin Steljes.
Augustus A. Rich.
Frank O. Cole.
Joseph T. Kelly.
Cornelius S. See.
Samuel D. Dickinson.
Michael J. O'DonnelL
Thomas H. Kelly.
Isaac Romaine.
John W. Heck.
James J. Clark.
John Wade.
Fred. Frambach, Jr.
John C. Besson.
R. B. Seymour.
Philip Tumulty.
D. A. Peloubet.
A. B. Dayton.
John Pearson.
R. S. Hudspeth.
T. J. McDonald.
Thomas F. Noonan.
Edward Lennon.
Hunterdon County.
45, 48,
45,
45,
45,
46,
46, 47,
46, 47,
46, 47,
47-49,
48, 49,
48, 49,
50, 51,
50,51,
49, Jonathan Pickel.
John Swackhammer.
Amos Moore.
John H. Case.
Henry Stevenson.
Isaac R. Srope.
Josei)h Frhts.
Frederick Apgar.
John Lambert.
Andrew Banghart.
David Van Fleet.
John Mario w.
Luther Opdycke.
50,
50-.
52,
52,
53,
53,
54,
54,
51, William Tinsman.
52, John R. Young.
53, Peter H. Aller.
53, Andrew Vansickle.
52, Hiram Bennett.
54, John Lambert.
54, Samuel H. Britton.
55, Lewis Young.
55, Peter E. Voorhees.
55, Jacob S. C. Pittenger.
55, Edward Hunt.
57, William Sergeant.
57, John M. Voorhis.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
99
56, 57,
56, 57,
58, 59,
58, 59,
58, 59,
58, 59,
60, 61,
60, 61,
60,61,
60,
61, 62,
62, 63,
62-64,
63, 64,
64, 65,
65-67,
65, 66,
66, 67,
67, 68,
68, 69,
45,
45,
45,
46,47,
46, 47,
46, 47,
48, 49,
48-50,
48,
49,
50,
50, 51,
51,
51,
52,
52,
52,
53,
53,
53,
54,
54,
54,
55,
Joseph W. WiUever. 68-70,
John P. Rittenhouse. 69, 70,
John H. Horn. 70, 71,
William Snyder. 71, 72,
Cornelius B. Sheets. 71, 72,
Frederick Apgar. 73, 74,
Charles Denson. 73, 74,
Ambrose Barcroft. 75, 76,
D. D. Schomp. 75, 76,
Thomas Banghart, Jr. 77, 78,
Jacob H. Huffman. 77, 78,
S. R. Huselton. 79, 80,
Joseph W. Wood. 79, 80,
David H. Banghart. 81, 82,
David B. Boss. 81, 82,
AVilliam J. Iliff. 83, 84,
James J. Willever. 83, 84,
Richard H. Wilson. 85, 86,
Balles Pickel. 85, 86,
John Williamson.
Theodore Probasco.
John P. Lare.
John Kugler.
Peter Voorhees.
Augustus E. Sanderson.
W. L. Hoppock.
John Carpenter, Jr.
James Bird.
Wm. W. Swayze.
Henry Britton.
John Hackett.
Chas. W. Godown.
James N. Ramsey.
George H. Mathews.
Jacob Hipp.
John V. Robbins.
W. Howard Lake.
John C. Arnwine.
Chester Wolverton.
Mercer County.
Israel J. W^oodward. 55,
Richard J. Bond. 55,
*John Lowrey. 56, 57,
Isaac PuUen. 56, 57,
John M. Vancleve. 56,
William AVhite. 57, 58,
James M. Redmond. 58, 59,
Josiali Buzljy. 58,
Samuel C. Cornell. 59,
John R. Dill. 59, 60,
John F. Hageman. 60, 61,
John H. Phillips. 60,
Eli Rogers. 61,
Westley P. Danser. 61, 62,
William Napton. 62, 63,
John C. Ward. 62,
Jeremiah Vandyke. 63,
Abner B. Tomlinson. 63, 64,
Elijah L. Hendrickson. 64,
Randal C. Robbins. 64, 65,
James H. Hill. 65, 66,
Franklin S. Mills. 65, 66,
Runey R. Forman. 66, 67,
James Vandeventer 67, 71,
William Jay.
Garret Schenck,
Geo. R. Cook.
Andrew Dutcher,
Samuel Wooley.
Jacob Van Dyke.
Augustus L. Martin.
Jonathan S. Fish.
Robert Aitken.
Ed. T. R. Applegate.
Joseph Abbott.
Harper Crozer.
Wm. S. Yard.
Morgan F. IVIount.
Geo. W. Johnston.
John G. Stevens.
Peter Crozer.
James G. West.
James F. Bruere.
John A. Weart.
Alex. P. Green.
Samuel Fisher.
Thomas Crozer.
Joseph H. Bruere.
• Died in office.
100
ASSEMBLYMEN.
67,
68, 69,
68,
68,
69,
69, 70,
70,71,
70,
71,
72, 73,
72,
72,
73, 74,
73, 74,
74, 75,
75,
75,
76,
76,
45, 46,
45, 46,
45, 46,
45, 46,
47,
47,
47,
47, 48,
48,
48, 49,
48, 49,
49,
49, 50,
50,
50,
50,
51,
51,
51,
51, 52,
52,
52, 53,
53-55,
53, 54,
54, 55,
55, 56,
Chas. W. Mount.
Absalom P. Lanning,
Thomas J. Corson.
Thomas C. Pearce.
John P. Nelson.
James C. Norris.
\Vm. H. Barton.
Charles O. Hudnnt.
Liscomb T. Kobbins.
Alfred W. Smith.
Richard R. Rogers.
John H. Silvers.
John N. Lindsay.
Andrew J. Smith.
Geo. O. Vanderl)ilt.
Samuel M. Youmans
Robert S. Woodrufi;
Enoch H. Drake.
John Hart Brewer.
77,
78,
78.
80,
80,
82,
82,
83,
84,
84,
Jr.
76, Robert L. Hutchinson,
78, Horatio N. Burroughs.
77, William S. Yard.
77, J. Vance Powers.
79, 82, Eckford Moore.
79, .John D. Rue.
79, Wm. Roberts.
81, Charles S. Robinson.
81, Richard A. Donnelly.
81, John V. D. Beekman.
83, Nelson M. Lewis.
83, William J. Convery.
84, Joseph H. Applegate.
85, A. Judson Rue.
85, John Caminade.
85, Benjamin F. Chambers.
86, Symmes B. Hutchinson.
86, James C. Taylor, Jr.
86, William Ossenberg.
Middlesex County.
Simeon AV. Phillips.
56,
Ralph C. Stults.
56, 57,
Daniel C. Dunn.
57,
Charles Abraham.
57, 58,
Garret G. Voorhees.
58-60,
Theodore F. King.
58, 59,
John A. Davison.
59,
Richard McDowell.
60,
Melancton F. Carman.
60,
Lewis S. Randolph.
61, 62,
Aaron Gulick.
62, 63,
William A. Gulick.
62,
James Bishop.
63, 64,
Henry Vandyke.
63, 64,
Charles Abraham.
64, 65,
Israel R. Coriell.
65-67,
David Dunn.
65,
Peter F. Dye.
66, 67,
J. B. Johnson.
66, 67,
Robert M. Crowell.
08,
James Api)legate.
68, 69,
Josephus Shann.
68, 69,
Martin A. Howell.
70,71,
Abraham Everett.
70,
Saumel E. Stelle.
71-7.3,
William Hutchinson.
71,
John T. Jenkins.
Amos Robbins.
Henry Stults.
John D. Buckelew.
Ellis B. Freeman.
Garret I. Snedeker.
Andrew McDowell.
Thomas Booraem.
Elias Dey.
Elias Ross.
James T. Crowell.
Orlando Perrine.
Miles Ross.
David B. Wyckoff.
Abraham C. Coriell.
69, 70, Levi D. Jarrard.
James G. Goble.
Nathan H. Tyrell.
John W. Perrine.
George E. Strong.
Alfred W. Jones.
William M. Cox.
Albert L. Runyon.
George E. Brown.
Isaac L. ]<''isher.
Edward F. Roberts.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
101
72, 73,
72,
73,
74,
74,
74,75,
75,
75,
76,
76,77,
76,77,
78, 79,
78, 79,
Joseph C. Letson. 78, 79,
Johnston Holconibe. 80,
H. F. Worthington. 80,
John Van Deiirsen. 80, 81,
John F. Ten Broeck. 81, 82,
Joseph C. Magee, Jr. 81, 83,
James H. Van Cleef. 82,
Josephns Shann. 82, 83,
Isaiah Eolfe. 83, 84,
Charles A. Campbell. 84, 85,
Daniel Z. Martin. 84, 85,
John Waldron. 85, 86,
Isaac L. Martin. 86,
Patrick Convery. 86,
Vincent W. Mount.
Robert G. Milder.
John M. Board.
Stephen M. Martin.
James H. Van Cleef.
Manning Freeman.
John Adair.
James H. Goodwin.
William E. Jernee.
Edward S. Savage.
Robert Carson.
John Martin.
John F. Ten Broeck.
R. R. Vanderbergh.
Monmoutli County.
45, George F. Fort. 55,
45-47, Hartshorne Tantum. 55,
45, 46, Andrew Simpson. 55,
45-47, Joseph B. Coward. 56, 57,
45, *.James II. Hartshorne. 56, 57,
46, 47, William Vandoren. 56, 57,
46, 47, John Borden. 57-59,
47, Andrew Simpson. 58, 59,
48, William W. Bennett. 58, 59,
. 48, Joel Parker. 57-60,
48, Ferdinand Woodward. 60, 61,
48, *SamueI Bennett. 60, 61,
48, Joel W. Avres. 60,
49, 50, Alfred Walling. 61, 62,
49, 50, George Vv' . Sutpliin. 61, 62,
49, 50, James D. Hall. 62,
49, James Hooper. 63-65,
49, John B. Williams. 63, 64,
50, William G. Hooper. 63, 64,
50, Charles Butcher. 65, 66,
51, 52, William H. Conover. 65, 66,
51, 52, Garret S. Smock. 66,
51, Bernard Connolly. 67, 68,
52, Charles Butcher. 67, 68,
51-53, Samuel W. Jones. 67, 68,
53, Charles Allen. 69,
53, Daniel P. Van Dorn. 69, 70,
53, 54, Robert Allen. 69, 70,
54, Forman Hendrickson. 70-72,
54, John L. Corlies. 71,
54-56, Henry E. Lafetra. 71, 72,
John Vandoren.
Tliomas B. Stout.
W^m. H. Johnson.
Jacob Herbert.
Jolin R. Barricklo.
Samuel Beers.
John V. Conover.
George Middleton.
Richard B. Walling.
Austin H. Patterson.
Wm. H. Mount.
James Patterson.
J. J. McNinney.
William V. Ward.
Chas. Haight.
Geo. C. Murray.
Michael Taylor.
Osborn Curtis.
David H. WyckofF.
Daniel A. Holmes.
George Schenck.
Wm. C. Browne.
Chas. Allen.
Francis Corlies.
Thomas S. R. Brown.
William H. Conover.
Daniel H. Van Mater.
Andrew Brown.
Austin H. Patterson.
Wm. S. Horner.
John T. Haight.
♦Died in office.
102
ASSEMBLYMEN.
72,
73-75,
73, 74,
73, 74,
75, 76,
75, 76,
76, 77,
77, 78,
77,
78,
78, 79,
79, 80,
79, 80,
Wm. B. Hendrickson. 80, 81,
Geo. W. Patterson. 8 1 ,
John B. Gifford. 81, 82,
John S. Sproul. 82, 83,
Chas. D. Hendrickson. 82,
William V. Conover. 83, 84,
James L. Rue. 83, 84,
Wm. H. Bennett. 84, 85,
James H. Leonard. 85,
George J. Ely. 85, 86,
Arthur Wilson. 86,
Sherman B. Oviatt. 86,
John D. Honce.
Morris County.
Grover H. Liifbnrrow.
Holmes W. Murphy.
David A. Bell.
Peter Forman, Jr.
Benjamin Griggs.
Alfred B. Stoney.
Thomas G. Chattle.
Charles H. Bond.
\Vm. H. Grant.
Frank E. Heyer.
W. S. Throckmorton.
William Pintard.
45, Timothy Kitchel. 57, 58,
45, 46, Matthias Kitchel. 58, 59,
45, 46, Henry Seward. 58, 59,
45, 46, George H. Thompson. 59,
46, 47, Calvin Howell. 59, 60,
47, Richard Lewis. 60,
47, Charles McFarland. 60-62,
47, Samuel Hilts. 60-62,
48, 49, Andrew I. Smith. 61,
48, 49, David T. Cooper. 61, 62,
48, 49, Samuel Van Ness. 62, 63,
48, 49, Edwai-d W. Whelpley. 63,
50, John L. Kanouse. 63-65,
50, Andrew Cobb, 64,
50, Freeman Wood. 64, 65,
50, George H. Thompson. 65,
51, Horace Chamberlain. 66,
51, Jonathan P. Bartley. 66, 67,
51, Josiah Meeker. 66, 67,
51, 52, Cornelius B. Dorenius. 67,
52, 53, C. S. Dickerson. 68,
52, 53, John D. Jackson. 68,
52, 53, Robert Albright. 68-70,
53, John Ij. Kanouse. 69, 70,
54, 55, William P. Conkiing. 69, 70,
54, 55, William Logan. 71, 72,
54, 55, Aaron Pitney. 71, 72,
54, Andrew B. Cobb. 71-73,
55, 56, Edward Howell. 73, 74,
56, William M. Mu(limore.73, 74,
56,57, William A. Carr. 74-76,
56, 57, Daniel Budd. 75, 76,
67, 58, Benjamin M. Felch. 75, 76,
Richard Speer.
Lyman A. Chandler.
John Naughright.
A. H. Stansborough.
James H. Ball.
Eugene Ay res.
Nelson H." Drake.
Nathan Horton.
William W. Beach.
John Hill.
Jacob Vanatta.
William J. Wood.
Jesse Hofhnan.
Henry C. Sanders.
John Bates.
Alfred M. Treadwell.
John Hill.
James C. Yawger.
Elias M. White.
Lewis Estler.
Daniel Coghlan.
George Gage.
Jesse M. Sliarp.
Theodore W. Plioenix.
Columbus Beach.
Natlianiel Niles.
W. B. Lefevre.
August C. Canfield.
W. II. Howell.
Jacob Z. Budd.
Elias M. Skellinger.
James C. Youngblood.
Edmund D. Halsey.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
103
77,
77,
77, 78,
79, 80,
79, 80,
79, 80,
81, 8^,
51-53,
54,
55, 56,
57-59,
60,
61,
62,
63,
64, 65,
66, 67,
68, 69,
70, 71,
Abra. C. Van Duyne. 81, 82,
*Cummins O. Cooper. 81, 82,
Cornelius P. Garrabrant.83-85,
Francis J. Doremus. 83, 84,
Joshua S. Salmon. 83, 84,
Charles F. Axtell. 85, 86,
James H. Bruen. 85, 86,
Holloway W. Hunt. 86,
William C. Johnson.
John F. Post.
Oscar Lindsley.
George W. Jenkins.
James H. Neighbour.
Amzi F. Weaver.
John Seward Wills.
Elias C. Drake.
John Norwood.
Ocean County.
Joel Haywood.
A. O. S. Havens.
Wm. F. Brown.
Edwin Salter.
Thomas W. Ivins.
Chas. H. Applegate,
Ephraim Emson.
Edwin Salter.
Jacob Birdsall.
Job Edwards.
Geo. W. Cowperthwaite
72, Kichard B. Parker.
73, John S. Shultz.
74, Edward M. Lonan.
75, Jonathan S. Goble.
76, Ephraim P. Emson.
77, Isaac A. Van Hise.
78-80, Kufus Blodgett.
81, Wm. H. Bennett.
82, Clifford Horner.
83, George T. Cranmer.
84, Augustus W. Irons,
71, Albert M. Bradshaw. 85, 86, George G. Smith.
Passaic County.
45, 46,
45, 46,
47,
47,48,
48,
49, 50,
49,
50,51,
51, 52,
52,
63,
63,
53, 54,
54,
51, 52,
55,
55,
55, 56,
56-58,
56,
57,
67,
58,
George W. Colfax. 58, 59,
Chileon F. De Camp. 59-61,
Abm. Prall. 59,
Henry M. Van Ness. 60,
John M. Demarest. 60, 61,
C. S. V an Wagoner. 61,62,
Oscar Decker. 62-66,
Thomas D. Hoxsey. 62-66,
Benjamin Geroe. 63,
J. S. Fayerweather. 63, 64,
J. V. R. Van Blarcom. 63, 64,
Coruelins Van Winkle.64, 65,
Philip Raffertv. 65,66,
Charles H. May. 65, 66,
54, Joliu L Laroe. 67, 68,
Wm. C. Stratton. 67, 68,
Wm. M. Morrell. 67,
John Schoonmaker. 68, 69,
Benj. Bucklev. 69, 70,
Peter H. Whitenor. 69, 71,
John J. Brown. 70,
James B. Beam. 70,
Patrick Maginnis. 71, 78,
Richard Van Houten.
Samuel Pope.
Joel M. Johnson.
Isaac Stagg.
Isaac P. Cooley.
Socrates Tuttle.
JohnN. Terhune.
Chandler D. Norton.
Samuel Pope.
Joseph N. Taylor.
Chas. F. Johnson.
Aaron Kinter.
Garret Van Wagoner.
Isaac D. Blauvelt.
David Henry.
Joseph R. Baldwin
E. A. Stansbury.
Albert A. Van Voorhies.
Hugh Reid.
72, Chas. Hemmingway.
Henry Hobhs.
Clias. P. Gurnee.
79, John O'Brien.
* In 1878 C. O. Cooper was unseated by Joshua S. Salmon.
104
ASSEMBLYMEN.
71 72
72, 73,
73,
73,74,
74, 75,
74, 75,
76, 77,
7(5, 77,
76, 77,
78,
78,79,
79, 80,
80, 81,
45,
45,
45,
46,
46,
46,
47,
47,
47,48,
48,
48,
49,
49,
49,
50,
50,
50,
51,
51,
51,
52,
52,
53,
53,
54,
54.
56,
56,
57,
57 59,
6 •, 59,
75, Robert M. Torbet. 80, 81,
Henry McDanolds. 81,
George Barnes. 82,
Gai-ret A. Hobart. 82, 83.
David Henry. 82, 83,'
John P. ZelufF. 82 85,
John W. Griggs. 83, 84,
Joiin Sanderson. 84,
Josepli L. Cunningham. 84,
John Kennel 1. 85, 86,
John H. Robinson. 85, 86,
George W. Conkling. 85, 86,
Robert B. Morehead. 86,
Thomas B. Vreeland.
Jacob Latus.
•Joseplx A. Greaves.
Patrick H. Shields.
William F. Gaston.
Thomas Flynn.
Clark W. Mills.
William Prall.
Cornelius A. Cadmus.
John Scheele.
DeWitt C. Bolton.
George H. Low.
^Villiam B. Gourley.
Salem County.
David Wiley. 60, 61
Isaiah Conklyn. 60
Robert Hewitt. 61
Ephraim Carel. 62
Charles Bilderback. 62^
George Remster. 63, 64
Joseph M. Springer. 63,
James Vanmeter. 64
Joseph Fostei". 65,
Benj. F. McCollister. 65, 66
Joseph R. Chew.
James H Trencliard.
Isaac Lippincott.
John Fowler.
Charles B. Newell.
David Sithens.
Benjamin Remster.
Smith Bilderback.
Charles Benner.
Ilarman Richman. 7!
Jacob Hitchner.
John C. Lummis. 73, 74
Nathaniel G. Swing. 74, 75
John Blackwood. 75
Isaiah D. Clawson. 76
Richard Grier. 76-78
Joshua Thompson. 77
John Harris. 78
Joseph Kiile. 79-81
SaiMuel Plumnier. 79-81
Wiiliam Beckett. 82-84
Thomas B. Jones. 85, 86
Alfred Simpkins.
66, 67,
67
68
68, 69:
69, 70
70
71
71
,73
, Joshua Lippincott.
', Samuel Habermayer.
, Owen L. Jones.
, William P. Somers.
,, Samuel D. Miller.
, Joseph W. Cooper.
, Joseph Waddington.
, William N. Hancock.
, William Callahan.
, Auxenico M. P. V. H.
Dickeson.
, Samuiel Garrison.
, John S. Newell.
, Henry M. Wright.
, Andrew S. Reeves.
', Charles F. H. Gray.
, David Evans.
, John W. Dickinson.
, John Hitchner.
;, Daniel P. Darrell.
, Smitii Hewitt.
, ^V^illiam Iszard.
, William B. Carpenter.
, Charles P. Swing.
, Richard Coles.
, Quinton Keasbey.
, .John S. El well.
, William C. Kates.
, Henry Barber.
, Joim D. Garwood.
, Henry Coombs.
i, Joseph I). Whitaker.
ASSEMBLYMEN.
105
Somerset County.
45,
45,
45,
46,
46,47,
46,
47-49,
47-49,
48-50,
60, 51,
50,
51,
51, 52,
52,
53, 54,
54-56,
55,
56, 57,
57,
58, 59,
59, 60,
60, 61,
45,
45,
45,
46,
46,47,
46-48,
47-49,
48-50,
49,
50, 51,
50, 51,
51,
52,
52, 55,
52-54,
f3,54,
63, 54,
55,
55-57,
56-58,
56-58,
Peter Voorhees. 61-63,
Samuel Reynolds. 62, 63,
Peter Kline. 64, 65,
James B. Elmendorf. 65, 66,
Peter T. Beekman. 66, 67,
Jonatlian Cory, 67,
Samuel K. Martin. 68, 69,
F. V. D. Voorhees. 68,
John M. Wyckoffi 69-71,
53, Jolin DeMott. 71,
Samuel S. Doty. 72, 73,
Frederick D. Brokaw. 73, 74,
Eugene S. Doughty. 74, 75,
Michael E. Nevius. 75-77,
John H. Anderson. 76, 77,
John S. Hoagland. 78 80,
Alvah Lewis. 78-80,
Cornelius M. Schonip. 81, 82,
Cornelius N. Allen. 81,
Nehemiah V. Steele. 83, 84,
Elisha B. Wood. _ 85, 86,
70, Jas. W. Arrowsmith.
John G. Schenck.
John M. Mann.
Daniel Corey.
Rynier A. Staats.
Ralpli Davenport.
Peter A. Voorhees.
John J. Bergen.
Abraham T. Huff.
John R. Staats.
James Dotv.
David D. Smalley.
John G. Schenck.
William P. Sutphin.
Joseph H. Voorhees.
James J. Bergen.
John Eingelmann.
J. Newton Voorhees.
William A. Schorap.
John L. Oakey.
Cornelius S. Hoffman.
John Vettei-lein.
Sussex County.
Absalom Dunning. 58,
Jesse Bell. 59, 60,
Timothy H. Cook. 60, 61,
John Hunt. 60, 61,
Peter Young. 61,
Thomas D. Armstrong. 62-64,
Peter Hoyt. 62,
Jacob Hornbeck, Jr. 63, 64,
Martin Ryerson. 65,
Guy Price. 65-67,
William Simurson. 66, 67,
Daniel D. Decker. 68-70,
George W. Collver. 68-70,
Aaron K. Stinson. 71, 72,
Timothy E. Shay. 71,
Benjamin Hamilton. 75, 76,
Luther Hill. 77, 78,
James L. Decker. 79-81,
Daniel D. Gould. 82-84,
William Smith. 85, 86,
John W. Opdyke.
Sandford McKeeby.
Martin Cole.
Charles Mackerly.
Daniel D. Decker.
William Price.
William H. Bell.
Thomas N. McCarter.
Robert Hamilton.
Samuel Fowler.
William M. Iliff
73, 74, Francis M.Ward.
Hiram C. Clark.
Samuel H. Hunt.
Lebbeus Martin.
Peter Smith.
William Owen.
George Greer.
Lewis J. Martin.
William E. Ross.
Horatio N. Kinney.
106
ASSEMBLYMEN.
TTnion County.
58,
58,
59,
59, 60,
60,61,
61,
62, 63,
62,
63, 64,
64,65,
65,
66,
66,
67,
67,
68, 69,
68, 69,
70,71,
70,
71,
72,
45, 46,
45,
45,
46-48,
46-48,
47-49,
49-51,
49-51,
50, 51,
52-54,
52-54,
52,
54-56,
55-57,
55 57,
57-59,
58, 59,
58,
59-61,
60-62,
00,
61, 63,
62-64,
Benjamin M. Price. 72-74,
Cooper Parse. 72-74,
William Stiles. 73,
Elston Marsh. 74,75,
David Mulford. 74, 75,
Israel O. Maxwell. 76-78,
Samuel L. Moore. 76, 77,
John J. High. 76, 77,
Noah Woodruff. 78-80,
Philip Dougherty. 78,
Joseph T. Crowell. 79, 80,
John R. Crane. 79-82,
Thomas J. Lee. 81-82,
A. M. W. Ball. 81-83,
Enos W^ Runyon. 83, 84,
John H. Whelan. 83, 84,
DeWitt C. Hough. 84,
75, Ferdinand Blancke. 85, 86,
Albert A. Drake. 85, 86,
Joseph W. Yates. 85,
Andrew Dutcher^ 86,
William McKinley,
John H. Lufberry.
Jal)ez B. Coolev.
William H. Gill.
Elias B. Pope.
John Egan.
Moses F. Gary.
Benjamin A. Vail.
George M. Stiles.
Joseph B. Coward.
Pliilip H. Vernon.
John T. Dunn.
George T. Parrott.
Frank L. Sheldon.
Edward J. Byrnes.
Asa T. Woodrufi".
DeWitt C. Hough.
Peter L. Hughes.
Wm. H. Corbin.
Jacob Kirkner.
William Chamberlain.
■Warren County.
Robert C. Caskey.
Abram Wildrick.
Stephen Warne.
Jonathan Shotwell.
Amos H. Drake.
Samuel Mayberry.
Andrew Ribble.
Benjamin Fritts.
53, John Loller.
.John Sherrer.
David V. C. Crate.
John Cline.
George H. Beatty.
Archibiild Csborn.
•JoJin White.
Isaac Leida.
William Feit.
Abm.'S. Van Horn,
Roberi Rusling.
John C. Bennett.
Philip Slioemaker.
David Smith.
Wm. W. Strader.
63-65, Elijah Allen.
64-66, Charles G. Hoagland.
65, 66, Silas Young.
66-68, Andrew J. Fulmer.
67, 68, John N. Givens. .
67-69, Nelson Vliet.
69-71, Absalom B. Pursell.
69-71, Caleb H. Valentine.
70-72, William Silverthorn.
72-74, Valentine Mutchler.
73-75, .Joseph Anderson.
75, John M. Wyckoff.
76, Wm. Carpenter.
76-78, Elias J. Mackey.
77-79, Silas W. DeWitt.
79-81, Coursen H. Albertson.
80-82, William Fritts.
82, Robeit Bond.
83-85, Stephen C. Jjarison.
83-85, Isaac Wildrick.
80, Thomas L. Titus.
86, William M. Baird.
VICE-PRESIDENTS OP COUNCIL AND
SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY,
FBOM 1776 TO 1844,
WHEN THE NEW CONSTITUTION WAS FORMED.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
■ John Stevens, Hunterdon.
John Cox, Burlington.
I Philemon Dickinson.
•' Hunterdon.
J- Robert Lettis Hooper,
I Hunterdon.
Elisha Lawrence,
Monmouth.
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1781
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795-
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802 I
1803 I J'^^^ Lambert, Hunterdon.
1804 J
1805— Thomas Little, Monmouth.
1806— Geo. Anderson, Burlington.
1807— Ebenezer Elmer,
Cumberland.
1808- Ebenezer Seeley,
Cumberland.
1809— Thomas Ward, Essex.
I Thomas Henderson.
■' Monmouth.
—Elisha Lawrence,
, Monmouth.
[■James Linn, Somerset.
Geo. Anderson, Burlington.
JgjJ I Charles Clark, Essex.
1812— James Schureman,
Middlese?.
1813— Charles Clark, Essex.
1815 f William Kennedy, Sussex.
18161
1817 I
1818 1
18 i 9 1" Jesse Upson, Morris.
1820 I
1821 I
18221
1823)
1824 V Peter J. Stryker, Somerset.
1825 J
1826— Ephraim Bateman,
Cumberland.
1827— Silas Cook, Morris.
1828— Charles Newbold.
Burlington.
JIIq I Edward Condict, Morris.
1^^,^ I Ellas P. Seeley,
^'^■^^^ Cumberland.
1833— Mahlon Dickersoii, Morris.
1834— Jehu Patterson, Monmouth.
1835— Charles Sitgreaves. Warren.
1836— Jeptha B. Munn, Morris.
1838 1 ■'^^'^''^^ Parsons, Passaic.
1840 [ J°^^P^ Porter, Gloucester.
1842— John Cassedy, Bergen.
1843— William Chetwood, Essex.
1844 — Jehu Patterson, Monmouth
(107)
105
SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE.
SPEAKERS.
1776)
1777 )-John Hart, Hunterdon.
1778]
Second session 1878— Caleb Camp,
Essex.
1779— Caleb Camp, Essex.
1780— Josiah Hornblower, Essex.
1781 — John Mehelm, Hunterdon.
1 ioQ I Ephraim Harris,
^'*"^> Cumberland.
1784— Daniel Hendrickson,
Monmouth.
nf5 1 Benjamin Van Cleve,
1^'"^ Hunterdon.
1787— Ephraim Harris.
Cumberland.
1788— Benjamin Van Cleve,
Hunterdon.
1789— John Beatty, Middlesex.
1790— Jonathan Dayton, Essex.
1791— Ebenezer Elmer,
Cumberland.
1792)
179.! -Silas Condict, Morris.
]79t I
1795— Ebenezer Elmer,
Cumberland.
1796— James H. Imlay,
Monmouth.
1797— Silas Condict, Morris.
1798)
1799 > William Coxe, Burlington.
1800)
1801— Silas Dickerson. Sussex.
ISOi— William Coxe, Burlineion.
180?— Peter Gordon, Hujterdou.
18111
Jcof- ( James Cox, Monmouth.
IS'iT'j
1809 f ^^^^^^ Condict, Morris.
1811 1 William Kennedy, Sussex.
1812— William Pearson,
Burlington.
1813— Ephraim Bateman,
Cumberland.
1815 I S*'^"^^ Pennington, Essex.
1816— Charles Clark. Essex.
1817— Ebenezer Elmer,
Cumberland.
18181
1819
1820 y David Thompson, Jr.,
1821 i Morris.
1822 J
1823— Lucius Q C. Elmer,
< ;umberland.
1824— David Johnston,
Hunterdon.
-I Qf)5 )
1826 1 '^^o^S® ^- Drake, Morris.
if^e 1 William B.Ewin-.
^'^'^> Cumberland.
18291
1830 >- Alexander Wurts.
1831 ) Hunterdon.
1832— John P. Jackson, Essex.
18531
1831 >- Daniel B.Ryall.
183ij Monmou h.
18a6— Thomas G. Haight,
Monmoulh.
18'8 I ^^^^^^ Condict, Morris.
1859— William Stites, Essex.
18tl 1 ■^°^'^ Em'ey, Burlington,
1812— Samuel B Ilalsey, Morris.
Iaj]l Joseph Taylor,
^"'** > Cumberland.
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS.
109
SENATE OFFICERS.
PRESIDENTS.
18J5T
Illy i John C. Smallwood, Glou'btr
1848 J
]||y I Ephraim Marsh, Morris.
1851- -Silas D. Canfield, Pas.saic.
1852— John Manners, Hunterdon.
.18.531
1855 ^ ^- ^- Alexander, Mercer.
1856 J
1858 } Henry V. Speer, Middlesex.
] 859— Thomas R. Herring, Bergen.
18fi0— C. 1. C GifFord, Essex.
1S61— Edmund Perrv, Hunterdon.
ISfi'J— Joseph T. Crowell, Union.
1863— Anthony Kecklesis, Mon'th.
1>^61— Ames Robbins. Middlesex.
1865— Edward \V. Scudder, Mercer
1866— James M. Scovel, Camden.
1867— Benjamin Buckley, Passaic.
J^^H Henry S. Little, Monmouth.
1870- Amos Robbins, Middlesex.
J^Z^ I Edward Bettle, Camden.
1873)
1874 ;-John W. Taylor, Essex.
1875J
1876— W. J. Sewell, Camden.
1877— Leon Aljbett, Hudson.
1878-G. C. Ludlow, Middlesex.
1880 1 ^- •^- Sewell, Camden.
• G. A. Hobart, Passaic,
1881
IKS^f
188 i-J. J. Gardner, Atlantic.
1884— B. A. Vail, Union.
_ ,, — >^. \ . ^ru-'uc'^, Middlesex.
1H86— John \V. Griggs. Passaic.
i8s7 — Fredericks. Fish, Essex.
1888— Geo. H. Large, Hunterdon.
1SS9— George T. Werts, Morri*.
189U — H. M. Nevius, Monmouth.
SECRETARIES.
1845")
1846 ^Daniel Dodd, Jr , Essex.
1847J
1848)
1849 f- Philip J Gray, Camden.
1850 j
1851— John Rogers. Burlington.
1853 1 Samuel A. Allen, Salem.
1854— A. R. Throckmorton,
lac-x Hudson.
a?« I A. R. Throckmorton,
^°^°i Monmouth
iv^Il A. B. Chamberlain.
^^**J Hunterdon.
1860 1 •^°^" ^- Rafferty, Hunterdon
1861— Joseph J. Sleeper.
iccTi Burlington.
i^R.j [ Morris R.Hamilton.
i'^lU Camden.
1865 } -^^^^ H- Sleeker, Essex.
jggy [ Enoch R Borden, Mercer.
I^g^ I Joseph B. Cornish, Warren.
1870— John C. Rafferty, Hunterdon
18711
1873 r John F.Babcock, Middlesex
1874 I
IgZg I N. W. Voorhees, Hunterdon.
jgig I C. M. Jemison, Somerset.
1879— N.W. Voorhees, Hunterdon.
1880)
1881 >Geo. Wurts, Passaic.
1882)
18>i3)
1884 VW. A. Stiles, Sussex.
1885 J
]cQ7 I Richard B. Readine,
1888) Hunterdon.
1889— John Carpenter, Jr.,
Hunterdon.
1S90— Wilbur A. Mott, Essex.
no
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS.
HOUSE OFFICERS.
1&15
1846—
1817 )
18i8j
1849-
1850—.
18>1
185-!—
18 i3 )
18j4;
1855-
1866—'
1857
1858—
1859—
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1861-
1862-
1863-
1861-,
18ti5
18ti6
1867-
1868-
1869)
lS7()j
1871-
1872—
1873-
1874
1875-1
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1877-
1878-
1879-
188U-
18<^1-
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1884-
1885 i
1881)
1^87-
18S8-
18S0-
1890-
SPEAKERS.
Isaac Van Wagenen, Essex.
Lewis Howell, Cumberland.
John W. C. Evans,
Burlington.
Edward W. Whelplej;,
Morris
JohnT Nixon. Cumberland
John H. Phillips, Mercer.
John Huyler, Bergen.
John W. Fennimore,
Burlington.
William Parry, Burlington.
Thomas AV. Uemarest,
Bergen.
Andrew Dutcher, Mercer.
Daniel Holsinan, Bergen,
tdwin Salter, Ocean.
•Ausiiu H. Patterson,
Monmouth.
F H. Teese. Essex.
Charles Haight, Monmoutii.
James T. Crowell,
Middlesex.
Joseph N. Taylor, Pai«!-aic.
loseph T. Crowell, Union.
John Hill, Morris.
G W. N. Custis Camden.
Aug. O. Evans, Hutlsou.
Leon Abbott, Hudson.
Albert P. Condit, Essex.
Natlianiel Niles, Morris.
Isaac L. Fisher, Middlesex.
Garret A. Hobart, Passaic.
George O. Vanderbilt,
Mercer.
John B Carscallen. Hudson.
Kudcilph F. Rabe, Hudson.
John Kgan, Union
Scbiiyler )5. .Jiicki-on, E'sex.
■Shcruian B Oviatt.
Monmouth.
■Harrison Van Duyne, Essex.
■John T. Dunn, Union.
-Thomas O'Connor. I'.ssex.
•A. B. btoney, Monmouth.
E. A. Armstrong, Camden.
-William M. Baini, Warren.
■Samuel D. Dickinson,
Hudson.
-Roberts. Hu<ispHih,
HuilHon.
-V. 0. Heppenheimer,
Uuduon.
CLERKS.
1845— AlexanderG. Cattell , Salem.
1846— Adam C. Davis, Hunterdon.
1847]
1849 f A^lsx. M. Gumming, Mercer.
18.50 I
J^H David Naar, Essex.
}l^'^ \ David W. Dellicker,
^^^^i Somerset.
18-55— Peter D. Vroom, Hudson.
18"7 f ^^'i^l'^^ Darmon, Glouc'str.
1858— Daniel Blauvelt, Essex.
1859— John P. Harker, Camden.
1860— D. Blauvelt, Jr., Essex.
^^^l I Jacob Sharp, Warren.
jgg^ I Levi Scobey, Monmouth.
itfic 1 George B. Cooper.
^°^^i Cumberland.
1867— Ed. Jardine, Bergen.
18681
1869 >-A. M. Johnston, Mercer.
1870 J
1871— A. M. Gumming, Mercer.
1872)
1873 ^Sinnickson Chew, Camden.
1874 1
1875— Austin H. Patterson,
Monmouth,
j^!^ I John Y. Foster, Essex.
1878— Austin K. Patterson.
Monmouth
1879)
1880 >C. O. Cooper, Morris.
1881 )
18-3 [•^'■thnr Wilson. Monmouth
1884— Henry D. Winton, Borgeu.
188f f Sariucl Toombs, Essex.
I ]>S7— Joseph .Vtkinstri. E-^sex.
1888 — James P. LogHH,
BiirliDgtoD.
J^^^ I John J. Matthews, Union.
POLITICAL HISTORY.
New Jersey's Vote for Governor from 1857 to
the Present Time, and the Political Com-
plexion of each Legislature.
18 7— Legislature : Senate, 12 Democrats, 6 Whigs, 2 Know Noth-
ings. House. Dem., 38; Opposition, 22.
1S58— Legislature : Both Houses Democratic.
1859 — Legislamre: Senate, Democratic. House, Opposition.
Governor: Wright, total vote, 51,714; per cent, of popular vote,
49.21. Olden, total vote, 53,315; per cent, of popular vote, 50.76.
Olden's majority, 1,601.
18u0— Legislature : Senate, Democratic. House, Dem., 30; Rep,
28; Araeriiau, 2.
ISiil — Legislature: Senate, Republican. House, Democratic.
181)2— Legislature: Senate, Democrats and Republicans, tie ; Indr-
pendent, 1. House, Democratic. Democratic majority on joint
ballot, 3.
Governor: Parker, total vote, 61,307; per cent of popular vote.
f6.80. Ward, total vote, 46,710; per cent, of popular vote, 43.2'.
Parker's majority, 14,597.
1803— L°gislature: Both Houses Democratic.
Democratic total vote, 39,186; per cent, of popular vote, 56.8".
Republican total vote, 29,812 ; per cent, of popular vote, 43.20. Dem-
ocratic majority, 9,374.
1864— Legislature: Both Houses Democratic.
1865— Legislature: Senate, Democratic. House, tie.
Governor: Runyon, total vote, 64,736; per cent, of popular vote
49 0. Ward, total vote, 67,525 ; per cent, of popular vote, 51 0. Ward's
majority, 2,789.
186'i— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
1867— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
Democratic total vote, 67,468 ; per cent, of popular vote, 56 89.
Republican total vote, 51,114; per cent, of popular vote, 43.10. Dem-
ocratic majority, 16,3.>4.
1868— Legislature: Both Houses Democratic.
Randolph's majori ty for Governor, 4,288.
1869— Legislature: .Both Houses Democratic.
1870— Legislature: Roth Houses Democratic.
1871— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
Governor: Parker, total vote, 82,362 ; per cent, of popular vote,
51.90. Wrtlsh, total vole, 76,883; per cent, of popular vote, 48 10.
Parlier's majority, 5,979.
1872— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
187:^- Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
1874— Legislature: B .th Houses Republican.
Governor: Bedlc. total vote, 97,283; per cent, of popular vote,
5!.60. Ilalsey. total vote, 84,050; per cent, of popular vote, 46.3'.
Bedlc's majority. 13,233,
I*'"'— Legislature : Senate, Republican. House, Democratic.
1876— Lpgi«lntnre: Both Houses Republican.
1877— l.esfislature : Senate, Democratic. House, tie.
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112 POLITICAL HISTORY.
Governor: McClellan, total vote, 97,837 ; per cent, of popular vote,
51.65. Newell, total vote, 85,094 ; per cent, of popular vote, 44. 9i.
Hoxsey, total vote, 5,05i ; per cent, of papular vote, 2.67. Bingham,
total vote. 1,43S ; per cent, of popular vote, 0.76. McClellan's plu-
rality, 12,743,
1878 — Legislature: Both Houses Democratic.
1879— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
I>j80— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
Governor: Ludlow, total vote, 121,666; per cent, of popular vote,
49.53. Potts, total vote. 121,015- per cent, of popular vote, 49 26.
Hoxsey, total vote, 2,759. Ransom, total vote, 195. Ludlow's plu-
rality, 651.
1881— Legislature : Both Houses Republican.
1882— Legislature: Senate, Republican. House, Democratic.
1883 — Legislature: Senate, Republican. House, Democratic.
Governor: Abbett, total vote, 103,8.6; per cent, of popular vote,
49.92. Dixon, t.tal vote, 97,047; per cent of popular vote, 46.65.
Urner, total vote, 2,960. Parsons, total vote, 4,lo3. Abbett's plu-
rality, 6,809. -
188t-Legislature: Senate, Republican. House, Democratic.
1885- Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
1886— Legislature: Both Houses Republican.
Governor: Green, total vote. 103,939; per cent, of popular vote,
47,4-5. Howev. total vote, 101919: per cent, of popular vote, 43.98.
Fi.ske, Pro., 19,808. Green's plurality, 8,020
1887— Legislature: Senate, 12 Republicans, 9 Democrats. House,
31 Democrats, 26 Rf-publicans, 2 Labor-Democrats, 1 tie.
ISHS— Lesrislature: Senate, 12 Republicans, 9 Democrats. House,
37 Republicans, 2-! Democrats.
ISsy- Legislature: Both Houses Democratic.
Governor: Abbett, total vote. l:^8,24'i; per cent, of popular vote,
51.37. Giubb, total vote, 123,992; per cent, of popular voti', 4ii 07.
La Monte, Pro , 6 S53. Abbett's plurality. 14,253,
1890 — Senate, 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats. House, 37 Democrai.s
23 Kf publican.i.
1891 — Both Houses Democratic.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
OF 1844.
List of Delegates elected to the Convention to form a gov-
ernnient for the people of the State of New Jersey, which met
at Trenton, on May 14th, 1844, and continued to June 29th of
the same year. The constitution was agreed to in convention
hy a vote of 55 to 1 (Mr. Condit), Mr. Stokes being excused
from voting. It was ratified by the people on August 13th,
1844, by a vote of 20,276 for, and 3,526 against, 69 ballots be-
ing rejected. The figures indicate the ages of the respective
membei's. The compiler of this work is indebted to Hon. G.
D. W. Vroom, of Trenton, for the important data given.
Atlantic County. — Jonathan Pitney, 46, physician.
Bergen County. — John Cassedy, 47, gentleman; Alexan-
der Westervelt, 60, gentleman.
Burlington County. — William K. Allen, 42, farmer; Jon-
athan J. Spencer, 51, physician; Charles Stokes, 52, farmer;
John C. Ten Eyck, 30, lawyer; Moses Wills, 51, merchant.
Camden County. — Abraham Browning, 35, lawyer ; John
W. Mickle, 50, inariner.
Cape May County. — Joshua Swain, 66, fiirmer.
Cumberland County. — Joshua Brick, 62, farmer ; Daniel
Elmer, 59, lawyer; William B. Ewing, 68, pliysician.
Essex County.— Silas Condit, 66, gentleman ; Oliver S.
Halsted, 51, lawyer; Joseph C. Hornblower, 67, lawyer;
David Naar, 43, farmer; William Stites, 52, merchant; Elias
Van Arsdale, 73, lawyer; Isaac H. Williamson, 71, lawyer.
Gloucester County. — John R. Sickler, 43, physician;
Charles C. Stratton, 48, farmer.
Hudson County. — Robert Gilchrist, 52, county clerk.
Hunterdon County. — Peter I. Clark, 53, lawyer ; David
Neighbour, 46, merchant; Jonathan Pickle, 45, farmer ; Alex-
ander Wurts, 48, lawyer.
Mercer County. — Richard S. Field, 39, lawyer; Henry
W. Green, 39, lawyer; John R. Thomson, 43, gentleman.
Middlesex County. — Moses Ja({ues, 73, farmer ; James
Parker, 68, farmer; Joseph F. Randolph, 40, lawyer; James
C. Zabriskie, 40, tailor.
Monmouth County.*- Bernard Connolly, 40, printer ; Geo.
F. Fort, 35, physician ; Thomas G. Haight, 49, farmer ; Dan-
iel Holmes, 50, farmer ; Robert Laird, 32, physician.
8 ' (113)
114 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Morris County. — Francis Child, 51, farmer ; MaHon Dick-
erson, 73, lawyer; Epliraim Marsh, 48, farmer; William N.
Wood, 38, lawyer.
Passaic County.— Ellas B. D, Ogden, 44, lawyer ; Andrew
Parsons, 53, merchant.
Salem County. — Alexander G. Cattell, 28, merchant ; John
H. Lambert, 45, merchant ; Kichard P. Thompson, 39, attor-
ney-general.
Somerset County. — George 11. Brown, 34, lawyer; Fer-
dinand S. Schenck, 54, physician ; Peter D. Vroom, 52, lawyer.
Sussex County. — John Bell, 58, merchant ; Joseph E. Ed-
sall, 54, manufacturer ; Martin Eyerson, 29, lawyer,
Warren County. — Samuel Hibbler, 44, painter; P. B.
Kennedy, 42, lawyer; E, S. Kennedy, 41, farmer.
Presidents of the Convention —IsaViC H. Williamson, Essex
(resigned June 28th, 1844) ; Alexander Wurts, Hunterdon.
Vice President — Alexander Wurts, Hunterdon.
Secretary — William Paterson, 27, lawyer, Middlesex.
Assistant Secretary — Th. S. Saunders, 35, physician, Glou-
cester.
Eecapitulation. — Lawyers, 20; farmers, 14; physicians,
7; merchants, 7; otiier professions, 10; ex-Governors, 3; ex-
Members of Congress, 7. Four between 70 and 80 years of
age ; six between 60 and 70 ; seventeen between 50 and 60 ;
twenty between 40 and 50 ; nine between 30 and 40 ; two un-
der 30.
There were only three survivors on January 1st, 1889 —
Alexander G. Cattell, Robert Laird and David Neighbour.
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION
OF 1873.
On April 4tli, 1873, the Legislature ^lassed a concurrent
resolution empowering the Governor to appoi:it, by and wilh
the advice of the Senate, a cotumission of two persons from
each Congressional District, to suggest and propose amendments
to the State Constitution for submission to and consideration by
the next two Legislatures, and afterwards to be submitted to a
vote of the people.
On April 24th, of the same year, Governor Parker nominated
the following gentlemen, who were duly confirmed by the
Senate :
First District — Benjamin F. Carter, Woodbury ; Samuel H.
Gi-ey, Camden. Second District — Mercer Beaslev, Trenton ;
John C. Ten Eyck, Mcjunt Holly. Third District— Kobert S.
Green, Elizabeth ; John F. Babcock, Kew Brunswick. Fourth
District— Martin Eyerson and Jacob L. Swayze, both of New-
ton. Fifth District —Augustus W. Cutler, Morristown ; Benja-
min Buckley, Paterson. Sixth District — Theodore iRunyon
and John W. Taylor, both of Newark. Seventh District — ■
Abraham Q. Zabriskie and Eobert Gilchrist, both of Jersey
City.
Shortly afterv/ards Chief Justice Mercer Beasley declined to
serve, and Philemon Dickinson, of Trenton, was appointed in
his stead. Martin Ryerson resigned and Joseph Tliompson,
of vSomerset, was apimiuted to till- the vacancy. Chancellor
Theodore Runyon also declined and George J. Ferry, of
Orange, was appointed in his stead. Ex-Chancellor Zabriskie
was imanimously elected president of the Commission, and
upon his decease, which occurred in a short time afterwards,
Dudley S. Gregory, of Jersey City, was appointed to fill the
vacancy in the Seventh District. John C. Ten Eyck was
elected president, vice Zabriskie, deceased. The secretaries
were Joseph L. Naar and Edward J. Anderson, both of Tren-
ton. Subsequently Robert Gilchrist resigned and William
Brinkerhofl", of Jer.sey City, was appointed in his place. John
W. Taylor also resioned and Algernon S. Hubbell, of Newark,
was appointed in his place.
The first session of the Commission was held on May 8th,
1873, and the last on December 23(1, of the same yeai'. The
amendments submitted wei-e partially adopted by the two
succeeding Legislatures, and were ratified by a vote of the
people at a special election lield on September 7th, 1875.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
THE STATE CAPITOL.
This edifice, a massive structure, erected at sundry times
and various periods, is located on West State street, at the
corner of Delaware street, running thence westerly along
State street to the grounds of the late ex-Chancellor Green,
and southerly to the Water Power. The location is a good
one, and although the style of the building is not modern, yet
it answers the purposes for which it was intended, even if it
does not present a very imposing appearance.
The seat of Government was fixed at Trenton by an act of
tlie Legislature, approved November 25th, 1790. James
Cooper, Thomas Lowery, James Ewing, Maskell Ewing,
George Anderson, James Mott and Moore Furman were
appointed commissioners to select, purchase or accept so much
land as was needed, and to erect thereon suitable buildings for
the use of the Legislatui-e. They purchased the present site,
containing about three and three-quarters acres — a frontage on
Second street (now West State street) of 247 feet and 6 inches,
and a deptli from the front to low-water line of the Delaware
river of 606 feet — at a cost of £250 5s. The old State House
was a plain, bare-looking, rougli-cast building, and was erected
at a cost of £3,992 3s. Jd. By an act of Marcli 4th, 1795, a
building was erected to serve as an office for the Secretary of
State, and for the preservation of the public records, at a cost
of £620 10s. lOd. Numerous improvements and repairs were
made, and on March 3d, 1806, an act was passed appointing
commissioners to make certain repairs to the State House, to
provide and hang a suitable l)ell, &c. This was done, and llie
bell was used for informing the members of both houses, as
well as the courts, of the liour of meeting. Tiie bell was
eventually discarded, and an American flag suljstituted, wliich
waves from the building unto this day, wlien the Legislature
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THE STATE CAPITOL. 117
is in session, and upon holidays and State occasions. In 1848,
the State House was altered by the removal of the rough-
easting, and changing the front to the style of the Mercer
County Court House, placing neat porticoes over llie front and
rear entrances, and erecting two additional buildings adjoin-
ing the main one, as offices for the Clerks of the Chancery and
Supreme Courts. The rotunda was also erected, and the
grounds fenced, graded, laid out and shade trees planted, all
at a cost of $27,000. The commissioners under whose direc-
tions the work was completed, were Samuel R. Guminere,
Samuel R. Hamilton and Stacy A. Paxson. In 1863, 'G-t and
'G5, appropriations were made and expended in building
additions for the State Library, Executive Chambers, &c. In
1871, Charles S. Olden, Thomas J. Stryker and Lewis Perrine
were appointed commissioners to canse a suitable addition to
be built — more commodious apartments for the Senate and
Assembly, &c. The sum of $50,000 was appropriated, and
the buildings for the Legislature were ready for occupancy in
time for the meeting of the Legislature of 1872. In 1872,
$120,000 was appropriated for completing the building, §3,000
for fitting up the Executive Chamber, $4,000 for fitting up
the Chancery and Supreme Court rooms, and $2,000 for fitting
up the offices on the first floor of the east wing. In 1873, the
sum of $43,000 was appropriated for the improvement of the
front of the building, completing unfinished repairs and im-
provements, and for fitting up the Library, &c. On March
18th, 1875, the sum of $15,000 was appropriated for the pur-
pose of putting a new three-story front to the building, and to
fit up offices on the second floor for the Clerks of the Court of
Chancery and Supreme Court, and for providing a suitable
museum for geological specimens and the battle-flags of New
Jersey volunteer regiments, carried during the war of 1861.
On March 21st, 1885, the front portion was destroyed by fire,
and the Legislature appropriated $50,000 for rebuilding, and,
in 18SG, an additional appropriation of $225,000 was granted.
The new building was finished in 1889. It is of rectangular
shape and of the Renaissance style of architecture, with a
118 THE STATE LIBRARY.
frontage of one hundred and sixty feet on State street, a deptli
of sixty -seven feet, and three and a half stories high, with a
rotunda thirty-nine feet across, whicli connects tlie new section
of the Capitol with the original pai-t. The rotunda is sur-
mounted by a dome one hundred and forty-five feet higli.
The building has about sixty feet more frontage than the
former one, and apjjroaches about ten feet nearer the street.
The walls are constructed of solid, fire-proof, brick masonry,
faced with a light-colored stone from Indiana, known as Salem
Oolitic, with foundations and trimmings of New Jersey free-
stone, from the Prallsville quarries, in Hunterdon county.
The portico, door-head and trimmings about the door are of
the same material. The portico, with balcony, is supportecl
by massive pillars of polished granite and surmounted by the
coat of arms of the State.
The ajjartments used for offices are very spacious, fitted
throughout in the most approved modern style, and each de-
partment is supplied with one or more of the finest fire-proof
vaults. The first and second stories and one-half of the third
are set aside for offices, and the remaining portion is formed
into a large and well-lighted apartment, and is used for the
display of the geological collection of the State.
THE STATE LIBRARY.
This valuable collection of books is located in a roomy
apartment of the State Capitol. Tlie old saying, " Great oaks
from little acorns grow,'' most appropriately applies to this
institutiim.
The first library of the State was a case ordered to be pro-
cured i)y Maskell Ewing, Clerk of tiie House of Assembly, for
the keeping and preservation of such books as belonged to tlie
Legislature. It was ordered by a resolution passed IMarch
18th, 1796. Tills was the nucleus of the present extensive
lil)rary. On February 18th, 1804, William Coxe, of Burling-
ton; Ezra Darby, of Essex, and Joiin A. Scudder, of Mou-
THE STATE ARSENAL. 119
mouth, were appointed a committee on rules, and to make a
catalogue; they reported that there were 108 volumes belong-
ing to the State, and presented a code of seven rules, which
was adopted. On February 10th, 1813, an act (the first one)
was passed, entitled "An act concerning the State Library."
Up to 1822 it appears that the Clerk of the House had charge
of the books, as Librarian, and, on November 16th, 1822, an
act was passed for the appointment of a State Librarian, annu-
ally, by joint meeting. In 1846, on April 10th, an act was
passed making the term of office three years. The Law Li-
brary at that time belonged to the members of the Law Library
Association. The only persons allowed the use of the Library
were members of the association, the Chancellor, and the
judges of the several courts. Stacy G. Potts was treasurer
and librarian of the association. The Law Library was kept
in the Supreme Court room imtil 1837, when the Legislature
authorized the State Librarian to fit up a room adjoining the
library for the care and reception of the books and papers be-
longing to the State Library. Thus the two Libraries were
consolidated. On March 13th, 1872, $5,000 per year for three
years was appropriated for the library by the Legislature, and
by the act of March 15th, 1876, the sum of $2,500 was appro-
priated for finishing and refurnishing the library room.
THE STATE ARSENAL.
The building now used as the State Arsenal was formerly
the old State Prison. It is situate upon Second street, in tiie
Sixth Ward, of the city of Trenton, and has on its front the
following inscription :
Labor, Silence, Penitence.
The Penitentiary House,
Erected by Legislative Authority.
Richard Howell, Governor.
In the XXII. year of American Independence,
mdccxcvii.
That those who are Feared for their Crimes,
May learn to fear the laws and be Useful.
Hic Labor, Hoc Opus.
In the messages of Governors Peter D. Vroom and Samuel
L. Southard recommending the erection of the new prison, it
120 STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
was proposed that the old one be converted into an Arsenal
for the safe keeping of the arms and military property of the
State, wliich, previtius to that time, had been kept in the old
State Bank, corner of Warren and Bank streets, with accoutre-
ments and camp and garrison equipage at the State House.
After the removal of the State convicts from the old prison,
permission was given to the county of Mercer to occupy it as
a jail until their jail, then in course of completion, was finished,
and wlien it was again vacated it M'as converted into an arsenal.
Among the stores, &c., at the Arsenal are one bronze gun,
French, of the date of 1758; two bronze guns, English, four-
pounders, and two iron six-pounders. There is also one gun
captured at tlie battle of Trenton, December 2Gt]i, 1776, and
two guns captured at Yorktown, October 19th, 1781. There
are also a large quantity of fire-arms, ammunition, ordnance,
tents, clothing, blankets, &c.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM,
NEAR TKENTON.
This institution is located in Ewing township, in Mercer
county, two and half miles northwest of the city of Trenton, on
the Belvidere Delaware Railroad, and near the Delaware river.
A very fine view is had from the Asylum. Tlie building is
built of reddish sand-stone (from the Ewing quarries on the
premises^ laid in rubble and broken range work, and pointed,
witli hannner-dressed stone for base. The roof is covered with
slate, except tlie dome, which is covered- with tin.
In 1844, after many futile attempts to cause action to be
taken for the building of a vState Asylum for the Insane, com-
missioners were anpointed to select a site, and an appropri-
ation of $35,000 was made to pay for the land and commence
the erection of a building. The commissioners selected the
present site. During the year 1845, commissioners were ap-
pointed to contract for and superintend the erection of the
Asylum, which was done by William Phillii)s and Joseph
Whittaker, of Trenton— the'builders of the State House. It
was opened for the reception of ])atients May 15th, 1848.
Kumcnius additions were made to the building from time to
time, and under the direction of the i)resent Superintendent,
Dr. J. W. Ward, a fine green-house has been added, and he
lias introduced many new i)lans and devices for the comfort
and amusement of the j)atients. Handsome pictures liave
been hung up in the wards and dormitories of the patients;
NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS. 121
flowers iini] liot-liouse plants are a source of much pleasure to
llie unfortunates, who regard them with rare appreciation ;
and during the fall and winter months there have been regu-
lar weeicly entertainments, consisting of tableaux, concerts,
dancing, the performance of minor theatricals, and stereop-
tic'on exhibitions. The eflect of these, besides breaking up
I lie monotony of long evenings, seems to call the minds of the
paiients from their troubles, and not unfrequeutly tends towards
the restoration of their mental health.
An addition was made to the building in 1889.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
MORRIS PLAINS.
Owing to the crowded condition of the Trenton Asylum,
commissioners were appointed to select a site and build an ad-
ditional asvlum in the northerly portion of the State. They
purchased 430 acres, at a cost of $82,672.11, in Hanover town-
ship, Morris county, and plans were drawn by Samuel Sloan,
architect, of Philadelphia. The building was erected and
occupied bv August 17th, 1876. It is 1,243 feet in length, and
is 542 feet "deep from the front of the main center to the rear
of the extreme wing, and will accommodate 800 patients. The
total cost was §2,250,000.
STATE NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS.
These schools are located in the city of Trenton, on a piece
of ground belonging to the State, at the junction of Clinton
avenue and Perry street. There are two buildings— one called
the Isormal and the other the Model Hall.
As early as the year 1839, the Trustees of the School Fund,
in their annual report, advised the erection of schools for the
education of teachers. The appeal was unheeded. Normal
schools, so far as this country was concerned, might then have
been considered an untried experiment. There was but one
in the United States, and that had just gone into operation in
Massachusetts.
For upwards of fifteen yeai-s, New Jersey continued to forego
the means for the education of teacliers; but the Legislature
of 1855, with an enlightened liberality, passed a law for tlie
establishment of a State Normal School. The object was de-
122 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
clared to be, the training and education of teachers in such
branches of knowledge, and such methods of instruction, as
should qualify them to become teachers of our conunon scliools.
The location of the school and its general management were
committed to a board of ten trustees, two from e;icb Congres-
sional District in the State, to be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The lot was iturchased of William P. Sherman, Esq., at a
cost of $3,000. The architect was Chauncey Graham. The
corner-stone was laid by Governor Price, October 9th, 1855.
The school was opened in a temporary building, October 1st,
1855, under the direction of the chosen Principal, Prof.
William F. Plielps, there being fifteen candidates for entrance
examination^five gentlemen and ten ladies. The school con-
tinued under the management of Prof. Phel)3sti]l March 15th,
1865, when Prof. John S. Hart, Princijiai of the Model
School, took charge of the two schools. The latter resigning
February 7th, 1871, Lewis M. Johnson, of Newark, was
elected Principal, and was succeeded by Washington Has-
brouck, July Lst, 1876. James M. Green succeeded Mr. Has-
brouck in 1889. The property of these schools is valued at
$160,000.
An auxiliary to the Normal School is the Farnum Prepara-
tory School, at Beverly, Burlington county, founded by Paid
Farnum, in 1856, who gave $70,000 in money and property
for its support. Professor Green is Principal of the school.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
This institution is situate at Jamesburg, Middlesex county,
and was authorized by an act of the Legislature, passed April
6th, 1865. Juvenile criminals lietween the a;j;es of eight and
sixteen years are liere cared for, and every iuilnence tending
to their reformation is brought to bear upon tiieni. Numerous
additions have been made to the original building, to wliich is
attached a farm of 490 acres. The first pupils were received
July 6th, 1867.
STATE INDUSTRIAL. SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Tliis institution is located on the line of tiie Trenton Branch
of tJie Delaware :nid Bound Brook liailroad, in Ewing lown-
Bhi]), nciirtiie Trenton Lunatic Asylum, and is located on a
THE STATE PRISON. 123
farm of about 79 acres of land. A substantial buildin^^ was
erected, at a cost of $23,33-1, and other improvements made,
which bring the value of the place, with furniture, &.v., uj) to
837,740. Previous to the erection of the new building, the
sclioci was at "Pine Grove," in tlie Sixth Ward of the city
of Trenton. Tliis place had been leased so as to aflbrd room
for persons sentenced under the act of April 4th, 1871.
THE STATE PRISON.
The New Jereey State Prison, situated on the block enclosed
by Federal, Third, Cass and Second streets, in the city of
Trenton, is one of the finest institutions of its kind in the
country. Its erection was authorized by an act of the Legis-
lature passed February 13th, 1832, and it was completed in
the year 1836, having 150 cells, at a cost of §179,657.11. It
was built of red sand-stone, from the Ewing quarries, an I the
style of its architecture is Egyptian, having four Egyptian
columns in front of the main entrance, on Third street. It
consists of a main building, used as a residence for the Keeper
and as reception rooms and offices. From time to time the
prison hits been enlarged, and although there is not sufficient
room to afford separate confinement for each prisoner, as re-
quired by law, the provisions of the act are carried out as far
a.s po.ssible. ^ The rules and regulations now in force have
brought the internal aflairs of the institution, as to cleanliness,
discipline, victualing, &c., to a nnl'ch higher standard than
was ever befoie reached, and a visit thereto will convince the
visitor that the management is as perfect as can be.
On March 4th, 1847, §5,000 was appropriated to buildan
addilional whig to the original building. On March 25th,
1852, §15,000 was granted for the erection of a new wing for
hospital purposes. On March 22d, 1860, the sum of §17,000
was voted for the purpose of building an additional wing for
cells, and on February 16th, 1861, a "further sum of §2,243.01
was appropriated to complete the same. On April 16th, 1868,
§6,000 was ajjpropriated for the buildingof an additional wing
to provide room for female convicts. An act passed April 2d,
18G9, provided for the appointment of commissioners to extend
the grounds of the prison to the wall of the Stale Arsenal, to
• build an additional wing and work shops, and made an appro-
priation of §50,000 for that purpose, anil in the same month
$9,734 was appropriated for the purpose of completing the
wing of the female department. On April 4th, 1871, the sum
124 SOLDIERS' HOME AT ^EWARK.
of $75,000 was appropriated for tlie purpose of coinpleling the
new or east wing, and on April 4tli, 1S72, a further sum of
$25,700 was appropriated for the completion of the sime.
.March 3d, 1874, $12,000 was voted for tiie construction of gas
Works for the supply of illuminating gas for the prisim. On
March 8th, 1877, the sum of $100,000 was appropriated for
t lie enlargement of the prison and the purchase of a burial
ground for deceased convicts. The north wingAvas remodeleil
out of this hist appropriation, and a burial ground purchased.
Previous to the year 1798 there was no State Prison, and
prisoners were confined in the county jails. On March 1st,
1797, J<inathan Doane was appointed by an act of the Legis-
lature as an agent to purchase a lot of land from Peter Hunt,
situate at Lamberton, containing six and a half acres, and to
erect suitable buildings thereon. This was done at an expense
of £9,852 Os. 3d., and what is now the State Arsenal, at Second
and Cass streets, is the result. Solitary confinement was not
practiced previous to 183(3, in which year the old urison was
vacated aud the present one occupied.
SOLDIERS' HOME.
This institution is located in Kearny township, Hudson
county, to which place it was removed from Newark in 1888.
It was organized under a joint resolution of the Legislature
approved April 12th, 1862. The Home in Newark was opened
July 4th, ISGO. The Legislatures of 1886 aud 1887 appm-
jiriated $175,000 for the erection of a new Home, under the
direction of Commissionei-s appointed by the Legislalure.
Tlie present site, consisting <>f 17-2 acres, was selected, and six
new and commodious buildings were erected thereon. The
Home has a frontage of 600 feet on the Passaic river, and
contains over three hundred iinuates.
NE'W JERSEY SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES.
The New Jei-sey School for Deaf-Mutes occupies tlie build-
ing and grounds formerly belonging to t.'.eSoldiei's' Children's
Home, at the corner of Hamilton and Chestnut avenues,
Ciia!nl)ersburg, about a mile and a rpiarter from tiie State
Capitol. By an act of the Legislature, approved March 31st,
18S2, this |>roperty was set a|)art for its present use, aud a
15 >ard of Trustees, consisting of the (iovernor, the State
Com|>tn>ller, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
and eight other gentlemen, was appointed.
STATE SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, l-'o
Under the provisions of this act and of another act, ap-
proved March otli, 1883, the Board have made such repairs,
aherations and additions to the buildiiigsi as were necessary
for adapting them to the purposes of the new institution, have
furnished theoi suitably and placed the grounds in thorough
order.
The school opened in the fall of 1883, and shortly afterwards
contained about 90 pupils, though it is expected that the attend-
ance will ultimately reach 150, which is about the numtjer of
such pupils whom the State lias hitherto been supporting in
schools outside her own limits, and which is the limit of the
capacity of the present accommodations. Pupils are received
between the ages of five and twenty-one, and the length of the
term allowed is five yeai-s.
The object of the institution is to give to the afflicted
children, who are here received, a knowledge of the English
language in its written, and, in the case of some pupils, in its
spoken form — a knowledge which, but for such institutions,'
they would never acquire, and to instruct them in the rudi-
ments of an English education. They are also trained to
acquire such a degree of general intelligence and of manual
dexterity that they may become self-supporting men and
women. Their training also enables moral forces to be brought
to bear upon them with the effect of raising them from a con-
dition of moral Lrrespousibility to the level of resi>ectable
citizens.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
At the election for President and Vice-Presideot of the
United States, held in Noveoaber, 18S8, the following was
thf^ result, by States, for the tickets of the two great parties
— Republican and Democratic :
FOR HARRISON & MORTON (itEP.)
Vote?.
Oalifornia 8
Colorado 3
mill' is 22
Indiana 15
Iowa 13
Kansas 9
Maine 6
Massachusetts. 14
Michigan 13
Minnesota 7
Nebraska 5
Nevada 3
New HampshiF'- 4
New York 30
Ohio 23
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 30
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 4
Wisconsin 11
233 I
Since then six new States have been admitted, viz.,
Montana, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Wyoming and Idaho, each of which will have three votes,
with the exception of South Dakota, which will have four,
at the next election. The representation of some of the
States will be changed by the Fifty- first Congress to con-
form with the recent census.
FOR CLEVELAND AND THURMAN C|>FM.)
Votes.
Alabama I'l
Arkansas 7
Qonnecticut G
Delaware :i
Florida .' 4
Georgia 12
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 8
Maryland 8
Mississippi U
Missouri 16
New Jersey !i
North Carolina 11
South Carolina iJ
Tennessee 12
Texas 13
Virginia 12
West Virginia... G
168
ELECTORAL. VOTE OF NEW JErlSBY,
For President and Vice-President, from March 4th, 1789.
1789— George Washington, of Virginia C
John Adams, of Massachusetts I
John Jay, of New York S
1703— George Washington, of Virginia 7
John Adams, of Massachusetts 7
1797 — Jdhn Adams, of Mnssachisetts 7
Thomas Pinckiey, of South Carolina.. 7
1801— John Adams, of Mussachuset's 7
C. C. Piockney, of South Carolina • 7
(126)
^'FAV JERSEY ELECTORAL VOTE. 127
1805— Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia 8
(.ieorge Clinton, of New York 8
1809— James Madison, of Virginia 8
(ieorge i_'linton, of New York 8
]813— De Witt Clinton, of New York 8
Jared liigersoU, of Pennsylvania 8
1817— James Monroe, of Virginia 8
Daniel D Tompkins, of New York 8
1821— James Monroe, of Virginia 8
Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York 8
1825— Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee 8
John C Calhoun, of South Carolina 8
1829— John Q Adams, of Massachusetts 8
Kichard Kush.of Pennsylvania 8
1833— Andrew Jackson, ot Tennessee H
Martin Van Buren. of New York , 8
1837— William H Harrison, of Ohio 8
Francis Granger, of New York 8
1841— vVilliara H Harrison, of Ohio 8
John Tyler, of Virginia 8
1845— Henry Clay, of Kentucky 7
Theodore Vrelinghuysen. of New Jersey 7
1819— Zrtchary Taylor, of Louisiana 7
Millard Fillmore, of New York 7
1853— Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire 7
William R. King, of Alabama 7
1857— James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania 7
John C Breckenridge. of Kentucky 7
1861 — Abraham Lincoln, of Hlinois 4
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine 4
Ptephen A. Douglaa«, of Illinois H
Herschel V Johnson, of Georgia 3
1865— George B. McClellan, of New Jersey 7
George H. Pendleton, of Ohio 7
1869— Horatio Seymour, of New York 7
Francis P. Blair, of Missouri 7
1873— Ulysses S. (irant, of Illinois 7
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts 7
1877- Samuel J.Tilden.of New York '. 9
Thomas A Hendricks, of Indiana 9
1881— Wintield Scott Hancock, of Pennsylvania 9
William 11 English, of Indiana 9
1885— Ctfover Cleveland of New York 9
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana 9
IS8D— (irover ^i-veluud, of New York 9
Allen G. Tliurinan, of Ohio 9
128
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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
1880 and 1884.
1884.
1880.
STATES.
(38)
Blaine,
Rep.
Cleve-
land,
Dem.
Butler,
Gr'b'k.
St. John
Pro.
Garfield,
Rep.
Han-
cock,
Dem.
Alabama...
59,444
50,895
100,816
86,277
65,898
12.788
28,039
47.901
337,449
238,480
197.089
153,158
118,674
46,347
72 209
85.699
146.724
192,669
111,923
42 774
*202 261
92973
72,927
88.307
27,627
67,182
17,054
31,769
94,567
312,320
244,992
*177,288
89,466
152,757
62,546
52.140
96,932
122,352
*19 1,225
70,144
78.547
2% 972
*54,354
7,000
89,166
127,784
563.048
142.905
368,280
24,593
393,510
12,391
69,764
133,258
223,208
17,"31
14' ,497
67,317
146.4^4
762
1,844
1.975
1,957
tl,685
6
610
56,221
42,436
80.348
27.450
91,1»5
60 775
California
Colorado
2,640
759
89,426
24,647
Connecticut
{2,492 67,071
55 14 133
64,415
15,275
74
184
11,824
3,018
1,472
4.495
3,106
23,654
54,086
318,0.37
232,164
183,927
121,549
106,306
?38 637
74 039
78,515
165.205
185,341
93 903
34 854
27 964
Georgia
125
10,763
8,176
102.470
277,321
Indiana
225,522
105 845
16,110
1,055
59 801
149 068
65,067
*65,17l
Maine
3,933
531
24,382
tt763
3,587
2160
2,794
9.923
18,403
4,691
93,706
Massachusetts-
111,900
131,597
Minnesota
Mississippi
53 3'5
757r0
2,153
2,858
153 ,567 i 208,609
54 979 28.^23
Nebraska
76 877
8,381
43.166
123,433
562,001
125.068
400.082
26 8^2
474 268
19 030
21.733
124.078
88,353
39,514
]39.3=,6
*63.096
161,147
8.732
44,852
120,555
555.444
115,874
375,048
20,619
444 704
18,195
58,071
107 677
57,893
45.567
84.020
46,243
144,000
9,6; 3
40,794
122,505
534,511
124,208
340,821
19,948
N. Hampshire..
New Jersey.
New York
552
3.494
16,955
1,573
6.155
24,999
448
11,269
488
15,366
928
Ohio
5,170
723
16,942
422
Oregon
Pennsylvania...
Rhode Island ..
407,428
10,779
112 312
^Tennessee
Texas
9)7
3.321
785
1.131
3.511
1,752
143
939
7.619
128.191
156 4'28
Vermont
18 316
al28 5f6
West Virginia...
Wisconsin
ttsio
4,597
57,391
114.649
Total
4,844,002
4,914.947
70945
134,599
151.531
4,454,416' 4,444,952
9.464
Phiralitv
1884— Scattering and imperfect, 7,876 ; Lockwood, 5 ; total vote,
10,053,770.
1880— Greenback, 308 578; Prohibition, 10,305; American, 707;
scattering, 989; total vote, 9,219,917.
* Fusion, t Including 160 misspelled. J Including 232 misspelled.
IT One county missing in 1884. ]| One county estimated in 1^81 ? Vote
for the two Republican tickets (Regular, 27,676; "Beattie. 10.340)
combined. ttStraight Gre aback. oRegular (93,912) and Readjusier
t31,674) votes combined.
132
ELECTION RETURNS.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, 1888.
States.
Alabama ,
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware ,
Florida.
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
^[aryland
Massachusetts....
Michigan
Minnesota ,
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Humpshiro,
New Jersey
New York ,
North Carolina .
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania....
Khode Island....
S luth Carolina..
Tennessee....
Texas ,
Vermont ,
Virginia
West Virginia ...
Wisconsin
Tofal
Harrison.
57,
58,
124
50
74
12
26
40,
370,
263
211
182,
155
30
73
99.
183:
236.
136
30,
23fi
108,
7,
45
144
650.
134
415
33,
526
21
13
138
S3,
4")
1.50
78,
176,
Cleveland.
5,430,fi0';
117,310
85,962
117,7-29
37,542
74,92
16,411
39,561
100.47,
348,25*-
261,01;^
179,877
102,73s
183,80;.
89,941
50,482
106,168
151,9M0
213,404
99,664
85,476
261,957
80,.'>52
5,326
43.358
151,493
0 !5,965
148 3:;6
3y9.969
2rt,524
446,200
17,530
65,825
1"'9,079
234,8a3
16,788
151,977
79,330
155,232
5,.''-'38,04=
Fisk.
583
014
6 761
2,100
4,234
400
403
1,802
21,386
9,881
3,550
6,779
5,225
130
2,690
4,766
8,636
20,942
15,000
218
4,954
9,424
45
7,58)
7,904
30,327
5 787
4,618
1677
20,743
1,251
Labor.
5,6C9
4 7J9
1,450
1,678
14, 27';
257,248
10,643
1,591
1,265
240
136
7,410
2,694
9,10>
37,787
022
1,345
4,542
15,853
42
"5,050
3,452
3,865
18
8,522
114,623
THE EXECUTIVE.
PREROGATIVES AND DUTIES OF THE
GOVERNOR.
The Governor is CoramanJer-in-Chief of all the military
and naval forces of the State; is President {ex-ojficio) of the
Ecjard of Trustees of Princeton and Rutgers Colleges, and,
also, of Burlington College, and of tiie Board of Managers of
the Geological Survey. He is Chairman of the State Board of
Canvassers, and has power to fill any vacancy for New Jersey
tliat may occur in the United States Senate, during a recess of
the Legislature.
He is a member of the fallowing Boards: Trustees of
School Fund; State Board of Education; Court of Pardons;
Commissioners of Agricultural College Fund ; Premium Com-
mittee of the Nevsr Jersey State Agricultural Society; Board
of Control of State Industrial School for Girls and State
Reform School for Boys ; Commissioners of the State Library ;
State Board of Savings Banks; composing, with the State
Comptroller, a Board to choose newspapers in which to pub-
lish the laws of the State.
With the advice and consent of the Senate, he has the
power of appointing the following officers: Chancellor, Chief
Justice; Judges of the Supreme Court, Inferior Courts and
Lay Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals; Attorney-
General, Secretary of State, Clerk of the Court of Chancery,
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Kee[)er of the State Prison,
Prosecutors of the Pleas, Visitors to the State Board of Agri-
culture, State Board of Assessors, Chief of Buiv vu of Labor
Statistics, Major-General, Quartermaster-General, Adjutant-
General, Inspector of Factories and Workshops, Supervisor of
the State Prison, five Inspectors of the Siate Prison, Commis-
sioners of Pilotage, the Board of Managers of the Morristown
Asylum for the Insane, the Trustees of the Jamesburg Reform
School and the State Industrial School for Girls, Judges of
the District Courts, Commissioners of Fisheries, Trustees of
the State School for Deaf-Mutes, Port Wardens and Harbor
Masters.
Without the consent of the Senate: Superintendent of the
State House and adjacent grounds; Foreign Commissioners
(»f Deeds; New Jersey State Pharmaceutical Association, and
State Board of Health, Private Secretary, Notaries Public,
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134 THE EXECUTIVE.
Moral Instructor of the State Prison, Eailroad Policemen, and
fill all vacancies that occur in any office during a recess of the
Legislature, which offices are to be filled by the (Governor and
Senate, or Legislature in Joint Meeting ; also, vacancies hap-
pening in tiie offices of Clerk or Surrogate in any county;
issues warrants for the admission of blind and feeble-minded
children into institutions; grants requisitions and renditions,
and has power to offer rewards for apprehending and securing
persons charged with certain crimes; signs or vetoes all bills
and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature; has power to
convene the Legislatin-e, or Senate alone, if, in his opinion,
public necessity requires it; grants, under the Great Seal of
the State, commissions to all such officers as require to be
commissioned ; has right to borrow money for the State; sign
all leases or grants issued by the Riparian Commissioners; he
has power to reprieve in cases of capital punishment, and
to suspend fines at any time not exceeding ninety days after
conviction, and in case of pardon or commutation of sentence,
the Governor's vote in the affirmative is necessary. t
Besides all these duties, the Governor finds it necessary to
read and answer a large mass of correspondence, which comes
to the department daily. All bills and joint resolutions passed
by the Legislature are compared, and then indexed in the
Executive Department, before presentation to the Governor.
He receives a salary of |5,000 a year, and is not allowed
any fees or perquisites whatever.
His term of office is three years.
OFFICES FILLED BY THE LEGISLATURE
IN JOINT MEETING-.
State Treasurer, State Comptroller, Commissioners of Deeds,
Police Justices for Newark and Jersey City, State Director of
Railroads and Canals, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund,
and Trustees of the Normal School.
CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTIES,
CITIES AND BOROUGHS.
COUNTIES.
(See Act of February 7lh, 1883.)
First Class— Having a population exceeding 150,000.
Hudson and Essex.
Second Class — Having a population between 50,000 and
150,000. Burlington, Ccimdan, Mercer, Middlesex, Mon-
mouth, Morris, Passaic and Union.
Third Class — Having a population between 20,000 and
50,000. Atlantic, Bergen, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hun-
terdon, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren.
Fourth Class— AW those not embraced in the preceding
classes. Cape May and Ocean.
CITIES.
(3ee Act of March 4.t,h, 1882.)
First Class — Having a population exceeding 100,000.
Jersey City, 163,987; Newark, 181,518.
Second C^ass— Between 12,000 and 100,000. Paterson,
78,358 ; Trenton, 58,488 ; Camden, 58,274 ; Hoboken,
43,561 ; Elizabeth, 37,070; New Brunswick, 18,459; Orange,
18,774 ; Passaic, 13,027 ; Bayonne, 18,966.
Third Class — All cities not embraced in either the first
or second class, except cities lying upon the Atlantic
ocean, and being seaside or summer resorts. Harrison,
Millville, Phillipsburg, Bridgeton, Plainfield, Phillips-
burg, Rahway, Burlington, Union, Morristown, Glouces-
ter City, Salem, Perth Amboy, Bordentown, Lambertville,
Belleville, Dover, Newton, Hackettstown. Boonton, Wood-
bury, Hammonton, Belvidere, Beverly, Egg Harbor City,
Guttenberg, Clinton, Absecon.
Fourth Class— AW those lying on the Atlantic ocean
and being seaside and summer resorts. Atlantic City,
Cape May City.
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136 CLASSIFICA TION.
BOROUGHS.
(See Act of March 23d, 1883, and Supreme Court decision, State, Bor-
ough of HightstowD, Pros , vs. James Glenn, 18 Vr., page 105.)
First C?ass— Those having a population exceeding 3,000.
Princeton, Vineland.
Second C?ass— Between 1,500 and 3,000. South Orange,
Washington (Warren county), Irvington, Asbury Park,
Haddonfield, Hightstown, Hackettstown.
Third Class— k\\ boroughs and incorporated villages
not embraced in the first or second class. Frenchtown,
Pemberton, Riverside, Fieldsborough, Merchantville,
Cape May Point, Belmar.
UNCLASSIFIED.
Incorporated by special acts and controlled by commis-
sioners. Bound Brook, Flemington, Freehold, Keyport,
Metuchen, Matawan, Montclair, Mount Holly, Red Bank,
Somerville, Washington (Middlesex county). Long
Branch, Ocean Grove, Holly Beach, Ocean City, Sea Isle
City, West Cape May, North Brighton, Woodstown.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
1887-1888.
(See, also, jiages 00 to iOii for Senators and Memoers from 1845 to 1886.)
Atlantic County.
Senate — John J. Gardner, R.
House— '87, James S. Beckvvith, D. 'S8, James B. Nixon, R.
Bergen County.
Senate— John W. Bogert, D.
House— '87, Anderson Bloomer, Z>. '88, Anderson Bloomer, D.
Peter Ackerman, R. Charles F. Harrington, -R.
Burlington County.
Senate— William H. Carter, R.
House — '87, Robert C. Hutchinson, R. '88, Robert C. Hutchinson, R.
Stacy H. Scott, D. Albert Hansell, R.
William H. Doron, R. William H. Doron, R.
Camden County.
Senate — '87, Richard N. Herring, R. '8S, George Pfelffer, Jr., T>.
House — '87, E. Ambler Armstrong, R. 'SS, Adam Clark Smith, R.
Philip Young, R. John Harris, R.
Henry Turley, D. George H. Higgins, R.
Cape May County.
Senate— Joseph H. Haucs, R.
House —'87, Alvin P. Hildreth, D. '88, Walter S. Learning, R.
Cumberland County.
Senate— Philip P. Baker, D.
House — '87, Franklin Lawrence, R. '88, Isaac ^i. Smalley, D.
Thomas H. Hawkins, R. Mulford Ludlam, 7).
Essex County.
Senate— '87, Frederick S. Fish, R. '8s, Augustus F. R. Martin, R.
House— '87, Charles F. Underbill, R. '88, Thomas McGowan, R.
James Peck, R. James Peck, R.
Elias M. Condit, R. Adrian Rikcr, R.
Charles E. Hill, R. Charles E. Hill, R.
Michael T. Barrett, D. De Forrest P. Lozier. R.
Elvin W. Crane, D. Augtistus Dusenberry. R.
Frank M. McDerraitt, D. Frank M. McDermitt, D.
John H. Peal, P. Joseph Schmelz, D.
James Marlatt, R. James Marl at t. R.
William Harrigan, 1). James A. Christie, R.
(137)
138 LEGISLATURE OF 1887 AND 1888.
Gloucester County.
Senate— '87, Stacy L. Paucoast, E. '&S, Joseph B. Roe, R.
House —'87, Joseph B. Roe, R. '88, James West, R.
Hudson County.
Senate— William D. Edwards, D.
House— '87, Ed^v. T. McLaughlin, D. '88, Joseph Gallagher, R.
Philip Tumulty, D. James F. Korton, D.
Samuel D. Dicliinsou, J?. Samuel D. Dickinson, R.
AVm. C. Heppenheimer, D. Wm. C. Heppenheimer, D.
John Pearson, D. Richard Brown, R.
Robert S. Hudspeth, D. Chark-s W. Fuller, R.
John P. Feeney, D. John P. Feeney, D.
Thomas P. Noonnn, D. Edward P. Farrell, D.
William H. Letts, R. William H. Letts, R.
Edward Lenuon, D. E. Frank Short, D.
Hunterdon County.
Senate— George H. Large, R.
House— '87, John C. Arnwiue, D. '88, William H. Martin, D.
Chester Wolverton, D. Lawrence II. Trimmer, D.
Mercer County,
Senate — John D. Rue, R.
House — '87, SymmesB. Hutchinson, JB. '88, Charles II. Olden, R.
Ifrederick Walter, D. Josiah Jones, R.
George D. Scudder, D. Lyman Lcavitt, R.
Middlesex County.
Senate — Daniel C. Chase, D.
House —'87, John F. Ten Broeck, R. '88, Ephraim Cutter, D.
John Mulvey, D. John Mulvey, D.
R. R. Vandenbergh, R. Charles B. Herbert, R.
Monmouth County.
Senate— '87, Thomas G. Cliattle, P. 'SS, llcnrj' M. Nevius, R.
House— '87, Wm. S. Tlirockmorlon, D. '88, Edward B. Potts, D.
Sherman B. Oviatt, R, Archibald A. Iliggins. /).
Grovcr H. Lufburrow, R. Grover H. Luf burrow, R.
Morris County.
Senate — George T. Wcrts, D.
House —'87, Jolin Norwood, R. '88, Carnot B. Meeker, R.
Sanuiel S. Lyon, R. Samuel 8. Lyon, H.
John R. I'itney, D. Jolm R. Pitney, D.
LEGISLATURE OF 1887 AND 1888. 139
Ocean County.
Senate— George T. Cranmer, R.
House —Jonathan Goble, R.
Passaic County.
Senate— John W. Griggs, R.
House— 'S7, George Law, R. '8S, George Law, R.
John Donohne, L. James H. Rogers, R.
Robert A. Carroll, L. Eugene Emley, R.
James Keys, D. James Keys, D.
Salem County.
Senate— '87, Wyatt W. Miller, R. 'SS, William Newell, D.
House— '87, William Xe^^ ell, D. '88, Millard F. Riley, D.
Somerset County.
Senate — Lewis A. Thompson, R.
House —'87, George E. Pace, D. 'SS, Oscar Conkling, R.
Sussex County.
Senate — John A. McBride, D.
House — '87, Horatio X. Kinney, D. '88, Andrew J. Bale, D.
TTnion County.
Senate— '87, Robert L. Livingoton, D. '8.S, James L. Miller, R,
House— '87, John J. Matthews, D. '88, John J. Matthews, D.
William H. Corbii!, J?. ' Foster M. Voorhees, jB.
AA'illiam Chamberlain, R. John Ulrich, R.
"Warren County.
Senate- '87, James E. Moon, D. '8S, Martin WyckofF, D.
House— '87, William M. Bainl, D. 'SS, Eliphalet Hoover, D.
Samuel B. Mutchler, D. Samuel B. Mutchler, D.
(See, also, pages 90 to 106, for Senators and Members from 1845 to 188C.)
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
1889-1890.
(See, also, pages 86 to 106 for Senators and Members from 1845 to
1886, and pages 148 to 150 for Legislature of 1887 and 1888.)
Atlantic County.
Senate— John J. Gardner, R.
House— '89, Shepherd S. Hudson, R. '90, Shepherd S. Hudson, R.
Bergen County.
Senate— '89, John W. Bogert, D. '90, Heury D. Wintou, D.
House— '89, Abram De Ronde, D. '90, Abram De Ronde, D.
Charles F. Harrington, R. George Zimmermann, D.
Burlington County.
Senate— William H. Carter, R.
House— '89, George C. Davis, D. '90, Robert C. Hutchinson, R.
Albert Hansell, R. Mitchell B. Perkins, D.
William H. Doron, R. Lewis L. Sharp, R.
Camden County.
Senate— George Pfeifter, Jr., D.
House— '89, Adam Clark Smith, R. '90, Franklin C. Woolman, R.
John Harris, R. John Harris, R.
George H. Higgins, R. Abraham W. Nash, D.
Cape May County.
Senate— Walter S. Leaming, k.
House— '89, Eugene C. Cole, R. '90, Eugene C. Cole, R.
Cumberland County.
Senate— '89, Philip P. Baker, D. '90, Seaman R. Fowler, R.
House— '89, Thos. W. Treuchard, R. '90, John N. Glaspell, R.
Reuben Cheesman, R. Reuben Cheesman, R.
Essex County.
Senate— Augubtus F. R. Martin. R.
House— 'b9, Thomas McGowan, R. '90, George Rabenstein, D.
John Gill, R. Reuben Trier, D.
Adrian Riker, R. Thomas H. Pollock, R.
Richard A. Price, R. Thomas Smith, D.
Leonard Kalisch, D. Letmard Kalisch, D.
Moses Bigelow, D. Ricliard A. Price, R.
Frank M. McDermit, D. Charles Trefz, D.
Joseph Schraelz, I). Jolm J. Bertram, D.
Reuben Trier, D. Edward H. Suy.ler, D.
Geo. W. Wiedeumayer, D. Edward W. Jackson, R.
(140)
LEGISLATURE OF 1889 AND 1890. 141
Gloucester County.
Senate— Joseph B. Roe, R.
House— '89, James West. H. '90, James West, R.
Hudson County.
Senate— '89, William D. Edwards, D. '90, Edward F. McDonald, D.
House— '89, Patrick H. O'Neill, D. '9J. Michael Mullone, D.
James F. Norton, D. Henry Byrne, D.
Peter T. Donnelly, D. James Murphy, D.
Wm.C. Heppenheimer, 1>. Wm. C. Hoppenheimer, D,
Richard Brown, R. J. Herbert Potts, R.
Robert S. Hudspeth, D. James S. Erwin, R.
John P. Feeney, D. John F. Kelly, D.
Edward P. Farrell, D. Andrew J. Boyle, D.
Lawrence Fagan, D. Lawrence Fagan, D.
Judson C. Francois, D. Thomas B. Usher, D.
Hunterdon County.
Senate — Moses K. Everitt, D.
House— '69, William H. Martin, D '9D, William H. Martin, D.
Lawrence H. Trimmer, D. Lawrence H. Trimmer, D.
Mercer County.
Senate— John D. Rue, R.
Houss —'89, Uriel T. Scudder, R. '90, Jacob R. Wyckoff, R.
Thomas S. Chambers, R. Howell C. Stull, D.
John Schroth, D. ' John Schroth, D.
Middlesex County.
Senate— Robert Adrain, D.
House— '89, Ephraim Cutter, D. '99, Luther H Tappen, D.
Daniel M. Kane, D. William C. Jaques, D.
Charles B. Herbert, E. Charles H. Manahan, D.
Monmouth County-
Senate— Henry M. Nevius, R.
House— '89, Edward B. Potts, D. '90, Aaron E. Johnston, D.
Archibald A. Higgius, Z>. William D. Campbell, D.
William F. Patterson, D. Charles H. Ivins, £>.
Morris County.
Senate— George T. Werts, D.
House— '89, Carnot B. Meeker, R. '90, Jas, Preston Albright, D.
Johu Norris, R. John Norris, R.
William S. Naughright, D. William S. Naughright. D.
1-12 LEGISLATURE OF 1S89 AND 1890.
Ocean County.
Senate— George T. Cranmer, i?.
House —'89, Jonathan Goble, R. '90, Adolpli Ernst, R.
Passaic County.
Senate— John Mallon, D.
House— '89, John I. Holt, R. '90, Robert Williams, R.
Charles T. Woodward, R. John F. Kerr, D.
William W. Welch, R. Thomas McCran, R.
James Keys, D. John King, R.
Salem County.
Senate — William Newell, D.
House —'89, John C. Ward, R. '90, John C. Ward, B.
Somerset County.
Senate— Lewis A. Thompson, R.
House —'89, Jacob Klotz, D. '90, Jacob Klotz, D.
Sussex County.
Senate— Peter D. Smith, D.
House- 'f9, Andrew J. Bale, D. '90, Andrew J. Bale, D.
Union County.
Senate— James L. Miller, R.
House— '89, Frederick C. Marsh, D. '90, Foster M. Voorhees, R.
Foster M. Voorhees, R. Frederick C. Marsh, B.
John Ulrich, R. John Ulrich, R.
"Warren County.
Senate— Martin WyekofF, D.
House —'89, Eliphalet Hoover, D. '90, Eliphalet Hoover, D.
Samuel B. Mutchler, D. Daniel W. Hagerty D.
(See, also, pages 86 to 106 for Senators aud Members from 1815 to
18s6, and pages 148 to 150 for Legislature of 1887 and 1888.)
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
DEMOCRATIC.
At Large — Daniel F. Crane, Woodbury; B. F. Lee, Tren-
ton ; Jolin Hone, Jr., Red Bank ; Gottfried Krueger, Newark;
Allan L. McDerinott, Jersey City.
First District— Jacob Kicnzle, Bridgeton.
Second District — John H. Sciidder, Trenton.
Third District — Manning Freeman, Metuchen.
Fourth District — Jose[)li VV. Ballentine, Somerville.
Fifth District — John Hinchliffe, Paterson.
Sixth District — James Smith, Jr., Newark.
Seventh District — E. A. Stevens, Hoboken.
Chairman, Allan L. McDermott; Treasurer, B. F. Lee;
Secretary, Willard C. Fisk.
RSPUBLIOAN.
At Large — Alexander G. Cattell, Merchantville ; Garret A.
Hobar^, Paterson ; Edward J. Anderson, Trenton; George A.
Halsey, Newark ; J. Frank Fort, Newark.
First District— Da\id Baird, Camden ; George Hires, Salem.
Second District — William H. Skirm, Trenton; Robert C.
Hutchinson, Bordentown.
Third District— J. H. T. Martin, Woodbridge ; E. M. Wood,
Elizabeth.
Fourth District — Richard B. Reading, Raven Rock; Fran-
cis J. Swayze, Newton.
Fifth District — John E. Miller, Englewood; George W.
Jenkins, Morristown.
Sixth District — William Stainsby, Newark; E. W. Hine,
Newark.
Seventh District — John J. Toffey, Jersey City; James C.
Young, Jersey City.
Advisory Members, Carl Lentz, Newark ; Roderick B. Sey-
mour, Jersey City ; De Witt C. Blair, Belvidere ; John Kean,
Jr., Elizabeth.
Chairman, Garret A. Hobart; Treasurer, John J. Toffey;
Secretary, John Y. Foster; Assistant Secretaries, J. Herbert
Potts, James P. Logan, Augustus S. Barber, Jr.
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PARTY PLATFORMS.
DEMOCRATIC.
(Adopted at the State Convention, held in Trenton, on Tuesday,
September 10th, 1889.)
The Democratic Party of New Jersey, in convention assembled,
declare:
That upon all issues affecting the administration of the
National Government, they re-affirm the doctrines adopted in
the National Democratic platform at St. Louis, in June, 1888.
That upon State issues they re-affirm the platform adopted
bv the State Democratic Convention, on the 28th of Septem-
ber. 188G.
That they indorse the late National administration of
Grover Cleveland.
That they indorse the administration of Governor Green,
wlio is recorded in favor of an honest and economical man-
agement of tiie affiiirs of State, and whose unvarying course
lias been governed by a desire to promote the best interests of
tlie people.
That they call attention to the fact that, at the late Presi-
dential election, a large plurality of the voters of the United
States declared, by their ballots, their confidence in the
National Democratic administration, and their desire for its
continuance. The success of the National Republican ticket
was brought about by the corrupt use of money, and this shame
has been made the more glaring by the official honors con-
ferred u|)(>n contributors to corruption funds. In view of the
f icts, we would be derelict if we failed to solemnly warn the
people against the evils which menace them from the practice
of bril)eiy at the polls. It places nione}' above manhood. It
encourages the unworthy to seek official station, and creates
an almost insurmountable barrier to the reform of govern-
mental evils which enrich the few at the expense of the many.
We appeal to the patriotism of all honest citizens to join in
puuisiiing every attempt to debase the elective franchise.
That the increasing number of combinations to control tlie
necessities of life is a fruitful source of alarm to the people.
The so-called "Trusts"— which are combinations to control
prices without regard to the natural rules of supply and
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PARTY PLATFORMS. 145
demand — are opposed to the letter and spirit of our laws.
They cannot be justified upon any fair plea of commercial
enterprise. For the benefit of a few, these combinations
inflict cruel burdens upon the many, causing penury and
misery among those who are dependent upon the product of
their daily toil. The tendency of our advancing civilization
is to increase the general average of human happiness, and
the corrective hand of the law must be used to abate con-
spiracies which are stumbling-blocks in the way of the gen-
eral progress of the people.
Tiiat we favor equal taxation, and declare that reform in
that direction should be followed upon tlie lines liid down in
the inaugural address of Governor Leon Abbett, until the
entire distribution of public burdens shall square with the
constitutional requirements of fairness and equality. Under
a partial adoption of the recommendations of that address, a
general State tax has been rendered unnecessary during the
past five years, and we promise tlie people of New Jersey
that the affairs of State shall be so economically administered
while entrusted to the Democratic party that there shall not
be any general State tax necessary. We denounce the attempt
made by the Republican members of the Legislature of 1889
to impose a general State tax, as tending to extravagance in
State expenditures, and we declare the undercurrent of that
movement to have been a desire to relieve corporate property
from the payment of its fair proportion of taxation. Under
the system of taxation instituted in response to the recom-
mendations of Governor Abbett, the' sum of $7,749,742 has
been assessed within the past five years upon corporations,
many of which, prior to 1884, enjoyed exemptions from tax-
ation, and thereby increased the tax upon private owners. In
the same time there has been assessed upon railroad and canal
property, theretofore wholly exempted from local taxation
the sum of $1,630,683, for the use of our cities, towns and
townships. This amount represents a clear gain to the muni-
cipalities of the State.
We demand a .strict enforcement of the laws regulating the
employment of children It is the duty of the State to see
that every child receives a fair education and is protected
from employment in pursuits calculated to injure the mental
or physical value of future citizenship. We pledge our party
to the advancement of the public educational interests of the
State. The common-school system must be fostered and
extended so that no excuse can exist for ignorance.
We recognize the value of agriculture and our other indus-
trial interests as the basis of National and State prosperity,
and pledo-e to them a policy of liberal encouragement. In
10
U6 PARTY PLATFORMS.
fixing charges for transportation in or throngh this State,
common carriers should not be allowed to discriminate against
the citizens of New Jersey.
We recognize the dignity of labor and the necessity of
proper legislation to protect its interests, and shall unwaver-
ingly oppose every attempt to lessen the fruits of toil, or to
place honest workmen in competition with paupers or convicts.
We demand reform in the matter of municipal expenditures
throughout the State. By reason of the constantly-increasing
cost of municipal government the growth of many of our
cities and towns has been greatly retarded. We therefore
insist upon the enactment of laws limiting taxation for muni-
cipal uses.
We favor such revision of the election laws of the State as
will guarantee to every voter the greatest possible secrecy in
the casting of his ballot, and secure the punishment of any
who attempt the corruption or intimidation of voters.
REPUBLICAN.
(Adopted at the State Convention, held at Trenton, on Tuesday,
September 17lh, 1889.)
The Republican Party of New Jersey, in representative conven-
lion assembled, declare that :
The platform of the National Republican Convention
adopted at Chicago in 1888, and indorsed by the people of
the country by the election of General Benjamin Harrison to
the Presidency, meets our hearty approval and has our un-
qualified re-atiirmance. We congratulate the State and Na-
tion upon the wise, courageous and successful administration
brought into power under its principles. President Harrison
has the full confidence and unswerving support of the Re-
pul)licans of this State.
The canvass upon which we are entering is one of local and
State policy only.
We declare ourselves pledged to local self-government, in
township, city and county. We are in harmony with that
provision of the State Constitution which declares "the Leg-
islature shall not pass local or special laws regulating the
internal afliiirs of towns and counties," the spirit of which
provision was not only ignored, l)ut flagrantly violated by the
last Legislature. The Legislature of 1889 stands without a
parallel in the history of the State in the character of its
majority.
It was partisan, it was arrogant, it was profligate. It passed
PARTY PLATFORMS. 147
its iniquitous partisan repealers, its enactments for the redfe-
tricting of tlie State, its new cliarters for municipalities, and
its acts for the creation of new offices only after deals and
promises of appointment made between the legislative and
executive branches of the State government. It is open and
notorious history, since fulfilled, that municipal charters were
passed and foisted upon the people upon twenty-four hours'
publication, tlirough the efforts and votes of tliose who were
to and did take office under tiiem. It entered into munici-
j.alities and counties against public protest, and absolutely
annihilated existing methods of local government, destroyed
ward boundaries, and overthrew all just bases of local rep-
resentation in local boards, in defiance of the bill of rights in
the Constitution of the State, wliich affirms that "all political
power is inlierent in the people." It not only repudiated all
attempts at ballot reform tendered it by the voice of united
labor and a universal public sentiment, but it trampled upon
every semblance of fair elections by the repeal of all tlie pro-
tective provisions of existing laws for the registration and
honest return of the result of elections in the several munici-
palities of the State. Its record is a blot upon the history of
the State.
We favor tlie enactment of statutes reforming the election
laws of the State, to prevent fraud and false registration, and
for the purpose of establisliing the Australian or other like
system of voting, whereby the voter shall be enabled to act
independently and intelligently in the exercise of his citizen-
ship. Such legislation will tend to perpetuate popular gov-
ernment.
The Republican party, always ready to anticipate public
sentiment, fully recognizes the public demand for the reorgan-
ization and simplification of the courts of civil procedure of
this State, to the end that multiplicity of appeals may be
avoided, and the trial of causes be made expeditious and
inexpensive.
We promise a speedy consideratioa of this subject by ap-
propriate legislation.
Compulsory education is upon the statute-books of our State
by the enactment of a Republican Legislature, and we demand
the enforcement of the law in all cases, by the proper officers,
and promise such additional legislation as may be necessary
to provide facilities for the accommodation in the public
schools of all children between the ages of 8 and 14 years, not
found in any other school.
The Child Labor law of the State is of Republican enact-
ment, and we demand its enforcement in order to prevent
children being put to trades in early youth, and being hroken
148 PARTY PLATFORMS.
down in body and untutored in mind before they have suffi-
cient physical development to stand the strain of manual labor.
The course of the Democratic party in organizing the Labor
Bureau of the State into a partisan machine is a perversion of
the objects for which it was formed, and an insult to united
labor, in pursuance of whose demands it was created.
The request of the wage-workers for reasonable hours of
labor, and the designation of a definite portion of each week
for recreation, demands and should receive legislative con-
sideration.
The present system of taxation of corporate property and
franchises for State purposes has become the settled policy of
the State by the enactments passed in 1884, devising the
method for the taxation of such property, which acts have
since been sustained and upheld as constitutional by the
highest courts of the State. The plan thus adopted meets
public approval.
These laws were formulated and engrafted upon the statute-
books of the State by the wisdom of the Republican leaders in
the Legislature, and the Republican party is committed to
these measures and to the strengthening and upholding of the
same.
We recognize the fact that there is a pressing demand for
greater economy in all departments of the State government.
The expenditures of the State under twenty-one years of
Democratic executive control have increased the public bur-
thens beyond that made necessary by the increasing popu-
lation, and we promise, if given power, to eliminate all un-
necessary expenses in every department.
With the National Republican Convention of 1888, we
declare that the Republican party of the Nation stands for
purity, for temperance and the preservation of the home.
The Republican party of New Jersey stands committed, by
its platforms and legislative enactments, to the most thorough
measures that will be sustained by the people, and pledges
itself to such legislation as will most speedily and thoroughly
eradicate the evil of intemperance.
We resent the intrusion of the liquor power, as an organized
force, into the politics of the State. The attitude of tlie two
parties on this question is so clearly marked that no intelli-
gent voter can be deceived by any omission of either, to make
a declaration on this subject.
We heartily corauieuil and unqualifiedly indorse the action
of the Republican minority in the Legislature of 1889, upon
all questions of morality and State and party policy.
PARTY PLATFORMS. 14 U
PROHIBITION.
(Adopted at the State Couvention, held at Asbury Park, on Friday,
July lyih, i8sy.)
R/iSolved, That the platform of our party adopted by the
National Convenlion, held at Indianapolis, expresses the views
of the Prohibitionists of New Jersey.
That we are universally opposed to every form of license
or compromise, and that we believe Prohibition to be the only
remedy for the sin and crime of the liquor traflBc.
That tlie success of Prohibition depends on separate party
organization and action, as the results of recent contests in
several States for constitutional prohibition have demonstrate(^
the inherent weakness of non-partisan effort, and has also
proven the subserviency of the old parties to the liquor power,
and tuat union with either of the old parties would be to
abandon our principles and betray our trusts.
That we do not discriminate between the old parties as tem-
perance legislators, as neither has promised to support the
grand issue of our party, which is the total prohibition of the
liquor traffic, and that all palliatives and compromises, such
as local option and license, either high or low, but tend to
defer the great end for which we are striving.
That we view with abhorrence the crime of bribery at elec-
tions, common with both old parties; in furtherance of a
prevention of this crime we approve the adoption of a plan
of voting similar to the Australian system.
That the modern combinations of capital, called "Trusts,"
we believe to be unfriendly to the interests of the people, and
should be prevented by stringent laws.
That the desecration of the Sabbath is alarmingly on the
increase, and has become an element of danger, especially as
manifested in the open bar in places of business and amuse-
ment. We will, both by precept and example, use our best
endeavors to preserve the sanctity of the day.
That we reconnnend the enactment of laws requiring that
physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effect
of stimulants and narcotics on the human system, be tauglit
in our public schools; and we '"ensure the Legislature of 1887
for having defeated the " Hygiene Bill'' introduced that year.
That we are opposed to any of our citizens being disfran-
chised by usurpation of authority of officials of this State,
and the same principles of right that allow women to vote at
school meetings should be extended to all other questions.
That we rejoice in the great and successful work of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and commend them
150 PARTY PLATFORMS.
for their wisdom and consecration of will displayed in organ-
izing an attack upon the many forms of this great evil.
That we fully believe that for the success of the temperance
cause thorough political organization is indispensable ; we
would remind the people that home influences and personal
example are also important factors of the temperance work ;
and we greatly deplore the fact that the success of our cause
has been and is greatly retarded by the moderate drinking of
alcoholic btimulants which is practiced at home and in social
circles by men of high position in church and society, who
are looked upon as good citizens, and profess to be in favor of
temperance and morality.
That we sympathize with every proper effort of the wage-
earner to improve his moral, social and financial condition,
but we declare that total abstinence for the individual and the
prohibition of the liquor traffic by he State and Nation lie at
the threshold of labor reform.
That the responsibility of the continuance of the liquor
traffic rests on the good men who still remain in the old
parties, and by their votes and influence encourage the traf-
fickers in alcoholic poison, believing that the temperance voters
of New Jersey are in the majority, and that tlieir union in
one parly would sound the death-knell to the liquor traffic;
and whereas such a union is impossible in other old parties,
therefore, we cordially invite ail such voters to imite with us
in the only party that has declared as its ultimatum: "The
complete and ultimate destruction of the liquor traffic."
NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
The following is a list of the titles of newspapers pub-
lished in the State of New Jersey; town and county
where published ; time of publication ; political or special
character, and names of editors and publishers.
[*Denotes that the paper was designated to publish the
laws of New Jersey, 1890.]
ATLANTIC COUNTY.
Der Egg Harbor Pilot (German). — Egg Harbor City.
Weekly, on Saturday. Republican. H. Maas & Co.,
publishers. H. Maas, editor.
*Der Egg Harbor Beobachter (German). — Egg Harbor
City. Weekly, on Saturday. Wilhelm Mueller, pub-
lisher.
Dee Zeitgeist (Spirit of the Times) (German). — Egg Har-
bor City. Weekly, on Saturday. Republican. George
F. Bruder.
Gazette. — Egg Harbor City. Weekly. George F. Bruder,
editor and proprietor.
Atlantic Journal. — Atlantic City. Weekly, on Wednes-
day. Republican. A. M. Heston, editor and pro-
prietor.
South Jersey Republicax. — Hammonton, Weekly, on
Saturday. Republican. Orville E. Hoyt, editor and
publisher.
*Atlantic Review. — Atlantic City. Weekly, on Satur-
day, all the year, and Daily during June, July, August
and September. Republican. J. G. Shreve, pro-
prietor.
*Atlantic Times- Democrat. — Atlantic City. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. J. F. Hall, editor and pro-
prietor.
*Mays Landing Record. — Mays Landing. Weekly, on
Saturday. Republican. E. E. Shaner, editor and
publisher.
Daily Union. — Atlantic City. Every afternoon, except
Sunday, at the office of the Atlantic Times-Democrat.
Independent. J. F. Hall, editor and proprietor.
The Atlantic Mirror. — Hammonton. Weekly, on
Thursday. Independent. John A. Burroughs, pro-
prietor. H. AV. Wilber, editor,
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152 NE W J ERSE Y NE WSPA PERS.
BERGEN COUNTY.
* Bergen County Democrat. — Hackensack. Weekly, on
Friday. Democratic. Henry D. Winton, editor and
publisher.
*The Hackensack Republican. — Hackensack. Weekly,
on Thursday. Republican. Hugh M. Herrick, editor
and publisher.
The Bergen Index. — Hackensack. Semi -weekly, — on
Tuesday and Friday. Independent. S. E. Clapp.
Carlstadt Feeie Presse (German).— Carlstadt. Weekly,
on Saturday. Independent. Henry Matthey,
The Englewood Times. — Englewood. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Independent. J. B. Varley, publisher.
The Englewood Press— Englewood. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Independent. Joseph H. Tillotson, editor and
proprietor.
* Bergen County Herald. — Rutherford. Weeekly, on
Friday, Independent.
Rutherford News —Rutherford. Weekly, on Saturday.
Republican. E. A. Fletcher, editor.
Record. — Tenafly. Weekly, on Thursday. William G«
Jellison, publisher.
The Ridgewood Courier. — Ridgewood. Weekly, on Sat-
urday. Independent. W. de Wilde & Co., editors
and proprietors.
The Corona News Letter. — Corona. Semi-monthly, on
Friday. Independent. Alonzo Chamberlain, editor
and proprietor.
The Park Ridge Local. — Published weekly, on Wed-
nesday. James B. H. Storms and John C. Storms,
editors and proprietors.
BURLINGTON COUNTY.
*New Jersey Mirrok.— Mount Holly. Weekly, on Wed-
nesday. Republican. Estate of Charles H. Folwell.
Joseph B. Kingdor, editor.
*Tiie Mount IIoli>y Heiiaid. — INIoiint Holly. Weekly,
on Saturday. Democratic. William B. Wills, editor.
* News — Mount Holly. Weekly, on Tuesday. Repub-
lican. H. L. Waters and Geojge W. Hand, publishers
*The Mount Holly Dispatch. — Mount Holly. Weekly,
on Tuesday. Democratic. Theodore B. Haines, ed-
itor and proprietor.
NE W J ERSE Y NE WSPA PERS. 153
*BuRLiNGTON GAZETTE. — BurlingtOD. Daily and Weekly.
Weekly, on Saturday. Daily, in the afternoon.
Democratic. James O. Glasgow.
The Advocate. — Mount Holly. Weekly.
The New Jersey Enterprise. — Burlington. Daily, in the
afternoon, and Weekly, on Friday. Republican.
James P. Logan.
Evening Reporter. — Burlington. Daily, in the after-
neon. D. W. P. Murphy, proprietor and publisher.
The Pemberton Citizen. — Pemberton. Weekly, on Fri-
day. D. W. P. Murphy, proprietor.
Bordentown Register. — Bordentown. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Independent. James D. Flynn.
*Beverly Banner. — Beverly. Weekly, on Saturday. In-
dependent. Wm. Shropshire and Jacob Douglass,
proprietors. John T. Morrell, editor.
MooREsrowN Chronicle. — Moorestown. Weekly, on
Wednesday. Independent. W. J. Lovell, editor
and proprietor.
The Home Visitor. — Palmyra. Monthly. Independent.
M. W. Wisham, publisher.
New Jersey Sand Burr. — Riverside. Weekly. Inde-
pendent. Weidman & Torrie, proprietors.
The Independent. — Burlington. Weekly. T. H. Ruhl-
man, editor.
The Republican. — Moorestown. ' Weekly. Republican.
D. W. P. Murphy, editor and proprietor.
The Tuckerton Beacon. — Tuckerton. Weekly. Joseph
B. Mangham, editor. Walter Sawn, publisher.
The New Era. — Weekly, on Saturday. Independent.
Riverton and Palmyra. New Era Publishing Co.
C. W. Brewster, editor.
OAMDBN COUNTY.
*West Jersey Press. — Camden. Weekl}', on Wednes-
day. Republican. Sinnickson Chew.
*The Camden Democrat. — Camden. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Democratic. C. S. Magrath.
The Camden Daily Post. — Camden. Afternoon. Repub-
lican. The Post Printing and Publishing Co. H.
L. Bon&all, editor. Edward Furlong, publisher.
Saturday Evening Express. — Camden. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. A. Schlesinger.
154 NE W JEESE Y NE WSPAPERS.
*Camden County Courier. — Camden. Daily, in the after-
noon, and Weekly, on Saturday. Republican. Cour-
ier Publishing Association, proprietors.
The Daily Telegram. — Camden. Daily. Independent.
John H. Fort, Thomas A. Hamilton and Upton S.
Jeffreys, proprietors.
New Jersey Temperance Gazette. — Camden. Weekly,
on Saturday. A. C. Graw, manager. Rev. J. B. Graw.
New Jersey Revue (German).— Camden. Weekly. Re-
publican. S. Theodore, editor. Revue Publishing
Co., publishers.
*The Morning News. — Camden. Daily. Democratic.
Facts Publishing Co. Edward Watson, business man-
ager.
Atlantic Coast Guide. — Camden. Weekly, on Saturday.
George S. Bunnel and Joseph Lonan, editors and
proprietors.
*Camden County Journal (German). — Camden. Weekly,
on Friday. Louis Holler, editor and publisher.
South Jersey Advertiser and Palmyra News. — Camden.
Weekly, on Friday. Independent. J. J. Sleeper,
editor and manager.
Herald and Times. — Atco. Weekly, on Thursday. In-
dependent. M. J. Skinner.
The Tribune. — Haddonfield. Weekly, on Wednesday.
Republican. Tribune Publishing Co., publishers.
Frank A. Turner, manager.
The Camden Review. — Weekly, on Sunday. F. F. Pat-
terson's Sons. Republican.
Lightning. — Haddonfield. Weekly, on Wednesday. A.
S. & S. W. Wheeler, editors and publishers.
The Review. — Merchantville. Weekly. Independent.
W. J. Lovell, editor and proprietor.
CAPE MAY COUNTY.
Cape May Wave. — Cape May City. Weekly, on Satur-
day, during the whole year, and Daily during July
and August. James H. Edmunds, proprietor. Henry
W. Hand, editor.
*Star of the Cape. — Cape May City. Weekly, on Fri-
day, during the whole year, and Daily during July
and August. Republican. T. R. Brooks, editor and
proprietor.
Cape May County Gazette.— Cape May Court House.
Weekly, on Saturday. Independent. Alfred Cooper.
NE W JERSEY NE WSPAPERS. 155
Sentinel. — Ocean City. Weekly. R, Curtis Robinson,
editor and proprietor.
Ocean City Spray. — Ocean City. Weekly, on Saturday.
Fenion, editor and proprietor.
*Capk May County Times. — Sea Isle City. Weekly, on
Friday. Democratic. Theodore Stamisies, editor.
T. E. Ludlum, proprietor.
The Journal. — Five Mile Beach.
The Weekly^ Press. — Pleasantville. Saturday. William
McLoughlin, editor and publisher. J. E. Risley,
associate editor.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
*Bridgeton Chronicle. — Bridgeton. Weekly. Demo-
cratic. John B. Clevenstein, editor and proprietor.
*Bridgeton Pioneer. — Bridgeton. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Republican. George W. McCowan, editor and
publisher.
The Daily Pioneer. — Bridgeton. Republican. George
W. McCowan.
* New Jersey Patriot. — Bridgeton. Weekly, on Friday.
Democratic. John Cheeseman.
Bridgeton Evening News. — Bridgeton. Daily. Even-
ing News Company, publishers. David C. Applegate
and S. W. Richardson, editors.
Millville Enterprise. — Weekly, on Friday. J. Walter
Vail, publisher. W. A. Gwynue, editor.
Dollar Weekly News. — Bridgeton. Independent.
Weekly, on Saturday. Evening News Company,
publishers.
The Morning Star. — Bridgeton. Daily. Morning Star
Company, publisht-rs.
* Weekly Independent — Vineland. Weekly, on Friday.
Independent. W. V. L. Seigman.
Cumberland Courier. — Bridgeton. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Democratic. William S. Mills, proprietor.
J. L. Van Syckel, editor.
* The Evening Journal. — Vineland. Afternoon. Inde-
pendent. B. Franklin Ladd.
*Millville Republican. — Millville. Weekly, on Friday.
Republican. John W. Newlin.
•Millville Transcript. — Millville. Weekly, on Friday.
Democratic. J. B. Elfreth.
156 NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
Daily News. — Vineland. Daily. W. Crandell, editor
and proprietor,
ESSEX COUNTY.
* Newark Daily Advertiser. — Newark. Afternoon.
Republican. Thomas T. Kinney, proprietor. Noah
Brooke, editor. Oba Woodruff, business manager.
Newark Evening News. — Newark. Afternoon. Even-
ing News Publishing Company. Wallace M. Scud-
der, business manager. Henry A. Steel, managing
editor.
* Newark Daily Journal. — Newark. Daily, in the after-
noon, and Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic. John
J. Leidy, editor.
* Evening Press. — Newark. Daily. Republican. Press
Publishing Company.
* New Jersey Freie Zeitung (German). — Newark. Daily,
also Sunday edition. Republican. B. Prieth, pro-
prietor. Frederick Kuhn, editor.
*New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung (German). — Newark.
Daily, including Sunday. Democratic. New Jersey
Deutsche Zeit. Co., proprietors. Lewis Dannenberg
and E. Kraeuther, managers.
* Sunday Call. — Newark. Weekly, on Sunday. Inde-
pendent. William A. Ure, James W. Schock, G. W.
Thome, W. T. Hunt, publishers. W. T. Hunt, editor.
New Jersey Arbeiter Zeitung. — Newark. Daily. Pub-
lished by Co-operative Pablishing Association.
Newark Merchant and Manufacturer, and New Jersey
Trade Review. — Semi-monthly, on first and fifteenth.
Merchant and Manufacturing Co., publishers.
Sentinel of Freedom. — Newark. Weekly, on Tuesday.
Republican. Published at the Daily Advertiser oflSce.
*Sundav Standard and New Jersey Unionist. — Newark.
Weekly, on Sunday. Democratic. Sunday Standard
Publishing Co. Joseph Atkinson, editor.
Der Ekzahler (German). — Newark. Sunday edition of
New Jersey Freie Zeitung. Weekly, on Sunday. Re-
publican. Published at the New Jersey Freie Zei-
tung office.
Newark Tribune (German). — Weekly, on Sunday. Dem-
ocratic. Published at the New Jersey Deutsche Zei-
tung oflSce.
NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS. 157
Beobachter am Passaic (German). — Newark. Repub-
lican. Schmitt & Co., publishers. Jacob Schmitt,
editor.
Newark Pionier (German). — Newark. Evening, with
morning edition on Sunday. Independent. F. E.
Adler & Co., publishers.
Recreation. — Newark. Published Weekly. The Cyclist
Printing Company, publishers.
The Orange Chronicle. — Orange. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent. Frank W. Baldwin, editor and pro-
prietor.
The Orange Journal. — Orange. Weekly, on Saturday.
Republican. Edgar Williams, editor and proprietor.
Orange Volksbote (German). — Orange. Weekly, on
Saturday. Democratic. August Erdman, editor and
proprietor.
Orange Sonntagsblatt (German.) — Orange. Weekly, on
Saturday. August Koehler, editor and proprietor.
East Orange Gazette. — East Orange. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Republican. Charles Starr, editor and pro-
prietor.
To-Day. — East Orange. Every other Saturday. Prohibi-
tion. Robert Burnet, editor.
The Record.— East Orange. Monthly, on the first of
each month. Record Publishing Company. A. C.
Zimmerman, editor.
South Orange Bulletin. — South Orange. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. F. D. Crozier, editor and
publisher.
The Bloomfield Citizen. — Bloomfield. Weekly, on Sat-
urday. Republican. S. M. Hulin, editor. Bloom-
field Publishing Company, publisher.^.
* Montclair Times. — Weekly, on Saturday. Republican.
A. C. Studer, editor and publisher.
The Herald. — Semi-weekly, on Wednesdays and Satur-
days. Montclair Publishing Company.
The Herald. — Millburn. Weekly, on Saturday. Herald
Publishing Company.
The Evening Mail. — Orange. Daily, in the afternoon.
Republican. Daniel P. Libbey, editor and publisher.
The Orange Herald. — Orange. Weekly, on Saturday.
Democratic. D. A. Dugan, editor and proprietor.
World and Home. — Newark. Published quarterly.
Sallie T. Battey, editor. Belle Evelyn Cable, assist-
ant.
158 NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
*The Constitution and Farmers' and Mechanics' Ad-
VEKTiSER. — Woodbury. Weekly, on Wednesday.
Republican. Augustus S. Barber, editor.
* Liberal Press. — Woodbury. Weekly, on Friday. In-
dependent. S. C. Hornblower and Charles M. Bell,
editors and publishers.
^Gloucester County Democrat. — Woodbury. Weekly,
on Thursday. Democratic. J. D. Carpenter.
SwEDESBORO TiMES. — Swedesboro. Weekly, on Thursday.
Republican. W. L. Taylor.
Weekly Item. — New field. Weekly, on Friday. Demo-
cratic. A. C. Dalton.
Enterprise. — Glassboro. Weekly, on Saturday. Inde-
pendent. D. S. Maynard.
Swedesboro News. — Sweedesboro. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent. George W. Pither and Harry H. Bat-
ton, editors and publishers.
The Williamstown News — Williamstown. Weekly, on
Friday. Inde(>endent. Dr. C. E. Thomas and J. S.
Weaver, publishers.
HUDSON COUNTY.
*The Argus. — Jersey City. Afternoon. Democratic.
The Argus Publishing Company. Charles S. Clark,
Jr., editor and manager.
The Evening Journal.— Jersey City. Afternoon. Re-
publican. Z. Iv. Pangborn, Joseph A. Dear and F.
W. Pangborn, editors and proprietors.
* Jersey City Herald and Gazette. — Jersey City.
Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic. Allan L. Mc-
Dermott.
The Jersey City News. — Jersey City. Afternoon. Demo-
cratic. James Luby, editor. The News Publishing
Company, publishers.
* The Sunday Morning News. — Jersey City. Weekly, on
Sunday. Democratic. James Luby, editor.
The Hudson and Harrison Despatch (German). — Jer-
sey City. Weekly, on Saturday. Henry Mahnken,
proprietor. Alexander Schlesiiiger, editor.
Hudson County Dispatch. — Jersey City. Weekly, on
Saturday. Republican. Charles W. Thomas & Co.,
publishers.
NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS. 159
♦Evening News.— Hoboken. Afternoon. Democratic.
G. A. Seide, William Wall and John Henchy, pub-
lishers and proprietors.
Hudson County Democrat. — Hoboken. Weekly, on Sat-
urday. Democratic. Bayer & Kaufmann.
*HuDsoN County Journal (German). — Hoboken. Week-
ly, on Saturday. Democratic. Bayer & Kaufmann,
proprietors. Fritz Haider, editor.
Hudson County Journal (English edition). — Hoboken.
Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic. Bayer & Kauf-
mann, proprietors. Albert Hoffman, editor.
The Hudson County Democrat-Advertiser. — Hoboken.
Weekly. Democratic. Moyer & Luehs, proprietors.
*Bayonne Herald and Greenville Register. — Bayonne.
City, Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic. H. C.
Page, publisher.
*The Bayonne Times. — Bayonne City. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. Edward Gardner, editor.
E. Gardner & Son.
New Jersey Freie Presse. — Weekly. Edward I. Knox,
editor.
♦New Jersey Staats Zeitung.— Jersey City. Tuesdays
and Fridays. Democratic. Alexander Schlesinger,
editor.
Kearny Record.— Harrison. Weekly, on Saturday.
Democratic. Philip A. McAviney, editor and pro-
prietor.
HUNTERDON COUNTY.
♦Hunterdon County Democrat. — Flemington. Weekly,
on Tuesday. Democratic. Robert J. Kilgore, editor
and publisher.
♦Democrat-Advertiser. — Flemington. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Democratic. John L. Jones and John N. Voor-
hees, editors and publishers.
♦Hunterdon Republican. — Flemington. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. William G. Callis.
The Beacon. — Lambertville. Weekly, on Friday. Inde-
pendent. Phineas K. Hazen.
The Lambertville Record. — Lambertville. Weekly, on
Wednesday. Republican. Clark Piereon.
♦The Clinton Democrat. — Clinton. Weekly, on Friday.
Democratic. John Carpenter, Jr., editor and pub-
lisher.
160 NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
Hunterdon Independent. — Frenchtown. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. John R. Harden.
Frenchtown Star. — Frenchtown. Weekly, on Wednes-
day. Independent. William H. Sipe=!.
Home Visitor. — Clinton. Weekly. E. O. Howell.
MiLFORD Leader. — Milford. Weekly, on Thursday. In-
dependent. George B. Corson, proprietor. Samuel
H. Bast, editor.
The Avalanche. — Glen Gardner. Semi-monthly. E. W.
Rush.
The Monitor. — Ringoes. Semi-monthly.
The Monitor. — White House. Saturday. L. T. Stryker,
editor and publisher.
Ringoes. — Published Monthly, at Ringoes, by C. W. Lar-
rison. Devoted to local history and phonetic system
of spelling.
MERGER COUNTY.
* State Gazette. — Trenton. Daily and Weekly. Weekly,
on Thursday. Republican. The John L. Murphy
Publishing Co., proprietors. William Cloke, editor.
* True American. — Trenton. Daily and Weekly. Weekly,
on Friday. Democratic. Joseph L. Naar, editor and
proprietor.
* The Daily Emporium. — Trenton. Daily. Independent.
John Briest, editor and proprietor.
The Trenton Times. — Trenton. Afternoon and Weekly,
Weekly, on Thursday. Republican. A. V. D. Honey-
man, editor and proprietor.
*The New Jersey Staats Journal (German). — Trenton.
Semi-weekly. Democratic. Ernest C Stahl, editor
and proprietor.
The Trenton Herald. — Trenton. Weekly, on Saturday.
Neutral. Ernest C. Stahl.
* Sunday Advertiser. — Trenton. Weekly, on Sunday,
Independent. Advertiser Publishing Co.
Our Exponent. — Trenton. Published Monthly. Young
Men's Christian Association.
Sunday Press.— Trenton. Weeekly. Republican, M.
H. Cresse, proprietor.
*New Jersey Catholic Journal. — Trenton. Weekly,
on Saturday. James H. Dullard and Daniel J, Wal-
lace, editors and proprietors.
The New Jersey Odd Fellow. — Trenton. Monthly. C.
F. Ruhlman, publisher. George N. Nutt, editor.
NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS. 161
Mercer County News. — Trenton, Weekly, on Wednes-
day. Independent. E. G. Moody.
HiGHTSTOWN Gazette. — Hightstown. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Independent. Thomas B. Appleget.
Hightstown Independent. — Hightstown. Weekly, on
Thursday. Independent. Independent Publishing
Co., publishers.
* Princeton Press.— Princeton. Weekly, on Saturday.
Republican. C. S. Robinson & Co.
The Nassau Literary Magazine. — Princeton. Monthly,
during college year. Literary. Edited by students
of the Senior Class of Princeton College.
The Princetonian. — Princeton. Tri-weekly, on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Devoted to the interests of
Princeton College. Edited by students.
Princeton Record. — Princeton. Monthly. Religious
and Temperance.- F. M. Rochelle, editor.
The Hopewell Herald. — Hopewell. Weekly, on Fri-
day, Independent. P. W. Hartwell.
The Trumpet. — Princeton. Weekly. Interest of colored
education. Rev. J. C. Ayler, editor and manager,
American Potters' Journal — Trenton. Weekly, on
Saturday. In the interest of organized labor. John
D. McCormick, editor and publisher.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
*The New Brunswick Fredonian. — New Brunswick.
Afternoon and Weekly. Weekly, on Friday. Re-
publican. Fredonian Publishing Co. Howard B.
Tindall, editor,
*Tiie New Brunswick Times. — New Brunswick. After-
ternoon and Weekly. Weekly, on Friday, Demo-
cratic. John Carpenter, Jr., editor.
*TiiE Home News.— New Brunswick, Afternoon and
Weekly. Weekly, on Friday. Independent, Hugh
Boyd, editor.
The Targum. — New Brunswick. Monthly. Devoted to
to the interests of the students of Rutgers College,
Edited by students. Published by the Targum As-
sociation
The Sunday Mail. — Weekly. New Brunswick. W. H,
Fiske, editor and proprietor.
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162 NE W J ERSE Y NE WSPA PERS.
* Middlesex County Democrat. — Perth Amboy. Week-
ly, on Saturday. Democratic. St. George Kempson,
proprietor.
Perth Amboy Republican. — Perth Amboy. Weekly, on
Saturday. Republican. James L. Tooker and Wil-
liam H. Tooker.
The Independent Hour. — Woodbridge. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. Peter K. Edgar.
The Sun. — Woodbridge. Weekly, on Saturday. W. J.
Sidebotham, editor.
The Inquirer. — Metuchen. Weekly. Independent. J
F. Kempson, publisher and editor.
* The Jamesburg Record. — Jamesburg. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. E. S. Hammell, editor
and proprietor.
The Cranbury Press. — Cranbury. Weekly, on Friday.
Republican. George W. Burroughs, editor and pro-
prietor.
*New Brunswick Journal (German). — New Brunswick.
Journal Publishing Co. Richard Strassburger, man-
ager.
New Brunswick Weekly Post. — New Brunswick. Week-
ly, on Saturday. Rummler & StraFsburger.
The Advance. — Jamesburg. Semi-monthly, first and
third Thursdays. Printed and published at the
New Jersey State Reform School.
Daily News.— Perth Amboy. Daily. C. L. Parker, pub-
lisher.
MONMOUTH COUNTY.
*TiiE Monmouth Inquirer — Freehold. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. Mrs. Edwin F. Applegate,
publisher. E. Maxey Applegate, editor.
* Monmouth Democrat.— Freehold. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Democratic. James S. Yard & Son (James S.
and Joseph A. Yaid), editors and proprietors.
* New Jersey Standard. — Red Bank. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Democratic. David A. Bell, editor and pub-
lisher.
* Red Bank Recuster. — Red Bank. Weekly, on Wed-
nesday. Republican. John H. Cook.
* Keyi'Ort Enterprise. — Keyport. Weekly, on Saturday.
Democratic. Fred. F. Armstrong, editor and pro-
prietor.
NE W JERSE Y NE WSPA PERS. 163
Keyport Weekly. — Keyport. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent. E. D. Pattys.
Long Branch News. — Long Branch. Pablished Weekly.
Independent. Henry and Frank Chanfrau, editors
and publishers.
The Long Branch Record. — Long Branch. Daily in
July and August, and Weekly throughout the year,
on Saturday. Independent. F. M. Taylor, Jr.
Long Branch Times. — Long Branch. Weekly, on Wed-
nesday. Republican. J. Leslie Vansant, editor and
publisher.
The Freehold Transcript.— Freehold. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Democratic. Moreau Brothers, editors and
proprietors.
The Angler. — Asbury Park. Weekly, during July and
August. Free. James A. Bradley, proprietor.
William GiflFord, editor.
The Matawan Journal. — Matawan. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Democratic. Benjamin F. S. Brown.
The Asbury Park Journal, — Aebury Park. Daily, dur-
ing July and August. Weekly, on Saturday. Re-
publican. J. K. Wallace, editor and publisher.
The Shore Press. — Asbury Park. Daily, during July
and August. Weekly, on Thursday. Indepeiident.
Penfield Brothers, proprietors. N. W. Penfield,
editor.
The Daily Spray. — Asbury Park. June, July and
August. Devereux & Burt, publishers.
Ocean Grove Record.— Ocean Grove. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Religious. Rev. A. Wallace.
E.\TONTOWN Advertiser. — Eatontown. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Independent. A. F. Martin, editor and pub-
lisher.
The Coast Democrat — Manasquan. Weekly, on Satur-
day. Democratic. J. W. Laughlin, editor and pub-
lisher.
Seauright Sentinel. — Seabright. Independent. Weekly,
July and August, on Friday. J. Leslie Vansant,
editor and proprietor.
The Independent. — Atlantic Ilighlande. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. Charles R. Snyder, re-
ceiver, editor and publisher.
164 NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
The Seaside. — Spring Lake Beach. Weekly, on Saiiir-
day. Republican. Seaside Publishing Company,
publishers. E. S. V, Stultz and Jacob Stults, man-
agers.
White Ribbon Herald. — Asbury Park. Monthly.
Daily Penny News. — Asbury Park. Every afternoon.
Youmans Bros., publishers.
MORRIS COUNTY,
*The Jerskyman. — Morristown. Weekly, on Friday.
Republican. Alanson A. Vance, editor. Vance &
Stiles, publishers.
*True Democratic Banner. — Morristown. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. Vogt Brothers.
The Morris County Chronicle. — Morristown. Weekl.\ >
on Friday. Republican. Joshua Brown.
* The Iron Era. — Dover. Weeklj', on Saturday. Repub-
lican. Dover Printing Company. John S. Gibson,
editor.
* Dover Index. — Dover. Weekly, on Thursday. Demo-
cratic. Frank F. Hummel, editor.
Boonton Weekly Bulletin. — Boonton. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. Samuel L. Garrison.
The Madison Eagle. — Madison. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent. Bardon & Clift.
Rock A way Record. — Weekly, on Friday. Independent.
G. C. Deats, editor and publisher.
Daily Express. — Morristown. Republican. Afternoon.
J. Williams, editor and proprietor.
OCEAN COUNTY.
*New Jersey Courier. — Toms River. Weekly, on
Wednesday. Republican. John Cloke, editor and
proprietor.
* Ocean County Democrat. —Toms River. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. Charles S. Haslett.
Times and Journal. — Lakewood. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent. Lakewood Publishing and Piinting
Company.
The Beacon. — Point Pleasant. Weekly, on Saturday.
J. W. Loughlin, proprietor.
The Island Heights Herald. — Island Heights.
NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS. 165
PASSAIC COUNTY.
* Paterson Guardian. — Afternoon and Weekly. Weekly,
on Friday. Democratic. Carleton M. Herrick, editor
and publisher.
* The Paterson Press. — Paterson. Afternoon and
Weekly. Weekly, on Thursday. Republican.
George S. Chiswell, publisher, and George Wurts,
editor.
Morning and Weekly Call. — Paterson. Daily, Weekly
and Sunday. Republican. The Call Printing and
Publishing Company, proprietors and publishers.
Joseph E. Crowell, editor.
* Patersojst Volks-Freund (German). — Paterson. Tri-
weekly, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morn-
ing?. Democratic. Carl August Boeger.
De Fellegraffe (Holland).— Paterson. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. Henry Beeuwkes, Jr.
Paterson Labor Standard. — Paterson. Weekly, on
Saturday. Labor. J. P. McDonnell, editor and pro-
prietor.
Paterson Censor. — Paterson. Printed record of the
counties of Bergen and Passaic. B. Vanderhoven,
editor.
The Bakers' Journal. — Weekly, on Saturday. Organ of
the Tourneymen Bakers' National Union of America.
J. P. McDonnell, editor.
The Paterson Republican. — Afternoon. Republican.
Charles E. Leal, editor and proprietor.
The Iteji. — Passaic. Weekly, on Saturday. Indepen-
dent. Alfred Speer.
Passaic City Herald. — Passaic. Weekly, on Saturday.
Independent-Democratic. O. & A. E. Vanderhoven.
* Passaic City Daily News. — Passaic. Afternoon. In-
dependent. D. Mahoney and R. M. Offord, editors.
Mrs. A. Sawyer, proprietor.
Passaic City Journal (German) — Paterson. Weekly,
on Wednesdays. Otto Stutzbach, editor and pro-
prietor.
The Rambler. — Paterson. Weekly, on Saturday. Demo-
cratic. William W. Lettis and George Swartwout,
editors and proprietors.
166 NEW JERSEY NEWSPAPERS.
SALEM COUNTY.
* National Si'andard. — Salem. Weekly, on Wednesday.
Republican. Sianickson Chew & Brother, proprie-
tors. Benjamin Patterson, editor.
* Salem Sunbeam. — Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic.
Robert Gwynne, editor and proprietor.
* The South Jerseyman. — Salem. Weekly, on Tuesday.
Republican. Smith & Bell.
The Woodstown Register. — Woodstown. Weekly, on
Tuesday. Independent. A. Linwood Kates, pro-
prietor.
Monitor. — Woodstown. Weekly, on Friday. Temper-
ance. Monitor Publishing Company. E. W. Hum-
phreys, editor.
* Pennsgrove Record. — Pennsgrove. Weekly, on Satur-
day. W. A. Summerill, proprietor.
Elmer Times. — Elmer. Weekly, on Saturday. S. P.
Foster, publisher.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
*TnE Somerset Messenger. — Somerville. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. John H. Mattison.
* The Unionist-Gazette.— Somerville. Weekly. On
Thursday. Republican. The Unionist-Gazette Asso-
ciation, publishers.
The New Jersey Law Journal. — Somerville. Monthly
Honeyman & Co., publishers. Edward Q. Keasbey>
editor.
* The Somerset Democrat. — Somerville. Weekly, on
Friday. Democratic. D. N. Messier & Bro., pro-
prietors.
Bound Brook Chronicle — Bound Brook. Weekly, on
Saturday. Republican. W. B. R. Mason.
Jersey Knight. — Somerville. Monthly. Devoted to the
interests of the Knights of Pythias.
SUSSEX COUNTY.
* The Sussex Register. — Newton. Weekly, on Thursday.
Republican. Richard F. Goodman.
*The New Jersey Herald. — Newton. Weekly, on
Thursday. Democratic. Thomas G. and Jacob L.
Bunnell, editors and publishers.
NE W JERSE Y NE WS PAPERS. 1 67-
Sussex County Independent. — Deckertown. Weekly,
on Friday. Independent. Stanton & Wilson,
editors.
New Jersey Baptist. — Deckertown. Monthly. Eev. A.
R. Wilson, editor and proprietor.
* Sussex Regular. — Newton. Weekly. Democratic.
John Carpenter, Jr., editor and publisher.
The Hamburg Recorder. — Weekly, on Saturday. A. B.
Yatman, editor.
The Sentinel. — Sparta.
The Eagle. — Stanhope.
UNION COUNTY.
* Elizabeth Daily Journal. — Elizabeth. Afternoon,
Republican. Published for estate of F. W. Foote.
Charles C. McBride, editor. Augustus S. Crane,
manager.
New Jersey Journal — Elizabeth. Weekly, on Tuesday.
Republican. Published at the Daily Journal office.
* Central New Jersey Herald. — Elizabeth. Daily and
Weekly. Weekly, on Saturday. Democratic. Herald
Publishing Co., publishers. E. Ramsford, editor.
Sunday Leader. — Elizabeth. Weekly, on Sunday. J.
Madison Drake, publisher.
*rKEiE Presse (German). — Elizabeth. Weekly, on
Saturday. Democratic. Charles H. Schmidt, editor
and publisher.
* National Democrat. — Rahway. Weekly, on Friday.
Democratic. Lewis S. Hyer.
The Advocate. — Rahway. Weekly, on Thursday. Re-
publican. Advocate Publishing Co, H. H. Soule,
president and editor.
The Union County News. — Elizabeth. Weekly, on
Saturday. Independent. Joseph and Isaac Cheve-
ton Lewis, editors and publishers.
Central New Jersey Times. — Plainfield. Weekly, on
Thursday. Republican. John C. Runyon and Wil-
liam J. Leonard.
* The Constitutionalist. — Plainfield. Weekly, on Friday.
Democratic. W. L. Force & Brother, publishers.
* Evening News. — Plainfield. Independent. T. W.
Morrison, editor and proprietor.
168 NE W JERSE Y NE WSPA PERS.
* The Royal Craftsman. — Plainfield. Monthly. Devoted
to Masonry. John Ulrich, proprietor.
The Summit Record. — Summit. Weekly, on Saturday.
Democratic. Thomas F. Lane, editor and proprietor.
Union County Standard. — Westfleld. Weekly, on Sat-
urday. Edgar R. Pearsall, editor and proprietor.
The Daily Press. — Plainfield. Published at the office
of the Constitutionalist. J. A. Demarest, editor.
The Summit Gazette. — Summit. Weekly, on Saturday.
Republican. William F. Byland, editor and pub-
lisher.
"WARREN COUNTY.
*Belvidere Apollo. — Belvidere. Weekly, on Friday.
Republican. Josiah Ketcham.
*The Warren Journal. — Belvidere. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Democratic. J. M. Simerson, editor and pub-
lisher.
* Hackettstown Gazette. — Hackettstown. Weekly, on
Friday. Democratic. W. J. & R. Rittenhouse.
Warren Republican.— Hackettstown. Weekly, on Fri-
day. Curtis Bros.
* Warren Democrat. — Phillipsburg. Weekly, on Thurs-
day. Democratic. Charles F. Fitch.
*The Washington Star. — Washington. Weekly, on
Friday. Democratic. Charles L. Stryker.
The Blairstown Press. — Blairstown. Weekly, on
Wednesday. Independent. De Witt C. Carter,
editor.
Springtown Times. — Springtown. Weekly. Henry S.
Funk, editor.
The Warren Tidings. — Washington. Weekly, on Wed-
nesday. Thomas S. Derrick, editor.
SUMMARY.
There are 292 newspapers, altogether, published in the
State, of which 78 are Independent in politics, 08 Repub-
lican, 75 Democratic, 45 politics not stated, 6 Religious,
7 Educational, 4 Labor, 4 Prohibition, and one each
Masonic, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Manufactur-
ing, Law, and Angling. The aggregate shows an increase
of 6 over last year. Twenty-two are published in Ger-
man and one in the Holland language.
BIOGRAPHIES.
GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.
Leon Abbett.
Governor Abbett has, for over a quarter of a century, been
one of the distinguished leaders of the Democratic party of
this State. He is the second son of p]zekiel and Sarah Abbett,
and was born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 8th, 1836. While
his father is a descendant of an old Quaker family, the ances-
tors of which settled in Pennsylvania in the early part of the
last century, the mother of the Governor is a member of a New
Jersey family, which for generations have been to the manner
born. She was a Miss Howell, and first saw the light of day
at Maur'.cetown, Cumberland county. She still lives to enjoy
the political distinction won by her son.
It cannot be said of Governor Abbett that he was born with
a silver spoon in his mouth, or that he enjoyed unusual
educational advantages during his youth. He is essentially a
self-made man, and a living example of what perseverance
and pluck can accomplish under our system of government.
The Governor's father was a journeyman hatter, whose earn-
ings were not sufficient to give his boys a collegiate education,
yet he yearned to give them such an education as might enable
tliem to make their mark in life ; and to prove how far success
has attended his efforts, it is only necessary to state that his
three sons have all earned distinction at the bar, and that the
subject of this sketch lias been twice elected Governor of New
Jersey, another lias been a member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, and yet another attached to the City Counsel's
office, in New York City.
Leon Abbett attended the public schools of Philadelphia.
In 1853 he graduated from the Higii School of that city. The
degree of Baclielor of Arts, and subsetpiently. Master of Arts,
were conferred upon liiin by that institution, and during his
first term as Governoi-, Princeton College conferred upon liira
the degree of Doctor.of Laws. After he left the High School
he entered the law office of the Hon. John \V. Ashmead, at
that time United States District Attorney for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. Immediately after becoming of age
(169)
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he started to practice law on his own account. Mr. Abbett
was married to Miss Mary Briggs, at Philadelphia, on October
8th, 1862, and soon tliereafter took up his residence at Hobo-
ken, tills ytate. He at once entered into a law partnership
with William J. A. Fuller, of New York City, which lasted
for nearly thirty years, and until the death of Mr. Fuller.
In 1863 Mr. Abbett was appointed Corporation Attorney of
Hoboken, and in the tall of 18G4 he was elected to represent
that District in the Legislature. He was returned the follow-
ing year. His marked ability at once brought him into promi-
nence, and during both these years he was elected as Chair-
man of the Democratic Assembly Caucus. Mr. Abbett took
up his residence in Jersey City before he had completed his
last term as Hoboken's representative in the Legislature.
When, in the fall of 1866, Governor Ward called an extra
session of the Legislature, for the purpose of ratifying the
Fourteenth Amendment, Leon Abbett took a very prominent
part in the debate that ensued. In 1868 he represented the
First (Jersey City) District in the Legislature, and was chosen
Speaker of the House. He was returned by the same con-
stituency the year following, and was again elected Speaker.
On both occasions he discharged the onerous duties of the
office with such signal ability and courtesy as to earn for him-
self a unanimous vote of thanks at the expiration of each
session. During this period Mr. Abbett was also Corporation
Counsel for Bayonne City and the town of Union. In the
summer of 1874 Mr. Abbett made a brief tour through
Europe, and before he returned home was nominated to rep-
resent Hudson county in the State Senate. He was elected
by a majority of 4,940 votes over his Ilej)ublican competitor.
He became Corporation Counsel of Jersey City in 1876, and
during the trouble that ensued consequent upon the passage
of the Constitutional Amendments, he saved the city great
expense and much litigation by his able interpretation of the
new law— an interpretation that was in every instance upheld
by the Supreme Court. He continued Corporation Cotmsel
until he was elected Governor in 1883. He was a delegate to
the National Convention at Baltimore in 1872, and chosen one
of its vSecretaries. He cast his vote for Mr. Bayard, believing
that the nomination of Mr. (ireeley would bring disaster to the
Democratic cause. In 1876 he was again chosen as a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention that convened at St.
Louis, and was unanimously elected Chairman of the New
Jersey Delegation. He lias attended every National Conven-
tion since then except the one that nominated General Han-
cock. His staunch advocacy of Joel Parker for the Presi-
dential nomination was one of the notable features of the
BIOGRAPHIES-U. S. SENATORS. 171
convention of 1876, and made him one of its central figures.
In 1877 he was elected President of the Senate. It was during
this session that Mr. McPhenson was elected United States
Senator, and as the Democrats had but one majority on joint
ballot, the canvass was fought with unusual excitement. J\Ir.
Abbett was himself solicited to become a candidate, but re-
fused all such overtures, and steadfastly advocated the election
of Mr. McPherson. The marked ability and skill he displayed
in presiding over the unruly joint meeting that elected Mr.
McPherson, averted the calamity that at one time threatened
the Democratic majority. Governor McClellan appointed
Mr. Abbett a member of the commission to draft a general
charter for the government of cities, and again, Governor
Ludlow selected him as one of the commission to devise means
for a more just mode of taxation. He has also been a member
of the Jersey City Board of Education, and was, in 1869,
chosen its presiding officer.
Tiie Governor is one of the leading members of the New
Jersey bar, and is an authority in all cases involving municipal
law. He has an exceedingly lucrative practice, both in this
State and New York, and makes no mean sacrifice when
accepting gubernatorial honors. He is a man of very fine
pliysique, and the possessor of social qualifications that iiave
greatly aided him in his prosperous political career. He has
been a widower for about nine years, and has one daughter
and two sons, one of which. General William F. Abbett, is
Judge Advocate Geneial. His majority over liis Republican
opponent. Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Dixon, in 1883,
was 6,809, and over General E. Burd Grubb, 14,253, in 1889.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
John Rhodeeic McPherson.
Senator McPherson was born at York, Livingston county,
New York, on the ninth of May, 1833. He received a com-
mon-school and academic education. Leaving the academy
when eighteen years old, he engaged in farming and stock
raising, in which, by dint of hard work, he was moderately
.successful, until he becime a resident of Jersey City in 1858.
Here he entered largely into the live-stock trade, and very
t-o(!n became one of the most prominent dealers. He invented,
jierlected and put into practice new and hitheito unknown
devices and principles in the treatment of animal matter. He
172 BIOGRAPHIES— U. S. SENATORS.
designed and put in operation in this country the great abat<
toir system in use in France, improving tliat system in many
material ways. Senator McPlierson Avas a member of the
Board of Aldermen of Jersey City from 1864 to 1870, and for
more ihan three years of that time he was President of the
Boaid. He established in tliat city the People's Gas Light
Company, and was elected its President. He was also Presi-
dent of several savings banks. In 1871 he was elected to the
^ew Jersey Senate by an unusually large majority, and served
for three years with great credit to his county and State. In
1876 he was a Presidential elector, when the State went for
Tilden by a very large majority. In 1877 he was elected a
United States Senator to succeed Hon. F. T. Frelinghuysen.
While a member of the State Senate, Mr. McPlierson was
noted for his readiness in debate, and his cogency and terse-
ness of style. His record in the United States Senate on the
leading questions of finance and the tariff' is in perfect accord
with the great majority of the people of his State — Republi-
cans as well as Democrats.
He was elected to a second term as United States Senator
by the Legislature of 1883, and to a third term by the Legis-
lature of 1889. In 1884 he was a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention, at Chicago, and supported Thomas F.
Bayard for the Presidency, but when Cleveland was nominated
he gave liim his hearty support.
KUFUS Blodgett.
Senator Blodgett was born in Dorchester, New Hampshire,
November 9th, 1834. He served his time at the machinist's
trade, and worked at it for some time in his native State.
Nearly twenty-five years ago he came to New Jersey, and found
employment soon afterward with tlie New Jersey Southern
Railroad Company, and in a short time became its Superin-
tendent. A few years ago he was a{)pointcd' Superintendent
of the New York and Long Branch Railroad Company, over
which the trains of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Central
railroads run by mutual agreement. For some years the
Senator resided at Manchester, Ocean county, and he repre-
sented tliat county in the House of Assembly in the years
1878, '79 and '80. In the latter year he was defeated for the
office of Slate Senator from the same county by Abraham C.
B. Havens, by 80 plurality. While in the House of Assem-
bly he took a prominent part in legislation, and was mainly
instrumental in having the six per cent, interest law passed.
He has always been known as an active and unfiinching
Democrat, and was Chairman of the Democratic State Com-
BIOGRAPHIES— CONGRESSMEN. 173
mittee during the Cleveland campaign of 1884, when he
rendered very effective service to his party. He was a
candidate for Governor before the Democratic Conven-
tion in 1886, and after a bitter and hard-fought contest,
was defeated of the nomination by ex-Governor Robert
S. Green. He w^as elected United States Senator, to suc-
ceed General William J. Sewell, by the Legislature of
1887, on March 2d, amid very stormy scenes on the floor
of the Assembly Chamber, his competitor being ex-Gov-
ernor Leon Abbett. Senator Blodgett lives at Long
Branch, and his term began on March 4th, 1887.
NEW JERSEY'S CONQRESSMEN.
First District— Cape May, Cumberland, Salem,
Gloucester and Camden Counties.
(Population, 197,918.)
Christopher A. Bergen,
(Rep., Camden.)
Mr. Bergen was born at Bridge Point, Somerset county,
August 2d, 18U. He graduated from Princeton College
in 1863, and afterwards taught school. He then read law
wiih his uncle, Peter L. Voorhees, Esq., of Camden, and
was admitted to the bar at the November Term, 1866, ai.d
passed his Counselor's Examination in 1869. He is a
member of the law firm of Bergen & Bergen, Camden.
He has always been a staunch Republican, and never
held office until he was elected to Congress. This is his
Fecond term.
1888— Bergen, Rep., 24,906; Brindle, Dem., 19,440;
Nicholson, Pro., 2,107. Bergen's plurality, 5,466.
1890- Bergen. Rep., 19,082 ; Newell, Dem., 16,352 ; Nich-
olson, Pro., 2,007. Bergen's plurality, 2,710.
Second District — Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer,
and Ocean Counties.
(Population, 183,008.1
James Buchanan.
(Rep., P. O. Box 505, Trenton.)
]\[r. Buchanan was born at Riogoes, Hunterdon county,
N. J., June 17th, 1839, and is a counselor-at-law. He fol-
174 BIOGRAPHIES— CONGRESSMEN.
lowed agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-five years
of age. He was educated at Clinton Academy and in
the Albany University. In 1866 he was Reading Clerk
of the House of Assembly, and in 1868 and '69 he was a
member of the Board of Education of the city of Tren-
ton. He read law with Hon. John T. Bird, now Vice-
Chancellor, and in November, 1864, was admitted to the
bar. From April 1st, 1874, to April 1st, 1879, he was
Presiding Judge of Mercer county, and of hundreds of
decisions rendered by him during his term, but one was
reversed on appeal. He was elected to the Trenton
Common Council for a term of three years in April,
1883 ; has been a member of the Trenton Board of Trade
since its organization, was President of that body for one
year, and has been Vice-President of the National Board
of Trade. He is a member of the Boa'd of Trustees of
Peddie Institute, and in 1875 received the honorary
degree of A.M., from the University of Lewisburg, Pa.
P>om 1873 to 1884 he was President of the New Jersey
Baptist State Convention, and in the latter year declined
a re-election to that office. He is a counselor-at-law of
the Supreme Court of the United States, and has for
years made a special study of questions relative to labor,
tariff, &c. This is his fourth term in Congress.
1S88— Buchanan, Rep, 22,407; Beasley, Dem., 19,104;
Morgan, Pro., 1,292. Buchanan's plurality, 3,303.
1890— Buchanan, Rep., 17,515; Haven, Dem., 16,352;
Brown, Pro., 1,200. Buchanan's plurality, 1,163.
Third District— Middlesex, Monmouth and
Union Counties.
(Population, 200,870 )
Jacob Augustus Geissen II AiNER.
(Dem., Freehold.)
Mr. Geissenhainer was born in the city of New York
in 1840. His father and his grandfather were both
clergymen of the Lutheran church of that city. He was
gtaduared at Columbia College, and afterwards studied
law at Yale and at the New York University. Pie com-
menced the practice of law in New York city in 1863,
which he still continues, giving his attention especially
to conveyancing, and has built up a large business, to
which he devotes most of his time and attention.
He came to Freehold with his family in 1875, to spend
the summer, and being pleased with the town, leased for
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a term of years the handsome property on South street,
where he now resides, and upon which he has made
some substantial and permanent improvements. He has
remained there ever since, spending his winters only in
New York city.
While Mr. Geissenhainer has always been a pro-
nounced Democrat, and has not hesitated to express bis
views upon public questions at all proper times and on
all suitable occasions, he has never been identified with
any clique or faction of the party. His election to Con-
gress helped to unite the Democratic party in Monmouth
which for a number of years past was torn by factional
strife. This is his second term.
1888— Geissenhainer, Dem., 22,961; Kean, Jr., Rep.,
20,3GS; Parker, Pro., 1,119. Geissenhainer's plurality,
2,593.
1890— Geisserhainer, Dem., 20,266; Clark, Jr., Rep.,
15,748; Snyder, Pro., 1,123. Geissenhainer's plurality,
4,518.
Fourth District — Hunterdon, "Warren, Somerset
and Sussex Counties.
(Population, 122,363.)
Samuel Fowler.
(Dem., Newton.)
Mr. Fowler was born at Franklin, Sussex county, N. J.,
March 22d, 1851, and is a lawyer by profession. He is a
son of the late Colonel Samuel Fowler, of the Fifteenth
New Jersey regiment, who served during the late rebel-
lion until he was disabled by disease. The Colonel died
at Trenton, in 1865, during his term as a member of the
House of Assembly. The House was a tie politically in
that year, and Colonel Fowler arose from a sick bed and
came from his home in Sussex county to Trenton to help
his party in any emergency which might occur. The
Congressman's grandfather. Dr. Samuel Fowler, repre-
resented the same district in the National House of Rep-
resentatives from 1833 to 1837, and during the second
administration of Andrew Jackson.
The present Congressman attended Princeton College
in 1868, and subsequently the Columbia College Law
School. He was admitted to (he bar of New York in
1873, and to the bar of New Jersey in 1876. He practiced
law in Newark until 1880, when he returned to Newton,
where he has continued the practice of his profession
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ever since. In 1888 he was elected to Congress by a plu-
rality of 73 after a most exciting campaign, in which he
was not only opposed by N. W. Voorhees, the Republican
candidate, but also by Charles J. Roe, who ran as an
independent Democrat, and received 5,079 votes. This
is his second term.
1888— Fowler, Dem., 12,190; Voorhees, Rep., 12,117;
Roe, Ind. Dem., 5,079; La Monte, Pro., 1,539. Fowler's
plurality, 73.
1890— Fowler, Dem., 13,459; Goodman, Rep., 8,775;
Schenk, Pro., 1,583. Fowler's plurality, 4,684.
Fifth District— Bergen, Passaic and Morris
Counties.
(Population, 206,343.)
Cornelius A. Cadmus.
(Dem., Paterson.)
Mr. Cadmus was born in Saddle River township, Bergen
county, N. J., October 7th, 1844, and, after a common
school education, entered into mercantile business in
New York City, where for a number of years he was a
prominent produce merchant. He took up hi^ residence
in Paterson when young, and has always been identified
with the progress of the city. He is now engaged in the
grain and produce business. In 1883 he was induced to
accept the Democratic nomination for Assembly in the
Third District of Passaic county, a district which had
always given a large Republican majority. Such was his
popularity that he easily overcame the Republican ma-
jority and defeated a popular antagonist. After serving
one term in the Assembly he declined a re-noraination,
which was unanimously tendered him. In 1887 he was
again induced to enter the political field, and accepted
the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Passaic county.
The county had elected a Republican sheriff" three years
before by over two thousand majority, and had since
that time given large majorities against the Democrats.
On the part of any other person the acceptance of the
nomination would have been foolhardy, especially as the
Republicans were almost unanimous in the selection of
their candidate. But Mr. Cadmus not only overcame the
odds against him, but was elected by a majority of 1,885.
Again he entered the field as a candidate for Congress,
and was elected by a majority of 1,356, over a strong
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competitor in a district which two years before had
returned a Republican by a plurality of 1,072.
1888-Beckwith, Rep., 20,277 ; Hoagland, Dem., 19,205 ;
Winterburn, Pro., 901. Beckwith's plurality, 1,072.
1890— Cadmus, Dem., 16,815; Beckwith, Rep., 15,459;
Bradbrook, Pro., 1,069. Cadmus' plurality, 1,356.
Sixth District— Essex County.
^ {Population, 255,660.)
Thomas Dunn English.
(Dem., Newark.)
Dr. English was born in Philadelphia, June 29th, 1819.
The Englishes are an old New Jersey family, of Norman-
Irish origin, which first settled on the banks of the Dela-
ware, in Burlington county, over two centuries since.
The mother of Dr. English was born in Ireland, and was
the daughter of Joseph Kempstone and Alice (nee)
M'Millen. Dr. English began journalism at an early age,
studied medicine, and received the degree of Doctor of
Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1839.
In 1842, he was called to the Philadelphia bar. He has
practiced both professions, but of late years has depended
mainly on authorship. On the 4th of July, 1876, William
and Mary College, Virginia, conferred on him the degree
of Doctor of Laws. He has held no political offices, but
served two terms, 1863-4, as member of the House of
Assembly of New Jersey.
1888— Lehlbach, Rep., 25,530; Haynes, Dem., 24,762;
Anderson, Pro., 835. Lehlbach's plurality, 774.
1890— English, Dem., 23,278; Condit, Rep., 21,468;
Anderson, Pro., 995. English's plurality, 1,810.
Seventh District— Hudson County.
(Population, 274,855.)
Edward F. McDonald.
(Dem,, Harrison.)
Mr. McDonald was born in Ireland, September 21st,
1844, and is in the real estate and insurance business.
He is Treasurer of the Town of Harrison, a position he
has held for ten years, and to which he has been unani-
mously elected every year.
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He came to this country when he was only six years
of age. During his childhood, and for a period of twenty
years, he resided in the city of Newark, where he at-
tended the public schools. He has been a resident of
Hudson county nearly eighteen years. During the late
Rebellion he served in Company I, Seventh Regiment,
New Jersey Volunteers, having enlisted before he was
seventeen years of age — in September, 1861. He served
under McClellan and Hooker, in the Peninsula Campaign
and Seven Days' fight. During the latter event he was
in command, as a Sergeant, of his company. Afterwards
he was stricken down with typhoid fever and was sent
north to the hospital, and was honorably discharged at
Philadelphia on December 30th, 1862. He returned
home, but in such a condition, that the war was long
over before his health was fully restored.
The Congressman learned the trade of machinist and
tool-maker, at which he worked up to December, 1874,
when he was elected in the Eighth District of Hudson
county to the House of Assembly. Since then he has
been engaged in the real estate and insurance business.
In 1877 he was elected Director-at- Large of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of Hudson county, and was re-elected
in 1879, serving four years altogether.
As an orator and a debator Mr. McDonald takes high
rank, and his services as such are, and have been, in
great demand during every political campaign. He was
nominated for Senator in Hudson county in 1889 without
a dissentient voice and was elected by a large majority.
He served during the legislative session of 1890 until the
last day, when he was unseated by the Republican major-
ity of the Senate and his competitor, William S. Stuhr,
was sworn into office. (In 1891 the Democratic Senate
took action in the case the result of which will be found
under the head of the Hudson County Senator).
Mr. McDonald was unanimously nominated for Con-
gress in 1890, and was elected by a plurality of 5,114.
1888-McAdoo, Dem., 26,498; Collins, Rep., 20,424;
Besson, Pro., 283. McAdoo's plurality, 6,074.
1890— McDonald, Dem., 21,875; McEwan, Rep., 16,761 ;
Brown, Pro., 448. McDonald's plurality, 5,114.
CONO-RESS DISTRICTS.
The following are the counties which compose each
district, together with the population according to the
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recent United States census, and the vote cast in each at
the late election :
First District— ^_vote cast. ,
Population. Dem. Rep. Pro.
Camden 87,600 5,927 8,224 618
Cape May 11,245 728 890 189
Cumberland 45,340 3,631 3,985 646
Gloucester 28,585 2,960 3,054 323
Salem 25,148 3,126 2,929 231
197,918 16,372 19,082 2,007
Second District —
Atlantic 28,807 1.970 2,422 268
Burlington 58,438 5 666 6,140 501
Mercer 79,803 7,461 7,151 343
Ocean 15,960 1,255 1,802 88
183,008 16,352 17,515 1,200
Third District —
Middlesex 59,487 5,723 4,625 355
Monmouth 69,062 7,352 5,489 538
Union 72,321 7,191 5,634 230
200,870 20,266 15,748 1,123
Fourth District —
Hunterdon 35,315 3,893 2,607 820
Somerset 28,290 2,877 2,534 222
Sussex 22,233 2,151 1,387 119
Warren 36,525 4,538 2,247 422
122,363 13,459 8,775 1,583
Fifth District —
Bergen 47,223 4,315 3,111 109
Morris 54,085 4,374 4,088 556
Passaic 105,035 8,126 8,260 404
206,343 16,815 15,469 1,069
Sixth District—
Essex 255,660 23,278 21,468 995
Seventh District —
Hudson 274,855 21,875 16,761 448
Total 1,441,017 128,417 114,808 8,425
Total votes cast, 251,650.
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STATE SENATORS.
Atlantic County,
(Population, 28,807.)
John J. Gardner.
(Rep., Atlantic City.)
.Senator Gardner was born October 17th, 1845, in
Atlantic county, N. J., and since 1856 has resided in
Atlantic City, except during his term of service in the
army during the late war. He is in the real estate and
insurance business. He was elected Mayor of Atlantic
City in 1868, '69, 70, 73 and 74 -having declined the
nomination in 1872 and 1875. In the latter year he was
elected a member of the Common Council, and one of
the Coroners of the county. He was elected Senator in
1877, and was re-elected in 1880, '83, '86 and '89. He
beats the record with regard to length of service of any
State Senator in the history of the State. He is in his
fifth term of office, and if he serves it out he will have
been fifteen consecutive years in the State Senate. In
the session of 1883 he was President of that body, when
he discharged the duties of the position with much abil-
ity and impartiality. He is considered one of the ablest
members of the Senate, being noted for his readiness in
debate, repartee and quick and forcible expression of
ideas. He was a Delegate-at- Large to the National
Republican Convention at Chicago in 1881. Last year
he served as chairman of the Committees on Judiciary,
Revision of Laws, Banks and Insurance, Elections, Print-
ing, and Sinking Fund, and as a member of the Commit-
tees on Riparian Rights, Boroughs and Commerce and
Navigation. He was also appointed a member of the
Special Committee on the Taxation of Property.
1886— Gardner, Rep., 2,110; Champion, Dem., 2,059;
Potter,. Pro., 374. Gardner's plurality, 51.
1889-Gardner, Rep., 2,625; French, Dem., 2,401 ; Wil-
bur, Pro., 230. Gardner's plurality, 224.
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Bergen County.
(Population, 47,223.)
Hen'ry D. Winton.
(Dem., Hackensack.)
Senator Winton was born in New York City, and is on
the threshold cf his forty-third year. He is editor and
proprietor of the Bergen County Democrat. He is the son
of ex-Assemblymen Eben Winton. In early childhood
Henry removed with his parents to Bergen county, New
Jersey, where his father, about 1860, in company with the
late Cbauncey C. Burr, established the Bergen County
Democrat. AVhile he was a brilliant writer, the impolitic
and erratic course of Mr. Burr was not entirely appreci-
ated by the staid and thoughtful people of old Bergen,
and the elder Mr. Winton soon became sole proprietor of
the Democrat, which at once entered on a field of great
success.
Long before he was of age young Winton had sole
charge of his father's office, where he was equally at
home with the reporter's pencil, the editorial pen, and
the composing stick. In 1871 he bought out bis father,
and became the editor and owner of the Democrat, which
now stands in the first rank of Democratic newspapers
in New Jersey, as it has for many years.
The Senator was a Delegate to the National Democratic
Convention at Cincinnati in 1880, and east his vote for
Hancock. He was appointed by Governor Abbett as one
of the managers of the State Insane Asylum at Morris
Plains. He was Clerk of the House of Assembly in 1884,
and he received the caucus nomination of the Democratic
Senators for five years for Secretary of the Senate. He
was President of the New Jersey Editorial Association
in 1887, and he is a member of the New York Press Club.
Last year he served on the Committees on Labor and
Industries and Printing.
1886— Bogert, Dem., 3,414 ; Moore, Rep., 3,159; Hillyer,
Pro., 283. Bogert's plurality, 255.
1889— Winton, Dem., 4,007; Moore, Rep., 3,537; Church,
Pro., 125. Winton's plurality, 470.
Burlington County.
(Population, 58,438.) *
William H. Carter.
(Rep., Bordentown.)
Senator Carter is book-keeper at the Union Steam
Forge, Bordentown, and was born in New Castle, Dela-
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ware, March 6th, 1835. Five years later, 1840, he came
with his parents to Burlington county, and in his youth
was apprenticed to the upholstery trade, which he aban-
doned after his " time " was completed, on account of ill-
health. He then turned his attention to the grocery busi-
ness, during which time he was engaged in both the whole-
sale and retail trade. Since 1871 he has been Secretary
of the Building Loan Association, for one year was a
member of the Common Council, and for the same length
of time was Chief Burgess of that borough. From March,
1865, to 1866, he was the Assessor for Bordentown. In
1879 he received the Republican nomination for Assembly
from the First District, which at that time was supposed
to be overwhelmingly Democratic, and defeated John
Warner, after a sharp contest, by a majority of 281. Next
year he defeated Col. Wm. R. Murphy, the Democratic
nominee and a very popular gentleman, by a majority of
2. At first it was supposed Mr. Murphy was elected by a
majority of 3, and he was sworn into office and held the
seat for some time. A recount of the votes was favorable
to Mr. Carter, and Mr. Murphy thereupon resigned his"
seat and the former was sworn in.
In 1881 Mr. Carter was again the Republican candidate.
The district had been made more strongly Democratic
by the addition of Pemberton and Easthampton town-
ships, and Col. Murphy was again the candidate of that
party. Mr. Carter was elected by a majority of 227.
While a member of the Legislature, Mr. Carter served
on the following committees: Railroads and Canals, Re-
vision of the Laws, State Library, Elections, Incidental
Expenses, Miscellaneous Business, and Corporations.
He took an active part in the proceedings of the Assem-
bly, and was instrumental in the shaping and passage of
much important legislation.
He has been an active member of the M. E. Church
since early boyhood, is a licensed preacher and has
received many honors from the Church. His success in
life is due mostly to hard work and study.
In 1885 he was elected to the Senate. In 1888 he was
re-elected, after an exciting campaign, by a plurality of
149, over Judge Stacy H. Scott, one of the most popular
Democrats in Burlington county.
Last year he served as chairman of the Committees on
Claims and Pensions, Engrossed Bills, State Prison, and
School for Deaf Mutes, and as a member of the Commit-
tees on Education, Labor and Industries, and of the
Special Committee on Ballot Reform.
BIOGRAPHIES-SENATORS. 183
1885— Carter, Rep., 5,498; Wills, Dem , 5,031; Lippin-
cott, Jr., Pro., 661.
1888— Carter, Rep., 7,307; Scott, Dem., 7,158; Decou,
Pro., 527. Carter's plurality, 149.
Camden County.
(Population, 87,600.)
Maurice Alexander Rogers.
(Rep., Camden.)
Senator Rogers was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 3d,
1858. He is the junior member of the firm of T. A. Rog-
ers & Son, planters of oysters and commission merchants.
In the spring of 1882 he was elected to the Board of Ed-
ucation of the city of Camden, was re-elected in 1884,
and was president of the board in 1886. He was elected
to the City Council in the spring of 1883, and was re-
elected in 1886 and 1889. He was President of Council
in 1887. He served as chairman of all the important
committees of the Board of Education, and of those on
Finance, Water and Lighting in the City Council.
1887— Pfeiffer, Jr., Dem., 5,950; Herring, Rep., 5,473;
Dudley, Ind. Rep., 3,105 ; Stout, Pro., 747. Pfeiffer's plu-
rality, 477.
1890— Rogers, Rep., 7,940; Brewer, Dem., 5,919; Harned,
Ind. Rep., 581 ; Bowden, Pro., 598. Rogers' plurality,
2,021.
Cape May County.
(Population, 11,245.)
Walter S. Le amino.
(Rep., Cape May Court House.)
Senator Learning was born at Seaville, Cape May county,
N. J., March 4th, 1854, and is a dentist by profession. He
is a son of ex-Senator Jonathan F. Leaming. He received
an academical education, and is a graduate of the Jeffer-
son Medical College, Philadelphia, and of the Pennsyl-
vania College of Dental Surgery. The Senator has always
been a champion of the public schools, and is at present
a Trustee of School District No. 16, Cape May county.
In 1888 he represented Cape May county in the House
of Assembly, when he was Chairman of the Committee
on Incidental Expenses and a member of the Committees
on Riparian Rights and Federal Relations.
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Last year he served as Chairman of the Committees on
Miscellaneous Business and Reform School for Boys, and
as a member of the Committees on Banks and Insurance,
Claims and Pensions, Boroughs, and Industrial School for
Girls.
1885— Haines, Rep., 1,225 ; Ludlam, Dem., 1,100; Stites,
Pro., 125. Haines' plurality, 125.
1888— Leaming Rep., 1,464; Melvin, Dem., 1,079; Wil-
liams, Pro., 166. Leaming's plurality, 385,
Cumberland County.
(Population, 45,340.)
Seaman R. Fowler.
(Rep., Vineland.)
Senator Fowler was born in New York City, April 21st,
1821. He was in the hat business in New York twenty-
one years, and was for seven years a member of the 7th
Regiment, New York. He removed to Vineland, N. J.,
in 1867. He was a member of the Township Committee
five years, president of the board four years and treasurer
one year. He was Postmaster of Vineland four years,
from February 1st, 1879. He was elected Township Col-
lector for five consecutive years, from 1884 to 1889. At
present he is a hotel proprietor.
Last year he served as chairman of the committees on
Riparian Rights and Commerce and Navigation, and as
a member of the committees on Game and Fisheries,
Unfinished Business, and Reform School for Boys.
1886— Baker, Dem., 3,696 ; Nichols, Rep, 3,227; Gard-
ner, Pro., 1,807. Baker's plurality, 469.
1889— Fowler, Rep , 4,647 ; Baker, Dem., 4,215 ; Gilbert,
Pro., 608. Fowler's plurality, 432.
Essex County.
(Population, 255,660.)
Michael T. Barrett.
(Dem., New.trk.)
Senator Barrett was born at Belleville, N. J., August
9th, 1856, and is a counselor-at-law. He was educated at
the Christian Brothers' School, Newark, and was admit-
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ted to the bar at the February term, 1879. He has been
counsel for the Belleville Building and Loan Association
and also for the Town of Harrison. In 1886, he was
elected to the Assembly from the then Fifth District of
Essex county, by a plurality of 437. In 1887, Mr. Barrett
was the Democratic candidate for Senator in Essex
county, when he was defeated by A. F. R. Martin, Repub-
lican, by a plurality of 1,029. Governor Abbett, as soon
as he was inaugurated into his second term of oflSce,
appointed Mr. Barrett on his personal staff, with the rank
of Colonel. Mr. Barrett is the first Democratic Senator
Essex county has had in a quarter of a century.
1887— Martin, Rep., 18,807; Barrett, Dem., 17,778;
Morrow, Pro., 1,256; Beckmeyer, Lab., 820. Martin's
plurality, 1,029.
1890— Barrett, Dem, 23,341; Howell, Rep, 21,380;
Strobell, Pro., 1,024. Barrett's plurality, 1,961.
Gloucester County.
(Population, 28,585.)
George H. Barker.
(Dem , Woodbury.)
Senator Barker was born at South Brookfield, Madison
county, N. Y., January 14th, 1857, and is in the real
estate and mortgage brokerage businefs, having offices at
"Woodbury and in the Drexel Building, Philadelphia.
He has been fouiteen years in the business at Wood-
bury. He was raised on a farm, and has lived in Glou-
cester county since he was seven years of age. He never
filled any public office before he was elected to the
senate, but he has been prominently connected with the
principal business enterprises of Gloucester county.
1887 -Roe, Rep., 3,159; Tallman, Dem., 2,698; Ogborn,
Pro., 440. Roe's plurality, 561.
1890— Barker, Dem., 3,080 ; Roe, Rep., 2,940 ; Downer,
Pro., 324. Barker's plurality, 140.
Hudson County.
(Population, 274,855.)
Edward F. McDonald.
(Dem., Harrison.)
Senator McDonald was born in Ireland, September 2l8t,
1844, is in the real estate and insurance business, and is
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treasurer of the town of Harrison. He was elected to
Congress from the Seventh District of New Jersey last
November by a plurality of 5,114. His term as CoDgress-
man will not begin until March 4th.
[For further particulars about the Senator's career, see
page 177.]
Mr. McDonald was unseated by the Senate of 1890 on
the last day of the session, when William S. Stuhr was
sworn in as Senator. On the first day of the present ses-
sion Mr. Stuhr was ousted from office by a resolution of
the Senate, and Mr. McDonald was declared to be the
lawfully-elected Senator from Hudson county and he re-
sumed his seat accordingly.
Last year the Senator served on the Committees on
Finance, Militia, State Prison, Commerce and Navigation
and Soldiers' Home, and on the Special Committee on
Ballot Reform.
1886— Edwards, Dem., 17,628; Wiggins, Rep., 13,198;
Gordy, Pro., 803. Edwards' plurality, 4,430.
1889— McDonald, Dem., 24,922; Stuhr, Ind. Dem. and
Rpp., 16,582; Mauer, Jr., Pro., 191. McDonald's plurality,
8,340.
Hunterdon County.
(Population, 35,315.)
MoSES K. EVERITT.
(Dem., Fleiuington.)
Senator Everitt was born in Kingwood township, Hun-
terdon county, N. J., October 22d, 1836. He is a live-
stock broker, and does business at the West Sixtieth
street stock-yards. New York City, being a member of
the firm of Everitt & Pidcock. Formerly he was a sales-
man, a farmer and a merchant. He was elected a mem-
ber of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hunterdon
county, from the borough of Frenchtown, in the spring
of 1869, and the same year he was elected Clerk of that
county for a term of five years. He wa'^ elected a Direc-
tor of the Fiemington National Bank in 1875, and served
in that capacity until January, 1886, when he resigned.
In 1880 he was elected President of the Hillsborough
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., which office he still holds.
He was nominated for State Senator of Hunterdon
county in 1885, and was defeated by George H. Large, by
a plurality of 165 votes. He was again unanimously
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nominated for the same office in 1888, and was elected
by a plurality of 1,262.
Last year he served on the Committees on Unfinished
Business and School for Deaf Mutes, and was appointed
a member of the Special Commission on the Taxation of
Property.
1885— Large, Rep., 3,586 ; Everitt, Dem., 3,421 ; Stiger,
Pro., 538; Holcombe, Greenb'k, 43. Large's plurality,
165.
1888— Everitt, Dem., 5,119; Bush, Rep., 3,857; Hunt,
Pre, 545. Everitt's plurality, 1,262.
Mercer County.
(Population, 79,803.)
John D. Rue.
(Rep., Trenton.)
Senator Rue was born in West Windsor, Mercer county,
N. J., July 26th, 1833. He is a dealer in commercial fer-
tilizers and farm machinery, and formerly was a farmer.
He has held the offices of Judge of Election, Chosen
Freeholder, and member of the Township Committee for
several years. He served as a member of Assembly from
the then Third District of Mercer county in 1878 and
1879. In 1886 he was elected to the Senate. After an
exciting and hard-fought campaign, he was re-elected in
1889 by a plurality of 105.
Last year he served as chairman of the Committees on
Education and Public Grounds and Buildings, and as a
member of the Committees on Finance, Agriculture,
Engrossed Bills, State Prison, and Passed Bills.
1886— Rue, Rep., 7,260; Scudder, Dem., 6,932; With-
ington. Pro., 564. Rue's plurality, 328.
1889— Rue, Rep., 8,244; Bamford, Dem., 8,139; Cady,
Pro., 386. Rue's plurality, 105.
Middlesex County.
(Population, 59,487.)
Robert Adrain.
(Dem., New Brunswick.)
Senator Adrain was born in New Brunswick, N. J.,
December 17th, 1853, and is a counselor-at-la v of New
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Jersey. Governor Abbett appointed the Senator on his
personal staff in January, 1890, with the rank of Colonel.
In the same year he was appointed Prosecutor of the
Pleas of Middlesex county.
Last year he served on the Committees on Revision of
Laws, Municipal Corporations, Railroads and Canals,
Riparian Rights, Elections, and Reform School for Boys.
1886— Chase, Dem., 4,819; McSherry, Rep., 4,263 ; Par-
ker, Pro., 323. Chaee's plurality, 556.
1888— Adrain, Dem., 7,124 ; Tice, Rep., 6,104 ; Cortelyou,
Pro., 258. Adrain's plurality, 1,020.
Monmouth County.
(Popu'ation, 69,062.)
Thomas S. R. Brown.
(Dem., Keyport.)
Senator Brown was born in Middlesex county, N. J.,
September 8th, 1823. He has been in the lumber, coal
and hardware business since 186(), and was previously a
mason and builder. He was a member of the Board of
Freeholders of Monmouth county for four years, and a
member of the House of Assembly in 1867 and 1868.
Since 1871 he has been a member of the Board of Educa-
tion of Keyport, and sometimes acted ag president and
at other times as clerk of that body. For a number of
years he has served as a member of the Township Com-
mittee, and is at present its treasurer. He has been a
member of the Board of Commissioners for the town of
Keyport during eight or nine years; served sometimes
as president and is now treasurer of the board. He has
been a director and the treasurer of the Second Keyport
Building and Loan Association for twenty years. In 1887
he was defeated by Henry M. Nevius for Senator in
Monmouth county, owing to dissensions in the Demo-
cratic party. In 1890 he was re nominated and elected
by a plurality of 1,219 over the Republican candidate,
Hal Allaire.
1887— Nevius, Rep., 6,777 ; Brown, Dem., 6,586 ; Forman,
Pro., 982. Nevius' plurality, 191.
1890- Brown, Dem., 7,027; Allaire, Rep., 5,808 ; Sickler,
Pro., 507. Brown's plurality, 1,219.
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Morris County.
(Population, 54,085.)
George T. Werts.
(Dem., Morristown.)
Senator Werts was born at Hackettstown, N. J., March
24ih, 1846, and is a lawyer by profession. He was ad-
mitted to the bar at the November term, 1867. He was
Recorder of Morristown from May, 1883, to May, 1885, and
at present is Mayor of that town, having been elected in
May, 1886, for a term of two years, and re-elected in May,
1888 and 1890.
He served as President of the Senate during the ses-
sion of 1889, when he discharged the duties of the oflBce
with much ability and impartiality. After an exciting
contest he was re-elected Senator in 1889 by a plurality
of 192 over Melvin S. Condit, one of the most popular
Republicans in Morris county .
Last year he served as chairman of the Committee on
Boroughs and Borough Commissions, and on the Com-
mittees on Judiciary, Revision of Laws, Banks and In-
surance, Treasurer's Accounts, Federal Relations, and on
the Special Committee on Ballot Reform.
The Senator drafted the new Ballot Reform Law and
also the new Liquor License Law.
1886— Werts, Dem., 4,460 ; Jenkins, Rep., 4,126 ; Owen,
Pro., 765 ; Rosevear, Lab., 148. Werts' plurality, 334.
1889— Werts, Dem., 5,046; Condit, Rep., 4,854; Brad-
brook, Pro., 439. Werts' plurality, 192.
Ocean County.
(Population, 15,960.)
George T. Cranmer.
(Rep., Bamegat.)
Senator Cranmer was born at Barnegat, N. J,, Decem-
ber 6th, 1848. He was formerly engaged in the banking
and brokerage, real estate and insurance business, but is
not now in active business. He has been an active
member of the State National Guard for a number of
years, and, since 1875, Quartermaster of the Seventh
Regiment. In 1878 he was the Republican candidate for
member of Assembly, but was defeated by Hon. Rufus
Blodgett, now a member of the United States Senate. In
September, 1879, without his solicitation, he was ap-
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pointed by President Hayes, Collector of Customs for the
District of Little Egg Harbor, N. J., which office he re-
signed July 1st, 1880. In 1882 he was again nominated
for member of Assembly, and elected over William J.
Harrison by a majority of 477. In 1883 he was unani-
mously nominated for Senator, and elected over ex-Sena-
tor Ephraim P. Emson by a plurality of 36. In 1886 he
was renominated for Senator, and elected over Judge
Richard H. Conover by a plurality of 743. In 1889 he
was again unanimously renominated for Senator, and
elected over ex-Senator Ephraim P. Emson by a plur-
ality of 272. He has taken an active part in the pro-
ceedings of the Senate, and for four years has been
Chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus, and also of
the Joint Republican Caucus. In 1889 he was unani-
mously nominated by the Republican Caucus for Presi-
dent of the Senate. He was an Alternate Delegate-at-
Large to the National Republican Convention at Chicago
in 1888.
Last year he served as chairman of the Committees on
Railroads and Canals, Militia, and Lunatic Asylums, and
as a member of the Committees on Judiciary and Sinking
Fund.
1886— Cranmer, Rep., 1,787; Conover, Dem., 1,044;
Emley, Pro., 275. Cranmer's plurality, 743.
1889— Cranmer, Rep., 1,838; Emson, Dem., 1,566;
Wood, Pro., 85. Cranmer's plurality, 272.
Passaic County.
(Population, 105,035.)
John Mallon.
(Dem., Paterson.)
Senator Mallon was born in Ireland, March 28th. 1842,
but since April, 1847, has been a resident of the United
States, his home being at Paterson all that time. Being
thrown upon his own resources at an early age, he
engaged in boating on the Morris canal, at which he
worked for several years, until, by his diligence and
trustworthiness, he attracted the attention of the officers
of the canal company and was taken into its employ,
where he has been for the past twenty-two years, hold-
ing now the very responsible position of Foreman and
Collector at Paterson. In 1879 he was elected to the
Board of Aldermen of Paterson, from the Eighth ward,
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and he served ten years altogether in that body, during
which period he was one of its most influential members.
He is the first Democratic Senator Passaic county has
had in sixteen years.
Last year he served on the Committees on Claims and
Pensions, and Public Grounds and Buildings.
1885— Griggs, Rep., 6,476; Inglis, Jr., Dem., 5,619;
Wells, Pro., 350. Griggs' plurality, 857.
1888— Mallon, Dem., 9,469; Emley, Rep., 9,380; Tall-
man, Pro., 245. Mallon's plurality, 89.
Salem County.
(Population, 25,148.)
James Butcher.
(Dem., Salem.)
Senator Butcher was born in Lower Alloways Creek
township, Salem county, N. J., March 30th, 1849, and is
a glass manufacturer at Elmer in that county. He was
formerly a farmer and subsequently a merchant. He
was elected a member of the Board of Freeholders in
1884 and served one term. la 1886 he was elected
County Collector and served one term, and in 1887 he
was elected Sherifl" of Salem county. In 1890 he was
elected State Senator by a plurality of 339. The Senator's
successful career in politics is unprecedented in Salem
county.
1887— Newell, Dem., 2,998; Lippincott, Rep., 2,831;
Hitchner, Pro., 403. Newell's plurality, 167.
1890— Butcher, Dem., 3,213; Starr, Rep., 2,874; Wad-
dington, Pro., 133. Butcher's plurality, 339.
Somerset County.
(Popu'ation, 28,290.)
William J. Keys.
(Dem., South Branch.)
Senator Keys was born at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., April
13th, 1838. His home is at South Branch, Somerset
county. New Jersey, having lived there since 1886,
whence he came from New York city. He owns and
resides on the Ellis Stock Farm ; is a breeder of fine
192 BIOGRAPHIES-SENATORS.
horses, and is interested in business matters of consider-
able magnitude in New York and Philadelphia. While
a resident of New York city he was closely identified
with Tammany. In the great contest of 1876 he was
Samuel J. Tilden's trusted friend and earnest supporter.
Mr. Keys has never before held public oflSce. Earlier in
life he was engaged in the produce business in old
Washington Market, New York city. He is President of
the Hunterdon County Agricultural Society.
1887— Thompson, Rep., 3,104; Bergen, Dem., 2,464;
Barber, Pro., 284. Thompson's plurality, 450.
1890— Keys, Dem., 2,906; Reed, Rep., 2,512; William-
son, Pro., 155. Keys' plurality, 394.
Sussex County.
(Population, 22,233.)
Peter D. Smith.
(Dem., Waterloo.)
Senator Smith was born in Waterloo, Sussex county,
N. J., August 10th, 1845, and is a merchant. He was a
member of the Board of Freeholders of Sussex county
for eight years, and the Director of the same body during
three years.
Last year he served on the Committees on Education,
Game and Fisheries, Lunatic Asylums, and Industrial
School for Girls.
1885— McBride, Dem., 2,283; McDanolds, Rep., 1,054;
Wilson, Pro., 196. McBride's plurality, 1,229.
1888— Smith, Dem., 3.302; McDanolds, Rep., 2,323;
Bailey, Pro., 152. Smith's plurality, 979.
Union County.
(Population, 72,321.)
Frederick C. Marsh.
(Dem., Klizabeth.)
Senator Marsh was born at Elizabethport, Union
county, N. J., .January 27th, 1857, and is a lawyer by pro-
ft^.ssion. He was a member of the Board of P^ducation
of Elizabeth for two years and President of tliat body
one year. He was County Attorney of Union county for
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three years. He served two years in the House of
Assembly — in 1889 and 1890. In the latter year he was
leader of the Democratic majority, and was elected
Speaker pro tern, during the absence of Speaker Heppen-
heimer. He also served as chairman of the Committee
on Judiciary and as a member of the Committees on
Elections, Treasurer's Accounts, the Special Committee
on State Prison Investigation, the Special Committee on
Ballot Reform, of which he was secretary, and was ap-
pointed a member of the Special Commission on the
Taxation of Property. Senator Marsh received the
largest majority for Senator ever given a candidate for
public office in Union county.
1887— Miller, Rep., 5,647; Livingston, Dem., 5,330;
Bigelow, Pro., 343. Millet's plurality, 317.
1890— Marsh, Dem., 7,299; Rankin, Rep., 5,601; Bige-
low, Pro., 163. Marsh's plurality, 1,698,
Warren County.
(Population, 36,525.)
Johnston Cornish.
(Dem., Washington.)
Senator Cornish was born at Bethlehem, Hunderton
county, N. J., in 1857, and is a manufacturer of pianos
and organs. He was Mayor of Washington in 1884, '85,
'86.
1887— Wyckoff, Dem., 3,540; Howey, Rep., 3,316;
Cline, Pro., 735. WyckoflF's plurality, 224.
1890— Cornish, Dem., 4,331 ; Reese, Rep., 2,551 ; Davis,
Pro., 339. Cornish's plurality, 1,780.
Summary.
Senate— Democrats, 14 Republicans, 7 = 21
House — DexMoceats, 40 Republicans, 20 = 60
54 27 81
Democratic majority on joint ballot, 27.
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When Regular Senatorial Elections Occur.
In 1891 — Passaic, Sussex, Hunterdon and Middlesex,
now represented by Democrats. Burlington and Cape
May, now represented by Republicans — 6.
In 1892— Cumberland, Atlantic, Ocean and Mercer,
now represented by Republicans. Bergen, Hudson and
Morris, now represented by Democrats — 7.
In 1893— Essex, Monmouth, Union, Somerset, Glouces-
ter, Salem and Warren, now represented by Democrats,
and Camden, now represented by a Republican — 8.
The Senators who will be elected in 1891 and 1892 will
each have a vote for United States Senator to succeed
Rufus Blodgett, whose term will expire on March 4th,
1893. The Senators who will be elected in IS i2 and 1893
will each have a vote for a United States Senator to suc-
ceed John R. McPherson, whose term will expire on
March 4th, 1895.
HOUSE OP ASSEMBLY.
Atlantic County.
Smith E. Johnson.
(Rep., Atlantic City.)
There is but one Assembly District in the county.
Population, 28,807.
Mr. Johnson was born about thirty-eight years ago in
Chestnut Neck, Galloway township, and is a son of Enoch
Johnson. In his younger days he followed the sea, but
later on he became a successful farmer and an extensive
raiser of salt hay. He never held office until 1887, when
he was elected Sheriff of Atlantic county by a consider-
able majority over Richard W. Sayre, a popular Demo-
crat. He has always been an ardent worker in the
Republican cause. After a hard-fought campaign he was
elected Assemblyman over Dr. Willard Wright, a well-
known Atlantic county citizen, by 195 plurality.
1889— Hudson, Rep., 2,744; Beckwith, Dem., 2,289;
Beake, Pro., 254. Hudson's plurality, 455.
1890— Johnson, Rep., 2,280 ; Wright, Dem., 2,085 ; Mon-
fort. Pro., 219. Johnson's plurality, 195.
BIOGRAPHIES-ASSEMBLYMEN. 195
Bergen County.
First District.
John H. Huyler.
(Dem., Tenafly.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Ridgefield, Englewood, Palisade, Harrington,
Washington, Orville and Hohokus. Population, about
25,800.
Mr. Huyler was born at Tenafly, Bergen county, N. J.,
September 12th, 1852. He comes of a long line of patri-
otic and honorable ancestors. His great grandfather,
Captain John Huyler, was of German lineage, and at an
early date located in the township of Harrington. He
was a captain of militia in the Revolutionary War and at
the close of which he purchased the property now occu-
pied by his grandson, George Huyler, the father of the
subject of this sketch. The Assemblyman was born at
the old homestead. His early education was received in
the common schools and later he entered Eutgers Col-
lege.
1889— De Ronde, Dem., 2,077; Button, Rep., 1,589;
Tibbets, Pro., 52. De Ronde's plurality, 488.
1890— Huyer, Dem., 2,030; Cartland, Rep., 1,395; On-
derdonk, Pro., 26. Huyler's plurality, 635.
Second District.
George Zimmermann.
(Dem., Carlstadt.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the
townships of Franklin, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Mid-
land, New Barbadoes, Lodi and Union. Population,
about 21,500.
Mr. Zimmermann was born in New York City, Janu-
ary 27th, 1857, and is in the real estate and insurance
business. When he was only nine months old his
parents moved from New York to Carlstadt, where he
has since resided. He was Clerk of Lodi township from
1879 to 1881, inclusive, and has been Township Collector
since 1884. Last year he served on the Committees on
Engrossed Bills, Miscellaneous Business and Soldiers'
Home.
1889— Zimmermann, Dem., 2,119; Hanfield, Rep.,
1,772 ; Sutton, Pro., 80, Zimmermann's plurality, 347.
1890— Zimmermann, Dem., 2,207; Shafer, Rep., 1,744;
Wyatt, Pro., 55. Zimmermann's plurality, 463.
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Burlington County.
First District.
A, Harry Whitk.
^Dem., Pemberton.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Bordentown, Chesterfield, Easthampton, Mans-
field, New Hanover, Pemberton, Springfield and Wood-
land. Population, about 17,400.
Mr. White was born at Jacksonville, Burlington
county, N. J., September 13th, 1866, and is a student at
law. This is the first time he ever held public ofSce. In
his earlier years Mr. White served his father in the
usual labors on the farm, attending the district school in
the winter season. He soon developed a love for books
and became a diligent student at the well-known Coates'
school in that school district, and there, under Miss
Emily V. Grant, a well-known teacher, prepared for
graduation from the public schools of the county, which
he accomplished in 1883.
A serious spell of sickness interfered with a projected
plan to enter Rutgers College, for which he was prepared,
and Mr. White continued on the farm with his father,
taking in the meantime a two-year course in Pierce's
Business College, at Philadelphia. In October, 1887, he
entered his name with Charles E. Hendrickson, of Mount
Holly, as a student at law, and in less than another year
will have completed the required term of study for
admission to the bar of this State. During his clerkship
he has participated in the moot court trials and examin-
ations of the Law Students' Club of Mount Holly, and
has tried many cases in the justices' courts of this county
with credit to himself. He took the stump in Burlingtot
county for Cleveland and Thurman in 1888, making
speeches at Jacksonville, Juliustown, Medford, Cooks-
town and other places.
The district Mr. White represents has gone Republican
three years out of four, and Mr. Hutchinson's majority
last year was 351. After a hard fight Mr. White succeeded
in overcoming this majority.
1889— Hutchinson, Rep., 2,092; Davis, Dem., 1,741;
Woodruff, Pro., 88. Hutchinson's plurality, 351.
1890— White, Dem., 1,582; Townsend, Rep., 1,573.
White's majority, 9.
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Second District.
Mitchell B. Perkins.
(Dem., Beverly.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of Burling-
ton, Beverly City and the townships of Beverly, Cinna-
minson, Delran, Florence and Willingborough. Popula-
tion, 18,125.
Mr. Perkins was born in Beverly township, August 7th,
1854, and is a farmer. He received a business education
at the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Philadelphia,
studied and followed photography from 1874 to 1876, and
then returned home and took up the business of a farmer,
which he has followed ever since. He has been Collector
of Beverly township during the past seven years, was
Trustee and Clerk of School District No. 17 from 1883 to
1880, and he is now a member of the vestry of St.
Stephen's Church, Beverly. He has always been active
in church-work. He ran for Assembly in 1888, when the
district was Republican by 259 majority, and was defeated
by only 28, having run ahead of his ticket by 231 votes.
His district is considered Republican by over 100 ma-
jority, yet in 1889 he carried it by 70, with the candidacy
of General Grubb for Governor to fight at home. He
ran 94 ahead of his ticket in his own township. Last
year he was re-elected by the increased plurality of 212.
During his first term he served as chairman of the Com-
mittee on Sinking Fund, and as a member of the Com-
mittees on Agriculture and Fisheries.
1889— Perkins, Dem., 2,326 ; Hansel!, Rep., 2,256 ; Ridg-
way, Pro., 137. Perkins' plurality, 70.
1890— Perkins, Dem., 2,246 ; Farner, Rep., 2,034 ; Wool-
ston, Pro., 65. Perkins' plurality, 212.
Third District
Lewis L. Sharp.
(Rep., Medford.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Bass River, Chester, Evesham, Little Egg Har-
bor, Lumberton, Medford, Mount Laurel, Northampton,
Randolph, Shamong, Southampton, Washington and
Westhampton. Population, 22,913.
Dr. Sharp was born near Medford, November 11th,
1841, and is a physician by profession. He grew up on
his father's farm. Having completed his preliminary
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education at the age of seventeen, he commenced his
medical studies and graduated in the Medical Department
of the University of Pennsylvania in March, 18fi4. He
immediately settled in his native town, where he has
practiced his profession ever since. He was first elected
to the lower branch of the Legislature in 1889 and served
on the Committee of Eailroads and Canals in that body.
1889— Sharp, Rep., 2,963 ; Haines, Dem,, 1,870 ; Oatman,
Jr., Pro., 251. Sharp's plurality, 1,093.
1890— Sharp, Rep., 2,498; Plaskett, Dem., 1,862. Sharp's
majority, 636.
Camden County.
First District.
William H. Cole.
(Rep., Camden.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth and Ninth wards of the
city of Camden, the First and Second precincts of Stockton
township, the Second precinct of Centre township, the
borough of MerchantviUe, and the townships of Dela-
ware and Haddon. Population about 43,500.
Mr. Cole was born in Camden, N. J., July 15th, 1837.
He is Building Inspector of the city of Camden, having
occupied that position since June 1st, 1886. He was for-
merly a bricklayer and builder. He was a member of
the Camden City Council for four years, and of the Board
of Freeholders one year, and declined a re-election, and
in 1873 and '74 he served as a member of the House of
Assembly.
1889— Woolman, Rep., 5,760; Gardner, Dem, 3,155;
Lippincott, Pro., 263. Woolman's plurality, 2 605.
1890— Cole, Rep., 4,6G0; Lummis, Dem., 2,766; Towns-
end, Pro., 55. Cole's plurality, 1,894.
Second District.
Joseph Merril Engard.
(Rep., Camden.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh wards of Camden, and the Third and
Fourth precincts of Stockton township. Population
about 24,000.
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Mr. Engard was born at Laurel, Sussex county, Del.,
September 30 :b, 1856, and is a journalist by profession.
His father was also a native of Delaware, and when the
war broke out he raised a company and went to the
front. After the close of the rebellion the family removed
to Philadelphia. He was in the employ of Bodice & Co.,
at Wilton, for a few years and then removed to Camden,
when he became the business manager of the Post, which
position he has held ever since. Prior to this Mr. Engard
hel<l several responsible positions, and was at one time
in the clerical department of the Eddystone Print Works.
Mr. Engard has always been a consistent and active
Republican. In the Hayes campaign he was President
of a Republican Club — the Drsgoons — in Gloucester City,
and since his removal to Camden he has been President
of the Blaine Campaign Ciub, and the South End Repub-
lican Club, the latter composed of members from the
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards. He was aleo
Treasurer of the Young Republican Club, of Camden,
during the Harrison campaign, and is at present Presi-
dent of the Board of Education, in which capacity he
has shown great executive ability and brought about
many needed reforms. He has been chosen for a second
term. For the past ten years he has been in demand as
a campaign orator. He made numerous speeches in the
Harrison campaign.
1889— Harris, Rep.. 2,491 ; Plubbs, Dem., 2,203; Sharp-
ley, Pro., 97. Harris' plurality, 288.
1890— Engard, Rep., 2,16G; McAdams, Dem., 1,783;
Fisher, Pro., 2(3. Engard's plurality, 383.
Third Dislrkt.
Abraham W. Nash.
(Dem., Tumersville, Gloucester County.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the First
precinct of Centre township, Gloucester City, Gloucester
township, and the townships of Waterford and Winslow.
Population about 20,000.
Mr. Nash was born in an old-fashioned log house in
Plumstead township, Bucks county. Pa., near the Dela-
ware river, on January 6th, 1824. He was a merchant
until 1883, when he retired from business. He was raised
on a farm. In early life he entered the store of I. P.
Smith & Co., Doylestown, Pa., to learn the mercantile
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business. Subsequently he began the study of law, but
his soul was too full of poetry and romance to pursue it.
The works of Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Byron, Keats
and Shelley, Burns and Tom Moore, had more charms
for him than the dry commentaries of law, and they are
still the dear companions of his leisure hours, and keep
his heart young and happy as it was in youthful years.
He removed to Lambertville, N. J., when only twenty
years of age, and commenced business under the firm
name of Barber & Nash. He sold out in 1846 and went
-to Philadelphia to engage in the wholesale dry goods
business as salesman in the house of Charles M. Schatt &
Co., and he afterwards followed the same vocation with
James, Kent, Santee & Co., until they closed business.
He lived in Camden during that period. He never held
ofiice before he was elected to the Assembly, except for
one term as a member of the City Council of Camden.
He had no aspirations for office, but still, at the same
time, he always took an active part in important political
contests. He began life a poor boy, but never knew
" such word as fail." His Democracy was an inheritance,
and, after years of experience, he holds it next in truth
to our holy religion.
Mr. Nash tcok a very active part in legislation last year
and won distinction as an orator and a debater. He served
as chairman of the Committee on C'ommerce and Navi-
gation and as a member of the Committees on Bill Re-
vision, Agriculture and Stationery.
1889— Nash, Dem., 1,661 ; Kirkbride, Rep , 1,389; Hur-
Icck, Pro., 44. Nash's plurality, 272.
1890— Nash, Dem., 1490; Coles, Rep., 1,211 ; Budd, 12.
Nash's plurality, 279.
Cape May County.
Eugene Conrad Cole..
(Rep., Seaville.)
The District embraces the entire county. Population,
11,245.
Mr. Cole was born at Seaville, New Jersey, June 23d,
1851, and is a teacher by profession. He was educated in
the public schools, and studied military tactics for a time
at West Point in 1869. Since 1871 he has been closely
connected with the educational interests of Cape May
county, as teacher, Trustee and County Examiner. He
studied law with Leaming & Black, of Camden, and was
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admitted to the bjir ia February, 1886, practicing there-
after for two j'ears with bis instructors, when he resumed
teaching. He served as Coroner from 1881 to 1884, and
holds commissions as a Master in Chancery, Notary Pub-
lic, Commissioner of Deeds, and Justice of the Peace. He
was chairman of the Republioati Conventions of 1886
and 1887, and was chosen in 1888, but declined, and was
nominated on first ballot for Assembly, to succeed his
classmate and close personal friend, Dr. Leaming, who
was nominated for the Senate. He was re-elected to the
Assembly in 1889 and 1890, being now in his third term.
He served last j'ear on the Committees on Education,
Fisheries, State Prison, and the Special Committee on
Ballot Reform.
1889— Cole, Rep., 1,271; Oliver, Dem , 1,073; Crease,
Pro., 126. Cole's plurality, 198.
1890— Cole, Rep., 886 ; Corson, Dem., 722; Ware, Pro.,
195. Cole's plurality, 161.
Cumberland County.
First District.
James L. Van Syckel.
^DeIn., Bridgeton.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the city of
Bridgeton, and the townships of Commercia', Fairfield,
Downe, Hopewell, Stoe Creek, Greenwich and Lawrence.
Population, 23,650.
Mr. VanSyckei was born in Union township, Hunter-
don county, N. J., June 8, 1848, and is a lawyer by pro-
fession. He was formerly an editor. He is a cousin to
Supreme Court Judge VanSyckei. He studied law with
Vice Chancellor Bird af er having received a collegiate
education, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He
spent several years in the West, and in 1878 located in
Millville, Cumberland county, N. J. In 1881 he was
elected City Solicitor of Millville on a popular vote over
Hon. Jas. H. Nixon. In 1883 he removed to Bridgeton,
the county seat. He is the present City Solicitor of the
city of Bridgeton. He was nominated for Assembly
without the slightest solicitation on his part. His op-
ponent was ex-Senator Nichols. The District is ordi-
narily Repnblican by 600 majority, but Mr. VanSyckei
overcame this and was elected. He is considered a good
advocate. Mr. VanSyckei was always fond of a news-
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paper office and was for a -while editor of the Millville
Herald, and later established and edited the Cumberland
(hurier, which, while under his control, was a live and
prosperous sheet. He is an ardent Democrat, and has
done his party much service as a speaker and otherwise.
His election to the Assembly is largely due to the labor-
ing element, to which he has always been closely associ-
ated professionally and otherwise. In a recount of the
votes, Mr. VanSyckel's plurality was increased from four
to ten.
1889— Glaspell, Eep., 2,616; Richman, Dem., 2,013;
Newcomb, Pro., 325. Glaspell's plurality, 603.
1890— Van Syckle. Dem., 1,!)77; Nichols, Rep., 1,967;
Perry, Pro., 387. VanSyckel's plurality, 10.
Second District.
Edward Caspar Stokes.
(Rep., Millville.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the city
of Millville, and the township? of Maurice River, Landis
and Deerfield. Population, 21,690.
Mr. Stokes was born in Philadelphia, Pa., December
22d, 1860, and is a book-keeper. He was educated in the
public schools of IMillvi'le and at Brown University,
Providence, R. I. He is City Superintendent of Public
Schools in Millville, having been elected to that position
in 1889.
1889— Cheesman, Rep., 2,218; Vanlear, Dem., 2,003;
Bingham. Pro., 298. Cheesraan's plurality, 215.
1890— Stokes, Rep., 1,937; Dawson, Dem., 1,687;
Washburn, Pro., 269. Stokes' plurality, 250.
Essex County.
First District.
Geoece Rabenstein.
(Dem., Newark.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the
Twelfth ward of Newark, with the exception of the
First precinc^. Population, about 17,000.
Mr. Rabenstein was born in Newark, May 9th, 1851,
and is a saloon-keeper. He never held oliiee before he
was elected to the Assembly. Last year he served on
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the Committees on Railroads and Canals and State
Library.
1889— Rabenstein, Dem., 1,553; Heinkel, Rep., 974;
Walker, Pro., 10. Rabenstein's plurality, 579.
1890— Rabenstein, Dem., 1,537 ; Burkhardt, Rep., 830 ;
Smith, 28. Rabenstein's plurality, 707.
Second District.
John Nieder.
(Dem., Newark.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the Fifth
and Tenth wards and the First precinct of the Twelfth
ward of Newark. Population, about 26,000.
Mr. Nieder was born in Germany, September 7th, 1862,
and is a leather manufacturer. He was elected School
Commissioner of Newark in 1889 for a term of two years.
1889— Trier, Dem., 2, 396 ; Christie, Rep., 2,024 ; Ryno,
Pro., 27. Trier's plurality, 372.
1890— Nieder, Dem., 2,398 ; Marlatt, Rep., 1,604. Nied-
er's majority, 794.
Third District.
Thomas H. Pollock.
(Rep., Newark.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the Third*
Ninth and Fourteenth wards and the Eighth precinct of
the Thirteenth ward of the city of Newark. Population,
about 23,000.
Mr. Pollock was born in New York city, March 4th,
1845, and is a manufacturer of brushes for jewelers and
silversmiths. When a small boy he moved with his
widowed mother to Newark, attended the public schools
in the Seventh ward, and subsequently learned the brush-
making business. In 1864, when only eighteen years
old, he enlisted in Parson's Battery, First New Jersey
Artillery, and participated in General Grant's campaign
up to and including the surrender of the Confederate
Army at Appomattox. He is prominent in G. A. R.
circles, is a member of James A. Garfield Post and its
Junior Vice-Commander, and Vice-President of General
Phil Kearney's Old Brigade Association. Last year he
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served on the Committees on Treasurer's Accounts and
Soldiers' Home.
1889— Pollock, Rep., 2,913 ; Mendels, Jr., Dem., 1,214 ;
Hoagland, Pro., 53. Pollock's plurality, 1,699.
1890— Pollock, Rep., 2,878 ; Canfield, Dem., 1,272. Pol-
lock's majority, 1,606.
Fourth District.
Thomas Smith.
(Dem., Box 318, Newark.)
Th e Fourth Assembly District is composed of the Second
and Fourth wards of the city of Newark. Population,
about 19,000.
Mr. Smith wag born in London, England, January 18th,
1835, and is a merchant. He came to the United States
when only eleven years of age and he has lived in
Newark thirty-four years. His father was a jeweler and
refiner, and made the first rolled gold plating in this
country, at Pope, North & Co.'s, 12 Dutch street. New
York. Mr. Smith was a Freeholder from the Fourth
ward of the city of Newark for ten years, and he was a
Commissioner of the Essex Public Road Board for five
years.
Last year Mr. Smith was appointed by President Har-
rison a Commissioner from New Jersey to the World's
Columbian Commission at Chicago, and was assigned
on the Committees on Classification, Manufactures, and
Buildings and Grounds. In the legislative session of
1890 he served as chairman of the Committee on Federal
Relations and as a member of the Committees on En-
grossed Bills and Corporations.
1889— Smith, Dem, 2,100; Gifl'ord, Rep., 1,451 ; Kiert-
ead. Pro., 24. Smith's plurality, 649.
1890— Smith, Dem., 1,907; Jargosch, Rep., 1,256. Smith's
majority, 651.
Fifth District.
John R. Hardin.
^Dem., Newark.)
The Fifth Assembly District is composed of the First
and Fifteenth wards, and the First and Second precincts
of the Seventh ward of the city of Newark. Population,
about 26,000.
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Mr. Hardin was born in Green township, Sussex
county, N. J., April 24th, 1860, and is a couaselor-at-law.
He was graduated from Princeton College in the class of
1880, entered the law office of McCarter & Keen, New-
ark, in June, 1881, was admitted to the New Jersey bar
in June, 1884, as an attorney, and as a counselor in June,
1887. He was attorney of the Newark Board of Health
from April, 1887, until February, 1890. He has repre-
sented the Fifteenth ward of Newark in the Board of
Aldermen since February, 1890, and his term will expire
in January, 1892.
1889— Kalisch, Dem., 2,534; Parker, Rep., 1,952; Ellis,
Pro., 33. Kalisch's plurality, 582.
1890— Hardin, Dem., 2,5Ul; Swan, Rep., 1,853. Har-
din's majority, 648.
Sixth District.
George W. Ketcham.
(Rep., Newark.)
The Sixth Assembly District is composed of the
Eighth and Eleventh wards of the city of Newark.
Population, about 28,200.
Mr. Ketcham is descended from an old Jersey family
that settled in Pennington early in the eighteenth cen-
tury. He was born in Newark, March 28fch, 1839, and
has always made that city his home. His early training
was at the Newark Wesleyan Institute, and later at the
Flushing Institute, Long Island. In 1857 he entered the
Junior Class of Princeton College, and was graduated in
1859 with one of the honors. United States Senator
George Gray being one of his classmates.
Since leaving Princeton Mr. Ketcham has been en-
gaged in the manufacture of tin wares and sheet metal
goods, employing many hundreds of persons. The firm
of E. Ketcham & Co., with which he was connected from
1859 to 1885, was merged into a new corporation, one of
whose factories is in Newark. Mr. Ketcbam is a direc-
tor as well as Secretary and Treasurer of the Central
Stamping Company. During the years 1884-5 he repre-
sented the Eleventh ward in the Newark Board of Edu-
cation; in 1886 he was sent to the Common Council, and
for four years he has been an active member of that
body. Besides being chairman of important committees
and a member of the Committee on Finance, he has
taken a leading interest in municipal questions, notably
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those of a new water supply and rapid transit. He is
also a director of the American Insurance Company of
Newark, the largest company of its kind in the State of
New Jersey.
1889— Price, Rep., 2,945; Mead, Dem., 2,118; Holmes,
Pro., 236. Price's plurality, 827.
1890— Ketcham, Rep, 3,309; Freeman, Dem., 2,484.
Ketcham's majority, 825.
Seventh District.
Charles Trefz.
(Dem., Newark.)
The Seventh Assembly District is composed of the
Sixth ward and the Third precinct of the Seventh ward
of the city of Newark. Population, about 27,500.
Mr. Trefz is the youngest member of the present Legis-
lature. He was born in the city of New York on June
18th, 1867. Shortly after his birth his parents removed
to the city of Newark, where his father established a
lager beer brewery, which was the beginning of the
large businees now managed by Mr. Trefz. After at-
tending school at Newark, he was, in the year 1878, sent
to the Military Academy, at College Point, N. Y., where
he spent two years. After graduating at tbe Military
Academy, Mr. Trefz attended the Heights Academy, at
Short Hills, in this State, then under the management of
Rev. Dr. Joel D. Rosi, where lie received a thorough
classical education. Upon leaving this last institution,
Mr. Trefz entered the New Jersey Business College, in
Newark, to fit himself for practical business pursuits. At
all tlie educational insdtuiions which he attended it was
acknowledged that he exhibited rare executive ability.
He is now the manger of the C. Trefz Brewing Company,
which is numbered among the largest lager beer
breweries in this country.
Mr. Trefz is a prominent and active member of the
Jeifersonian Club. Last year he was chairman of the
Committee on Unfinished Business and a member of the
Committees on Banks and Insurance and Stationery.
1889— Trefz, Dem, 2,512; Aber, Rep., 1,952; Bailey,
Pro., 42. Trefz's plurality, 560.
1890 -Trefz, Dem, 2,698; Gillen, Rep., 1,922; Wylie.ll.
Trefz's plurality, 776.
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Eighth District.
John J. Bertram.
(Deal., Newark.)
The Eighth Assembly District is composed of the
■whole of the Thirteenth ward of the city of Newark
with the exception of the Eighth precinct. Population,
about 27,000.
Mr. Bertram was born in Newark, March 20th, 1857,
and is a book-keeper. He is at present Treasurer and
Secretary of the Newark Opera House. He was elected
a member of the Newark Board of Education in 1888 for
a term of two years. Last year he served on the Com-
mittees on Education, Claims and Pensions, Biparian
Rights and Lunatic Asylums.
1889— Bertram, Dem., 2,216; Ulrich, Rep., 1,848;
Voetlen, Pro., 9. Bertram's plurality, 368.
1890— Bertram, Dem., 2,126; Herzinger, Eep., 1,738.
Bertram's majority, 388.
Ninth District.
Edgar M. Tayi.or.
(Rep., South Orange.)
The Ninth Assembly District is composed of the city
of Orange, and the townships of South Orange, West
Orange and Clinton. Population, about 31,000.
Mr. Taylor was born in South Orange, N. J., October
22d, 1843, and is a farmer. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools and at Fergusonviile Academy, Delaware
county, N. Y. In September, 1862, he fnlisted in the
Twenty-sixth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, and
served until discharged at the end of his term of service.
He was in the grocery business until 1876, and since then
has been engaged at farming. He has held the office of
Freeholder from South Orange township from 1887 to
December 1st, 1889, when the office of Township Free-
holder was abolished. He has served as a member of
the Board of Trustees of the borough of South Orange
for the last five years, an office he still holds.
1889— Snyder, Dem., 2,966; Riker, Rep., 2,361; Water-
man, Pro., 90. Snyder's plurality, 605.
1890-Taylor, Rep., 2,827; Barrett, Dem., 2,665. Tay-
lor's majority, 162.
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Tenth District.
Edward "Woolsey Jackson.
(Rep., Belleville.)
The Tenth Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of East Orange, Bloomfield, Belleville, Franklin,
Montclair, Caldwell, Livingston and Milburn. Popula-
lation, about 40,000.
Mr. Jackson was born at Belleville, N. J., October 13th,
1861. He was educated at Geneva, Switzerland, and
Heidelberg, Germany, and was in Europe from 1874 to
1883. Last year he served on the Committees on Fish-
eries, Passed Bills, and Commerce and Navigation.
1889— Jacks )n, Rep., 4,232 ; Mitchel, Dem., 2,513 ; Con-
ners. Pro., 229. Jackson's plurality, 1,719.
1890— Jackson, Rep., 3,896 ; Zimmermann, Dem., 2,936.
Jackson's majority, 960.
Gloucester County.
James J, David.son.
(Dem., Swedes'ioro.)
There is only one Assembly District in the county*
Population, 28,585.
Mr. Davidson was born at Clarksboro, Gloucester
county, N. J., September 3d, 1846, and is a farmer. He
was a shipper of farm produce from 1866 until 1871, when
he engaged in farming. He was appointed postmaster of
Swedesboro under the Cleveland a iministration, and
took charge of the office August 10th, 1885, and held that
position until May 13th, 1889, when his successor quali-
fied. The patrons of the office, regardless of politics,
regretted the removal of Mr. Davidson, so well had he
managed its affairs.
1889-Wefit, Ren., 3,336; Long, Dem., 2,935; Downer,
Pre, 251. West's plurality, 401.
1890 -Davidson, Dem., 3,041; Harris, Rep., 2,999 J
Holmes, Pro., 321 . Davidson's plurality, 42.
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Hudson County.
First District.
Michael Mullone.
(Dem., Jersey City.
The First Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City. Population, about 22,000.
Mr. Mullone was born in Jersey City, August 3d, 1846.
He was formerly a newspaper proprietor and editor.
He first attended the public and parochial schools, and
subsequently St. Francis Xavier s College, N. Y. In
August, 1862, while attending the college, he responded
to his country's call for defenders, and enlisted as a
private in Company G, Twenty-first New Jersey Volun-
teers. The regiment tock part in a number of engage-
ments, including Fredericksburg, Va., December 13th and
14th, 1862; Fredericksburg and Marye's Heights, Va,,
May 2d and 3d, 1863; Salem Heights, Va., May 3d and
4th, 1S63, and Franklin's Crosbing, Va., June 5th, 1863.
He was mustered out of the service June 19th, 1863.
Mr. Mullone is a member and Past Commander of Henry
Wilson Post, No. 13, G. A. R. After returning from the
war he became associated in the wagon manufacturing
business with his father, and in April, 1866, he went to
Havana and Mexico on a combined businees and pleasure
trip. In lt69, he was elected a member of the Board of
Education by the Board of Aldermen, and served until
consolidation. He secured an increase of the teachers'
salaries, the first they had received in many years, and
also initiated the movement which established the
present High School. Mr. Mullone was proprietor of
the Jersey City Argus from April, 1875, to September,
1886, when he disposed of it to the Argus Printing Com-
pany. He is not engaged in any active business at
present, his time being sufficiently occupied in looking
after his large property interests in Jersey City.
Last year Mr. Mullone served as chairman of the Com-
mittee on Soldiers' Home and also of the Special Com-
mittee on State Prison Investigation and as a member of
the Committees on Municipal Corporations, Militia,
Ripariaa Rights, Reform School for Boys and the Special
Committee on Ballot Reform.
1889— Mullone, Dem., 2,440; Blakely,Rep.,651 ; Miller,
Pro., 19. Mullone's plurality, 1,789.
1890— Mullone, Dem., 1,317; Brennan, Rep., 1,169;
Meschutt, 8. Mullone's plurality, 148.
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Second District.
Henry Byrne.
(Dem., Jersey City.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City. Population, about 32,000.
Mr. Byrne was born in Ireland about thirty-six years
ago, is a contractor, and is also engaged in the produce
and liquor business. He has been in the produce busi-
ness about seventeen years, and in the liquor busi-
ness about nine years. He has been a contractor two
years. Last year he was chairman of the Committee on
Printing and a member of the Committees on Engrossed
Bills and Industrial School for Girls.
1889— Byrne, Dem., 3,369 ; Abernethy, Rep., 1,545 ;
Bolan, Pro., 17. Byrne's plurality, 1,824.
1890— Byrne, Dem., 2,220 ; Ewald, Rep., 2,052 ; Wither-
ell, 6. Byrne's plurality, 168.
Third District.
Simeon H. Smith.
(Rep., Jersey City.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City. Population, about 25,000.
Mr. Smith was born in Troy, N. Y., August 14, 1834,
and is Superintendent of the Jersey City Stock Yards.
He was formerly engaged in the lumber bu=Hiness. He
was a member of the Board of Aldermen of Jersey City
from 1871 to 1874, and at present holds that office. From
1878 to 1883 he was a member of the Board of Finance.
1889 -Murphv, Dem, 1,866; Midlige, Rep., 1,282; Watt,
Rep. 476; Noelke, Ind, Dem, 615; Merchutt, Pro., 11.
Murphy's plurality, 584.
1890— Smith, Rep., 2,064; Heaney, Dem., 1,997 ; Porrett,
Ind. Rep., 119. Smith's plurality, 67.
Fourth District.
James Moylan.
(Deal., Jersey City.)
The Fourth District is composed of a part of Jersey
City. Population, about 30,000.
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Mr. Moylan was born in Ireland, August 25th, 1845, and
is a civil engineer by profession, and a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers. He came to this
country -with his parents when he was only one year old,
and he has been a resident of Hudson county since 1853.
He received a liberal education in the public schools of
Jersey City and New York, and in 1SG5 he entered the
offices of Bacot, Post & Camp, civil engineers, of Jersey
City, and studied civil engineering. Since that time he
has been actively engaged in the practice of his profes-
sion. The New York Elevated Railroad was built under
his supervision as Assistant Chief Engineer, and also
other public works in various parts of the United States.
He has never held public office, and his nomination to
his present office was entirely unsought and unexpected.
1889— Heppenheimer, Dem., 2,221 ; Peck, Rep., 1,012 ;
Kern, Ind. Dem., 1,157; Tirchok, Pro., 14. Heppen-
heimer's plurality over Peck, 1,209; over Kern, 1,064;
majority over all, 38.
1890— Moylan, Dem., 2,090 ; Durrell, Rep., 1,682. Moy-
lan's majority, 408.
Fifth District.
J. Herbert Potts.
(Rep., Jersey City.)
The Fifth Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City. Population, about 25,000.
Mr. Potts was born in Trenton, N. J., July 3d, 1851, and
is a lawyer by profession. He studied law with United
States Judge Edward T. Green, and was admitted to
practice February 5th, 1874. He was a member of the
Class of 1872 of Princeton College. He was a member
of the Assembly in 1880 and 1881, representing the Sixth
AFsembly District of Hudson county, and has been an
officer of the House since 1872, with the exception of a
few sessions.
In the session of 1880 Mr. Potts was chairman of the
Committee on the Revision of the Laws, and in the ses-
sion of 1881 was chairman of the Committee on the
Judiciary. Last year he served on the Committees on
Ways and Means, Revision of Laws, and Treasurer's
Accounts.
1889— Potts, Rep., 2,156; Aymar, Dem., 1,877; Banks,
Pro., 4. Potts' plurality, 279.
1890— Potts, Rep., 2,257; Knoeller, Dem., 1,64G'; Con-
Ian, 13. Potts' plurality, 611.
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Sixth District.
Henry Puster.
(Dem., Jersey City.)
The Sixth Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City and the city of Bayonne. Population, about
31,000.
Mr. Puster was born in Jersey ('ity, N. J., March TOth,
1858, and is a lawyer by profession. He was formerly a
jeweler. He received a German school education, and
at the age of fifteen years began to learn the jewelry
business, which he soon relinquished and became a law
student. After four years study of the law he was ad-
mitted to the bar. He established an office for himself
and has built up a large practice. In 1881 he was elected
to the Board of Aldermen, and served two years. He
has been a Democrat all his life time, having sprung
from an old Democratic family, and is the son of Valen-
tine Puster, Esq. Mr. Puster is a German-American; he
is a member of Grant Lodge, No. 89, K. of P., Unique
Council, Royal Arcanum, Order of Good Fellows, Past
Grand of Lincoln Lodge, No. 126, 1. O. 0. F., Represent-
ative to the Home for Aged Indigent Odd Fellows of New
Jersey, of which institution he is now sei-ving his fifth
year as Vice-President, and he has also served several
years as the Representative to the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows of New Jersey ; he is one of the managers and
counsel for the Aged German Home, known as "The
German Pioneer Society " ; he is also counsel to several
Building and Loan Associations in Jersey City.
1889— Erwin, Rep., 2,504 ; Donnell, Dem., 2,289; Smith,
Ind., 418 ; Wilson, Pro., 40. Erwin's pluralitv, 275.
1890— Puster, Dem., 2.842; Erwin, Rep., 2,659; Roake,
Pro., 24. Puster's plurality, 183.
Seventh District.
John F. Madden.
(Dem., Jersey City.)
The Seventh Assembly District is composed of a part
of Jersey City and the Fourth ward of Hoboken. Pop-
ulation, about 30,000.
Mr. Madden was born in Troy, N. Y., October 24th,
1852, and is a wine and liquor merchant. He was for-
merly in the employ of Jewell, Harrison & Co., cona-
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mission merchants, New York, and subsequently was
engaged as clerk with William H. Galliger, Commercial
Hoiel, Jersey City, and still later with Murphy & Myers,
of the Park House, Jereey City, of which latter place Mr.
Madden is now proprietor himself. He also owns an
establishment at the corner of Eighth and Coles streets,
Jersey City.
1889— Kelly, Dem., 2,532; Gallagher, Rep.-Dem., 1,185 ;
Campbell, Pro., 9. Kelly's plurality. 1,347.
1890— Madden, Dem., 2,435 ; Kull, Rep., 768. Madden's
majority, 1,667.
Eighth District.
Andrew J. Boyle.
(Dem., Jersey City.)
The Eighth Assembly District is composed of a part of
Jersey City and the towns of Harrison and Kearny.
Population, about 24,000.
Mr. Boyle was born in New York City, August 28th,
1862, and is in the paper-stock business. He was elected
to the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hudson county
in the spring of 1887, and was re elected the year follow-
ing. He served on prominent committees, and was
chairman of the Committee on County Institutions in
18.^8 and 1889.
Last year in the Assembly he was chairman of the
Committee on Stationery and a member of the Commit-
tees on Elections, Unfinished Business, and Incidental
ExDGnsps
1889— Boyle, Dem., 2,372; Kerr, Rep., 1,490; Carter,
Pro., 14. Boyle's plurality, 882.
1890- Boyle, Dem., 2,232 ; Ellison, Rep., 1,230. Boyle's
majority, 1,002.
Ninth District.
William D. Daly.
(Dem., Hoboken.)
The Ninth Assembly District is composed of the First,
Second and Third wards of the city of Hoboken. Popu-
lation, about 28,000.
Mr. Daly was born in Jersey City in 1851, and has
resided in Hudson county all his life. He was educated
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214 BIOGRAPHIES— ASSEMBLYMEN.
in Public School No. 1, Jersey City, and at the age of
fourteen left school and entered the iron foundry of Uzal
Cory, at the foot of Greene street, Jersey City, as an ap-
prentice at iron moulding, and at the age of seventeen
he was a journeyman iron moulder. He continued at
his trade until the age of nineteen, working in the mean-
time in the Erie foundry and at Blackmoor's foundry, in
Eailroad avenue. Mr. Daly, while engaged at his trade,
was always ambitious to become a lawyer, and at the
time of the great strike on the Erie railroad, in 1870,
was working in the Erie foundry and went out with the
other moulders. Being then out of employment, he
entered the law office of S. B. Ransom and ex-Judge
Blair, in Jersey City, as a student at law. In May, 1871,
and in June, 1874, he was admitted to the bar respect-
ively as attorney and counselor. Since that time he has
practiced law in all the courts of this State. He has
probably been engaged in and has tried as many capital
cases on the part of the defense as any lawyer in the
State. Among the noted criminal cases in which he has
been engaged was that of George Disque, for the killing
of his wife. He also defended Young Schlemmer, who,
in a fit of jealous passion in August, 1887, shot his wife
and was sentenced to be executed. Mr. Daly carried this
case to the highest courts, obtained a new trial and saved
his client's life.
He was the defender of Morris O'Brien for the killing
of his brother ; Murphy, for the Henderson street bridge
murder; Harney, for the killing of Ford; the Goodwin
brothers, for the a'leged killing of their father; and
recently defended Murphy for the killing of Denning in
Hoboken last summer, and Cunnifl for the alleged kill-
ing of his wife by setting her on fire with a lamp. He
was also counsel for the arrested freight handlers in the
great Erie strike in 1878, none of whom were convicted,
and also for the Cigar Makers' Union in their strike in
Jersey City four years ago, and upon their trial they
were acquitted.
He served as Assistant U. S. District Attorney for three
years, having been appointed under the Cleveland
administration. He was an alternate delegate to the
St. Louis Democratic National Convention in 1888. He
has been counsel for the Hudson County Liquor Dealers'
Association for the past five years, and since 1872 he has
been actively engaged in politics.
1889— Fagan, Dem., 2,597; Hudlick, Rep., 1,471; Bol-
dover, Pro., 38. Pagan's plurality, 1,126.
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1890— Daly, Dem , 2,582; Schultze, Jr., Rep., 1,465; Bol-
dover, 24. Dal^-'is plurality, 1,117,
Tenth District.
Thomas B. Usher.
(Dem., West Hoboken.)
The Tenth Assembly District is compoped of the town-
ships of Weehawken, Union, North Bpreen and the
towns of West Huboken, Guttenburg and Union. Popu-
lation, 28,000.
Mr. Usher was born in the northern part of West
Hoboken, N. J., better known as Bonnsville, March olst,
1861. He is of Scotch parentage. He was educated in
the public schools and Cooper Union, New York city,
and is a mechanic.
Mr. Usher comes from the " rank and file," and is very
popular with all classes in the district he represents, and
was re-elected last year by the largest majority ever
given to an Aspembly candidate in ihe district. Last
year he served as chairm»n of the Committee on Labor
and Industries and as a member of Claims and Pensions
and Bill Revision Committees. He was instrumental in
framing and passing bills relating, to improvements in
towns and townships, and introduced a number of meri-
torious bills which excited the attention of the press,
among which were the Weekly Payment Bill, separating
the convicts in the State Prison according to their moral
standing, allowing testators to probate wills during life-
time of testator, and establisiiing free reading-rooms
throughout the diflVrent municipalities.
1889— Usher, Dem., 2,558; Freeh, Rep., 1,731; Hum-
phrevs, Pro., 14. Usher's plurality, 827.
1890— Usher, Dem., 2,586; Freeh, Rep., 1,209; Hum-
phrey, 9. Usher's plurality, 1,377.
Hunterdon County.
First District.
William B. Niece.
(Rep., Lambertville.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of West Amwell, East Amwell, Delaware, King-
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wood and Raritan, the borough of French town and the
city of Lambertville. Population, about 15,000.
Mr. Niece "vas born in Kiiigwood township, Hunter-
don county, N. J., September 21st, 1832, is a miller and
also a dealer in grain and lumber. He received his
education in the District schools, aud then learned the
milling trade, which he followed for a short time. He
moved to Lambertville in 1854 and secured a position
with the Belvidere, Delaware Railroad Company and
had charge of one of their repair shops for some years.
In 1876 he became a member of the firm of Holcomb
& Niece, and still later of Lear, Holcomb & Niece, who
are extensively engaged in the grain, milling and lum-
ber business in Lambertville.
Mr. Niece has, as a rule, refused to become a candidate
for office, but from 1886 to 1889 he served as a member
of the Common Council of Lambertville — at a period
when its tax accounts were in a bad condition — and
established an excellent record as a wise business man
and financier by the services he rendered the city as
chairman of the Finance Committee, in adjusting the ac-
counts and devising a new and improved system of keep-
ing them.
He has for years been prominent as an officer of the
Building and Loan Association and other public enter-
prises of Lambertville. Mr. Niece is the first Republican
Assemblyman elected in this district in seventeen years.
1889— Martin, D^ra., 2,256; Webster, Rep., 1,445; Pit-
tenger. Pro., 214. Martin's plurality, 811.
1890— Niece, Rep, 1,676; Callan, Dem., 1,533; Dal-
rymple, Pro., 275. Niece's plurality, 143.
Second District.
Benjamin E. Tine.
(Dem., Stanton.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Alexandria, Holland, Bethlehem, Lebanon,
Tewksbury, High Bridge, Union, Clinton, Readington
and Franklin, and Clinton borough. Population, about
20,000.
Mr. Tine was born in Clinton township, Hunterdon
county, N. J., September 18th, 1844, and is a farmer and
commission merchant. ' He was educated in the public
schools at Mount Pleasant, N. J., and at the Normal
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Institute at Carversville, Bucks county, Pa. He has been
a farmer since 18H4, and in 1873 he engaged in the produce
commission business in New York city, wjiich he stiil
continues. In 1870 he was elected Cleik of ('linton town-
ship and served three years; was elected Apsessor in
1875 and served two j^ears; was a member of the Town-
ship Committee in 1879 ; served as a Justice of the Peace
for ten years from 1880; was elected Chosen Freeholder
in 1883, and served as Director of the board in 1884-'85.
He served six years as a Director of the Hunterdon
County Agricultural Society, two years as Vice-President
and one year as President of that body. He is at present
a Director of the society.
1889— Trimmer, Dem., 2.512; Nunn, Rep., 1,600; Bea-
vers, Pro., 370. Trimmer's plurality, 912.
1890— Tine, Dem., 2,063; Johnson, Rep., 1,223; Volk,
Pro., 429. Tine's plurality, 840.
Mercer County.
First District.
Jacob R. Wvckoff.
(Rep., Dutch Neck.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Hopewell, Princeton, Lawrence, West Windsor,
East Windsor, Washington and Hamilton, the First and
Tenth wards and the First precinct of the Ninth ward of
the city of Trnnton. Population, about 31.000.
Mr. Wyckoff was born in Dutch Neck, Mercer county,
N. J., September 3d, 1855, and is a farmer. He attended
Peddie Institute for four years and was graduated from
Princeton College in 1877 In the year following he was
graduated from the Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Business Col-
lege. Last year he served on the Committees on En-
grossed Bills and State Library.
1889— Wy.koflf, Rep., 3,794; Steen, Dem., 2,680; Ham-
mell, Pro., 295. Wyckofl's plurality, 1,114.
1890— Wyckoff, Rep., 3,389; Howell, Dem., 2,526; Nor-
cross. Pro., 145. Wyckoff's plurality, 863.
Second District.
James H. Muliieron.
(Rep., Trenton.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the
Second, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth wards of Trenton and
the township of Ewing. Population, about 24,000.
218 BIOGRAPHIES-ASSEMBLYMEN.
Mr. Mulheron was born in New York City, Jane 7th,
1854, and 18 an operative potter. He is interested in the
Egyptian Pottery Works at Trenton. Whea be was six
years old be removed with his parents from New York
to Jersey City and remained there until 1879, when he
came to Trenton, where he has resided ever since. He
represented the Fifth ward in the Common Council of
Trenton from 1886 to 1889. He served on the Police Com-
mittee and took an active part in the re-organization of
the police force and the establishment of a patrol system
and a new police station. He has always been promi-
nently identified with labor interests and eujnys the
confidence of the employers as well as the wage-workers.
1889— Stull, Dem., 2,743; Chambers, Rep., 2,574; Hud-
son, Pro.. 60 Stull's plurality, 169.
1890— Mulheron, Rep., 2,346; Stull, Dem., 2,340; Wat-
son, Pro., 23. Mulheron's plurality, 6.
Third District.
Patrick T. Burns.
(Dem., Trenton.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the Third,
Fourth, Sixth and Eleventh wards, and the Second and
Third precincts of the Ninth ward of the city of Trenton.
Population, about 24,500.
Mr. Burns was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland,
March 15th, 1852, and CAme to this country with his
parents wh^n but six months old. He is Superintendent
of the Street Department oi the Trenton Gas Light Com-
pany, and by occupation is a gas-fitter. He was elected
to the Trenton Common Council in 1886 for one year,
was re-elected in 1887 for three yeirs, and again in 1890
for three years more. He has been President of the
Good Will Fire Company since 1886.
1889— Schroth, Dem., 2,521; Mackenzie, Rep., 1,953;
Salter, Pro., 42. Schroth's plurality, 568.
1890— Burns, Dem., 2,301; Hazlett, Rep., 1,699. Burns'
majority, 602.
Middlesex County.
First District.
Luther Hamilton Tappen.
(Dem., Metuchen.)
The First Assembly District U composed of the town-
ships of Riritan, Pincataway and Woodbridge and the
city of Perth Amboy. Population, about 18,500.
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Mr. Tappen was born in Bonhamtown, Raritan town-
ship, February 5th. 1841, is an auctioneer and a dealer in
fire-brick and building materials. He was formerly a
farmer. He served as Surveyor of Highways from 1876
to 1879 ; Town Committeeman in the latter year-; Chosen
Freeholder from March, 1880, to 1884; Clerk of the
Board of Freeholders from May, 1885, to 1889, and was
Director of the Board from May, 1883, to May, 1885. He
was Town Committeeman of Raritan in March, 1887, for
three years, and was made Treasurer of the township in
March, 1889. He has also held other township offices.
Bonhamtown, where Mr. Tappen lives, was named after
Nicholas Bonham, who owned the land by allotment, in
the year 1682. Last year he served on the Committees
on Fisheries, Railroads and Canals, and State Library.
1889— Tappen, Dem., 1,786; Eggert. Rep., 1,626; Bron-
son. Pro., 116. Tappen's plurality, 160.
1890— Tappen, Dem., 1,539; Brown, Rep., 1,440;
Parker, Pro., 218. Tappen's plurality, 99.
(Second District.
William C. Jaques.
(Dem., New Brunswick.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the city
of New Brunswick. Population, about 20,000.
Mr. Jaques was born in New Brunswick, N. J., March
20th, 1857, and is a hotel-keeper. He served as Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department fir two years, from
April, 1880, to April, 1888, and was elected an Alderman
of New Brunswick for a term of two years in April, 1888.
Last year he served on the Committees on Municipal
Corporations, Riparian Rights, and Public Grounds and
Buildings.
1889— Jaques, Dem., 2,361; Janeway, Rep., 1,962.
Jaqnes' majority, 399.
1890— Jaques, Lem., 2,112; Schmidt, Rep., 1,707 ; Blau-
velt, Pro., 8. Jaques plurality, 405.
Third District.
Charles Henry Manahan.
(Dem., South River.)
The Third Aspembly District is composed of the town-
ships of North Brunswick, South Brunswick, East Bruns-
wick, Cranbury, Monroe, Madison, Sayreville and South
Amboy. Population, about 21,000.
220 BIOQRAPHIEU— ASSEMBLYMEN.
Mr. Manahan was born in South River, N, J., December
22d, 1851, and is a timber merchant. He was formerly
in the livery business. He was elected a member of the
Township Committee of East Brunswick for one year in
1883, and was re-elected for three years in 1884. During
three years he was chairman and treasurer of the com-
mittee. He was elected a <'hosen Freeholder from the
same township for two years in 1888, an office he at
present holds. He was a member of the United States
Grand Jury in 1888. Last year he served on the Com-
mittees on Corporations, Unfinished Business, and Re-
form School for Boys.
1889— Manahan, Dem., 2,138; Kane, Ind. Dem. and
Rep., 2,022 ; Sperling;, Pro., 66. Manahan's plurality, 116.
1890— Manahan, Dem., 1,929; DeGraw, Rep., 1,548;
Mount, 8. Manahan's plurality, 381.
Monmouth County.
First District.
Aaron E. Johnston.
(Dem., Freehold.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Howell, Freehold, Manalapan, Millstone and
Upper Freehold. Population, about 17,000.
Mr. Johnston was born at New Bargain, Monmouth
county, N. J., April 18th, 1857, and is a counselor- at-law.
He was formerly a farmer and a school teacher. He
worked regularly on a farm until he was sixteen, and
afterwards during the summer until he was twenty-one,
studying and teaching school during the winter, by which
he earned the means to secure a collegiate education.
He was prepared for college at Pennington Seminary,
graduating at that institution in the Class of '75. He
entered Princeton in the Class of '79, where he remained
three years, but was prevented, by an attack of typhoid
fever, from graduating with his class. In June, 1879, he
commenced the study of law in the office of the late
Judge Chilion Robbins, and was licensed as an attorney
at the February term of the Supreme Court, in 1884. He
opened an office and commenced practice the same year,
at Freehold. He was atlmitted to the bar aa a counselor
at the November term of 1887. In the sprine of 1885 he
was elected Town Clerk of Howell, whicli iifTice he held
for four years. He is also the legal adviser of that town-
ship, and of the township of Freehold and the borough
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of South Amboy. Last year he was chairman of the
Committee on Ways and M^ana, and a member of the
Committees on Revision of Laws and Printing:.
1889— Johnston, Dem., 2,184; Conover, Rep., 1,084;
Fielder, Pro., 154. Johuston's plurality, 1,100.
1890— Johnston, Dem., 1,867 ; Denise, Rep., 1,264 ; Tay-
lor, Pro., 95. Johnston's plurality, 608.
Second District.
William Denise Campbell.
(Dem., Long Branch.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Atlantic, Matawan, Marlboro, Neptune, Ocean,
Wall and Eatontown. Population, about 30,000.
Mr. Campbell was born at Shrewsbury, Monmouth
county, N. J., October 17th, 1859, and is a lawyer by pro-
fession. He is a son of Peter B. Campbell, a well-known
farmer of Shrewsbury. His grandfather was James
Schureman, one of the early United States Senators from
New Jersey, and his grandmother was a sister of Gen.
Garret D. Wall, also a member of the United States
Senate. He traces revolutionary ancestors on both sides
of his genealogical tree. He received his primary edu-
cation in the public and private schools at his home, and
finished at a grammar school in New York and under a
private tutor at home ; studied law in the office of Apple-
gate & Nevius and R. Allen, Jr., at Red Bank ; was
licensed as an attorney June Sth, 1881, and commenced
practice at Long Branch on the twenty-fifth of the same
month. In the following September he was appointed
solicitor of the Board of (^Commissioners of Long Branch
and re-appointed the next year, but resigned the position.
In 18&5 he was appointed counsel for the township of
Ocean, which position he still holds. In 1887 he was
appointed Police Magistrate and served in that capacity
one j'ear. He has been President of the Long Branch
Democratic Club for the past nine years, and was a mem-
ber of the Democratic Township Executive Committee
during the last Presidential campaign. Last year he was
chairman of the Committee on Industrial School for
Girls and a member of the Committees on Judiciary and
Federal Relations.
18S9— Campbell, Dem., 3,370; Van Deventer, Rep.,
2,650; Pawley. Pro., 258. Campbell's plurality, 720.
1890— Camf.bell, Dt-m., 3.380; Thompson, Rep., 2,644;
Brown, Pro., 98. Campell's plurality, 736.
222 BIOGRAPHIES— ASSEMBLYMEN.
Third District.
Charles H. Ivins.
(Dem., Red Bank.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Middletown, Riritan, Shrewsbury and Holmdel,
Population, about 22,000.
Mr. Ivins was born in Rumson, Shrewsbury township,
Monmouth county, N. J., May 25lh, 1855, and is a lawyer
by professioQ. He was formerly a farmer and a school
teacher. He worked on his father's farm at Rumson
until he was nineteen years of age, and then spent three
years in "Friends' New England Boarding School," at
Providence, R. I., and subsequently taught in the public
school at Little Silver, N. J., for one year. He studied
law with R. Allen, Jr., and John F. Hawkins, and was
admitted to the bar at the February term, 1884. He has
since practiced at Red Bank. Mr. Ivins was appointed
acting Prosecutor of the Pleas last November, owing to
the absence of General Haight on account of illness.
Last year he was chairman of the Committee on Bill
Revision and a member of the Committees on Revision
of Laws and School for Deaf Mutes.
1889— Ivins, Dem., 2,285; Sproul, Rep., 1,958; Carter,
Pro., 98. Ivins' plurality. 327.
1890— Ivins, Dem., 2,012; Emery, Pro., 230. There
was no Republican opposition. Ivins' plurality, 1,792.
Morris County.
First District.
James P. Albright.
(Dem., Madison.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Chatham. Mendham, Morris and Passaic. Popu-
lation, about 18,000.
Mr. Albright was born at Blairstown, N. J., August
18th, 1841, and is a lawyer by profession. He was a stu-
dent in Princeton College from 1861 to 1863 ; was gradu-
ated from Union College in 1804 and wa>* admitted to
the bar of New York in 1800. In the fall of 1889 Mr.
Albright interested himself with the incorporation of
Madison as a borough, and was elected its first Mayor,
an office he still holds. He gave much attention and
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assisted in the establishment of water works in the
borough and in prepaiing for an electric light plant.
Such progress was made that during the first year of the
incorporation the people of the borough voted to raise
$75,000 on 10-30 bonds, and the contract for the water
was promptly made, and the work is now nearly com-
pleted, covering nearly eight miles of the borough terri-
tory. It is expected that the water nnd light plant will
both be in working order early in 1891.
Last year he was chairman of the Committee on Luna-
tic Asylums and a member of the Committees on Inci-
cidental Expenses and RHvision of Laws.
1889— Albright, Dem., 1,864; Weir, Rep., 1,576; Oliver,
Pro., 171. Albright's plurality, 288.
1890— Albright, D^m., 1.636; Fennell, Rep., 1,553;
Quimby, Pro., 64. Albright's plurality, 83.
Second Distriet.
John F. Post.
(Rep., Riverdale.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the
townships of Botnton, Jefferson, Pequannock, Montville,
Hanover and Rockaway. Population, about 20,000.
Mr. Post was born at Pompton, N. J., November 6tb,
1842, and is a merchant. He was formerly book-keeper
and paymaster of the Bocnton Iron Works. He was a
member of the House of Assembly during the sessions of
1881 and 1882, and was la-pt-ctor of the New Jersey State
Prison and secretary of the Board of Inspectors from
188*^ to 1888
1889— Norris, Rep., 2 055: Miller, Pro., 95.
1890— Post, Rep., 1,580; Miller, Pro., 48.
No Democratic opposition.
Third District.
Ford D. Smith.
(Dem., Dover.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of Chester, Randolph, Washington, Mount Olive
and Roxbury. Population, ab 'Ut 16,000.
Mr. Smith was born near Dover, Morris county, N. J.,
April 29th, 1845, and is a lawyer by profession. He read
224 BIOORAPHIES-ASbEMBLYMEN.
law with Lyman A. Chandler at Morristown. He was
licensed as an attorney and counseior-at-law in Illinois
in 1867, and returned to Dover in 1874, when he was ad-
mitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney and in 1881
was admitted as counselor.
1889— Naughright, Dem., 1,723 ; Thorp, Pro., 226.
1890— Smith, Dem., 1,440; Jenkins, Pro., 246. No Re-
publican opposition.
Ocean County.
Adolph Ernst.
(Rep., Toms River.)
There is only one Assembly District in the county.
Population, 15,960.
Mr. Ernst was born in Hanover, Germany, June 19th,
1838, and is a manufacturer of cigars. He was educated
in the common school and teachers' institute. He rame
to the United States in 1854 and worked at book-binding,
clerking, and then learned cigar-making. In 1860 he
cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He served in
the 29th N. Y. Vols., daring the war, and moved from
Gloucester county to Ocean county in 1876. He has
held several offices of trust. Last year he served on the
Committees on Labor and Industries, Agriculture, and
Unfinished Business. Last year his plurality was in-
creased to 517 from 174 the previous year.
1889— Ernst, Rep., 1,788; Hilliard, Dem., 1,614; Clough,
Pro., 100. Ernst's plurality, 174.
1890— Ernst, Rep., 1,784; Cox, Dem., 1,267; Simpson,
Pro., 53. Ernst's plurality, 517.
Passaic County.
First District.
Robert Williams.
(Rep., Paterson.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the town-
ships of West Milford, Pompton, Wayne, Manchester
and the First, Third and Fourth wards of the city of
Paterson. Population, about, 36,000.
Mr. Williams was born in Paterson, March 16th, 1860,
and is a lawyer by profession. He was graduated from
Princeton College in 1881, and from Columbia College
Law School in 1 884. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar
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as an attorney, and in 1887 as a counselor. He is Judge
Advocate of the First Battalion, National Guard. Last
year he served on the <Jomiiiittees on Claims and Pen-
sions and Unfinished Business, and on the Special Com-
mittees on Stale Prison Investigation and alleged elec-
tion frauds.
1889— Williams, Rep., 4,157; Van Hovenberg, Dem.,
1,926; Van Horn, Pro., 135. Williams' plurality, 2,231.
1890— Williams, Rep., 3,853; Connell, Dem., 2,468;
Beardsley, Pro., 21. Williams' plurality, 1,385.
Second District .
John Francis Kerr.
(Dem., Paterson.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the Sec-
ond and Seventh wards of the city of Paterson and the
township of Little Falls. Population, about 23,000.
Mr. Kerr was born at Scranton, Pa., April 30th, 1857,
and is a lawyer by profession.- He was educated at
Seton Hall College, N. J., from which he graduated in
June, 1876. On July 5th, 1876, he entered the law office
of the late H. A. Williams (ex-Senator of Passaic county)
as a law smdent. He was admitted to the bar of New
Jersey at the Novermber term, 1879, as an attorney, and
three years later as a counselor. His services as a
political speaker have always been sought for, and in
every campaign since 1876 he has advocated the cause of
Democracy. This is his second term. Last year he took
a very active part in legislation, and proved himself a
ready debater. He served as chairman of the Commit-
tee on Elections and as a membei of the Committees on
Bill Revision, Judiciary and the Special Committee on
Ballot Reform.
1889— Kerr, Dem., 1,588; Parker, Rep., 1,533; Jackson,
Pro., 61. Kerr's pluralitv, 55.
1890— Kerr, Dem., 1,580; Parker, Rep., 1,441 ; Jackson,
Pro., 24. Kerr's plurality, 139.
Third District.
Richard Carroll.
(Dem., Paterson.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the Fifth
and Sixth wards of the city of Paterson. Population,
about 20,000.
226 BIOGRAPHIES— ASSEMBLYMEN.
Mr. Carroll was born in Ireland, May 8ih, 1852, and is
a wine merchant. He was formerly a tailor and cutter.
He received his education in the National ^chool of
Castletown, Qaeens county, Ireland. At the age of
seventeen he came to this country and learned the tailor-
ing and cutting trade, which he followed until 1879, when
he engaged in the wine and liquor business which he
still continues. He has always taken an interest in poli-
tics but never ran for any office, which was much against
the wishes of his friends, until he was nominated and
elected to the House of Assembly.
1889— McCran, Rep., 1,471; Barnes, Dem., 1,051; St.
Lawrence, Ind. Dem., 130; Bryson, Pro., 21. McCran's
plurality, 420.
1890— Carroll, Dem,, 1,239 ; McCran, Rep., 1,219. Car-
roll's majority, 20.
Fourth District.
John King.
(Rep., Passaic.)
The Fourth Assembly District is composed of the
Eighth ward of the city of Paterson, the township of
Acquackanonk and the city of Passaic. Population,
ab ut 26,000.
Mr. King was born at Dublin, Ireland, February 10th,
1850, and is a grocer. He was formerly a gold miner.
He assisted the late John J. Breslin in April, 1876, in
rescuing six political firisoners from Western Australia,
who were sentenced by the British Government for
treason-felony to penal servitude for life. Last year he
served on the committpes on Militia and Sinking Fund.
1889— King, Rep., 2.253; Keys, Dem., 1,739; Spreitzer,
Ind., Dem., 44 ; Twist, Pro., 59. King's plurality, 514,
1890— King, Rep,, 2.352; Feeney, Dem,, 2,110; Twist,
7, King's plurality, 242.
Salem County.
James Strimplb,
(Dem., Pedricktown.)
There is only one Assembly District in the county.
Population, 25,148.
Mr. Strimple was born near Pedricktown, September
13th, 1852, He is a dealer in sturgeon and a manufac-
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turer of caviar, and has been a wholesale produce com-
mission merchant since 1873. He was formerly a farmer.
He is connected with one of the greatest industries of
South Jersey, and for seventeen years he has made a
study of the sturgeon business. He has pursued his call-
ing on the following rivers: the Kennebec, Maine, Mer-
rimac, Delaware, Edisto, South and Noith ; Santel, Pides
and Black rivers, Wingate Bay, S. C ; Columbia river,
Oregon, and Sacremento, Cal.; and he represents the
oldest firm in that line in the United States. He was
elected to the Assembly without solicitation on his part,
and when he consented to stand for the office he simply
obeyed a unanimous c-li f)r duty to his party.
1889— Ward, Rep., 3,109; Strang, Dem., 2,989; Brad-
way, Pro., 195. Ward's plurality, 120.
1890— Strimple, Dem., 3,079; Stanton, Rep., 3,013
Cooper, Pro., 133. Strimple's plurality, 66.
Somerset County.
James J. Bergen.
(Dem., Somerville.)
There is only one Assembly District in the county.
Population, 28,290.
Mr. Bergen was born in Somerville, N. J., October Ist,
1847, and is a lawyer by profession. He attended school
in the old brick academy, and afterwards graduated from
Mr. Butler's Seminary, Somerville. He commenced
reading law with H. M. Gaston, in 1864, before he was
seventeen years of age. He was admitted to practice in
November, 1868. He formed a partnership with H. M.
Gaston, January 1st, 1870, which lasted until January 1st,
1890— just twenty years.
Mr. Bergen has occupied many positions of trust and
honor, all of which he has filled in a satisfactory man-
ner. He was elected to the Legislature in the fall of
1875, and re-elected in 1876. During his term of office
he served on a joint committee which was appointed to
consider the constitutionality of several proposed laws
under the amended constitution. He has been a mem-
ber of the Board of Commissioners of Somerville for
about six years, and at present is President of the Board.
Many of the improvements of the town are directly
traceable to Mr. Bergen. Through his instrumentality
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ordinances were passed regulating the fire and police
departments. He was one of the first to bring the matter
of sewering the town to the attention of the Board, and
by his untiring energy Somerville is now putting in a
sewerage system which will be a credit to it.
1889— Klotz, Dem., 2.868 ; Garretson, Rep., 2,774 ; Voor-
hees, Pro., 194. Klotz's plurality, 94.
1890— Bergen, Dem., 2,925 ; Schomp, Rep., 2,477 ; Mair,
Pro., 157. Bergen's plurality, 448.
Sussex County. •
Jacob Swaetwout.
(Dem., Deckertown.)
There is only one Assembly District in the county.
Population, 22,233.
Mr. Swartwout was born at Port Jervis, N. Y., Novem-
ber 9th, 1844, and is a farmer. A short time after his
birth his parents moved to Oatario county, N. Y., and a.t
the age of seven years they removed to Montague,
Sussex county, N. J. He made his home with his grand-
father, the late Jacob Shimer. He attended school at
Mount Retirement for a short time, and at the age of
seventeen went to Port Jervis and engaged as clerk in a
dry goods and grocery store. After serving two years
in that position he formed a partnership with W. H.
Nearpass, now editor and proprietor of the Port Jervis
Gazette. In 1871 he sold his interest to his partner, and
in December, 1872, bought the Delaware House, N. Y.,
which he conducted for one year and then sold it. In
1874 he bought the Lewis House, at Binghampton, N.
Y., where he remained for six months, sold out, and
then moved back to Sussex county, N. J. In 1877 he
bought the farm where he now resides, and which is
situated about four miles north of Deckertown.
1889— Bale, Dem., 2,803; Young, Rep., 1,837; Lewis,
Pro., ] 67. Bale's plurality, 90G.
1890— Swartwout, Dem., 2,232; Layton, Rep., 1,336;
Greuelle, Pro., GO. Swartwout's plurality, 896.
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Union County.
First District.
John Carroll.
(Dem., Elizabeth.)
The First Assembly District is composed of the First,
Second, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards of the city of
Elizabeth, and the township of Linden. Population,
about 26,000.
Mr. Carroll was born in Ireland, April 17th, 1849. The
following year his family came to this country and settled
in Providence. R. I. In 1854 his family moved to Eliza-
beth, where Mr. Carroll has ever since resided. He is
by trade a machinist, but is now engaged with his brother
in the wholesale produce business at Elizabeth, under
the firm name of John Carroll & Brother. He has never
held any public office before, although frequently urged
by his many friends, but has always been an active and
loyal Democrat.
Mr. Carroll succeeds Mr. Foster M. Voorhees, who was
the Republican leader on the floor of the House last year.
1889— Voorhees, Rep., 2,173; Connelly, Dem., 2,010;
McLeod, Pro., 21. Voorhpes' plurality, 163.
1890— Carroll, Dem., 2,822 ; Robinson, Rep., 1,872 ; Mc-
Leod, Pro., 21. Carroll's plurality, 950.
Second District.
Thomas F. Lane.
(Dem., Summit.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the Third,
Fourth and Fifth wards of the city of Elizabeth, and the
townships of Union, Springfield, Summit, Cranford and
New Providence. Population, about 25,000.
Mr. Lane was born early in the sixties, in Nashua, New
Hampshire, where bis parents were school teachers.
He resided at his birthplace onlv a few years, when his
family removed to Summit — in 1871 — then a small col-
lection of houses, and his life has since been spent in
that town.
He received the benefit of a good common school edu-
cation, and seven years aeo entered a diamond-importing
business in Maiden Lane, New York. He remained in
that business about two years, when he resigned his
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230 BIOGRAPHIES— ASSEMBLYMEN,
position to accept a place as cashier with a "Wall street
banking firm. This last place he retained until the lat-
ter part of 1886, when, his mother having received the
appointment as postmistress at Summit, he left the busi-
ness to assist in the management of the office. He re-
mained in the postoffice until the defeat of President
Cleveland, when he immediately resigned.
Mr. Lane had been actively connected with the New
York Herald And IforZdand the Newark News and Journal
and a little more than a year ago he purchased the Sum-
mit Record. He proceeded to infuse new life into that
journal and has made it one of the most aggressive and
influential Democratic weekly newspapers in that section
of New Jersey.
He has for several years been very closely identified
with the interests of the Democratic party and is now
secretary for Union county of the State Association of
Democratic Clubs.
He succeeds Senator Marsh, who was the Democratic
leader of the House last year.
1889— Marsh, Dem., 2,134; Berjamin, Rep., 1,632;
Armstrong, Pro., 87. Marsh's plurality, 502.
1890— Lane, Dem., 2,309; Mullen, Rep., 1,783; Arm-
strong, Pro., 80. Lane's plurality, 520.
Third District.
George Kyte.
(Rep., Fanwood.)
The Third Assembly District is composed of the city
of Rahway, and the townships of Clark, Fanwood, West-
field and the city of Plainfield. Population, about 21,.S00.
Mr. Kyte was born in South America, May 22d, 1846,
and is a real estate agent. He was formerly a merchant.
When only two years of age, he migrated with his
parents to this country, and at the age of seventeen en-
listed in the United States Army and served during the
Rebellion. He has been a member of the Township
Committee of Fanwood six years, and has been a Chosen
Freeholder since 1887. He also served as Justice of the
1889— Ulrich, Rep., 2.141; Cnddington, Dem., 1,796;
Massett, Pro., 102. Ulrich's plurality, 345.
1890— Kvte, Rep., 2,120; Cook, Dem., 1,937; Hoflfman,
Pro., 75. Kyte's plurality, 183.
BIOORAPHIES— ASSEMBLYMEN. 231
Warren County.
First District.
Elipiialet Hoover.
(Dem., Washington.)
The First Assembly District comprises the townships
of Greenwich, Franklin, Washington, Mansfield, Inde-
pendence, Allamuchy, Frelinghuysen, Blairstown and
Hardwick, the Second voting precinct of Oxford town-
ship, the town of Hackettstown and the borough of
Washington. Population, about 17,500.
Mr. Hoover was born at Beattystown, Warren county,
N. J., December 28th, 18-42, and is a hotel-keeper at
Wa'-hington. He followed the occupation of a farmer
until 18h7. He was collector of Allajnuchy township for
eleven years — from 1863 to 1874. This is his fourth term
in the House of Assembly, which is something unusual
in Warren county. At this election Mr. Hoover had no
Republican opposition.
Last year he was chairman of the Committees on
Treasurer's Accounts and Public Grounds and Buildings,
and a member of the Committees on Sinking Fund aud
School for Deaf-Mufes.
1889— Hoover, Dem., 1,867; Stone, Rep., 1,415; Alleger,
Pro., 457. Hoover's plurality, 452.
1890— Hoover, Dem., 2,288 ; Dufford, Pro., 649, Hoov-
er's majority, 1,639,
Second District.
Daniel Winters Hagerty.
(Dem , rhillipsburg.)
The Second Assembly District is composed of the
townships of Pahaquarry, Knowlton, Hope, Harmony,
Lopatcong, Pohatcong, and the First voting precinct of
the township of Oxford, and the towns of Belvidere and
of Phillipsburg. Population, about 18,500.
Mr. Hagerty was born at Bangor, Pa , April 15tb, 1850,
and owns a saw-mill, and is in the business of builders'
supplies. He is a carpenter by trade. He was a member
of the Board of Freeholders for one term, 1887, and a
member of the City Council for three years, 1885, '86 and
'87, when he served on all the important committees.
Last year he was chairman of the Committee on Claims
232 BIOQRAPHIES-THE JUDICIARY.
and Pensions and a member of the Committees on Sta-
tionery, and Labor and Industries.
1889— Hagerty.Dem., 2,439; Black, Rep., 1,362; Gibbs,
Pro., 172. Hagerty's plurality, 1,077.
1890— Hagerty, Dem., 2,250. No opposition at all.
Summary.
House — Democrats, 40 Republicans, 20=60
Senate — Democrats, 14 Republicans, 7=21
54 27 81
Democratic majority on joint ballot, 27.
THE! JUDICIA.RY.
United States Courts.
Edward T. Green, Trenton.
Edward T. Green, Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the District of New Jersey, and the
Associate of Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, Circuit Justice, and
the Hon. William ISIcKennaii, Circuit Judge, in the Cir-
cuit Court, was born in Trenton, N. J., in 1837. He is a
son of the late George S. Green and nephew of the late
Chancellor Green. He was graduated at Princeton Col-
lege in 1854, was admitted to the bar as an attorney in
November, 1858, and as a counselor in November, 1861.
He was attorney for several years for the old Camden
aad Amboy Railroad Company. For twenty years he
was general counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany, a position he held at the time of his appointment
as Tudge. At one time he was City Solicitor for Trenton.
He was sworn into office on Tuesday, October 29Lh, 1889,
and succeeded the late Judge John T. Nixon. His salary
is 14,000 a year.
BIOGRAPHIES— THE JUDICIARY. 233
Court of Chancery.
Alexander T. McGill, Chanxellor, Jersey City.
(Term, seven years. Salary ^10,000 per annum.)
Chancellor McGill was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., about
forty-six years ago. He came to New Jersey in 1854,
when his father accepted a professorship in the Theo-
logical Seminary of the College of New Jersey. The
Chancellor graduated from that college in 1864, and from
Columbia Law School, New York, in 1866. He continued
the study of the law with Edward W. Scudder, now a
Justice of the Supreme Court, at Trenton, and was admit-
ted to the bar as an attorney in 1867, and as a counselor
in 1870. He was counsel for the city of Bayonne for two
years, in 1874 and 1875, when he also represented the
then First District of Hudson county in the House of
Assembly. He served on leading committees and took a
very active part in legislation. He was at one time a law
partner of ex- Attorney General Gilchrist. He served
one term as Prosecutor of the Pleas of Hudson county,
succeeding A. Q. Garretson, who was appointed Law
Judge, and when the latter resigned that office Mr. Mc-
Gill again succeeded him as Judge, an ofBce he held
when he was appointed Chancellor by Governor Green,
on March 29th, 1887. He was unanimously confirmed by
the Senate the 31st of the same month. His term expires
on May 1st, 1894.
Vice Chancellors.
(Term, seven years. Salary, S;.ooo a year, and $io for each actual
day's work.)
Abraham V. Van Fleet, Newark.
Vice Chancellor Van Fleet was born in Hillsboro,
Somerset county, January 6th, 1831. He was admitted
to the bar in November term, 1852, and made counselor
in 1858. He commenced the practice of his profession
in Flemington, where be soon built up a Targe and
lucrative business. He was appointed Vice Chancellor
by Chancellor Runyon, and commissioned by Governor
Bedle, in 1875, for a term of seven years. He was re
appointed, in 1882, for another term, but tendered his
resignation to Chancellor McGill, in 1887, which was
accepted, and he was re-appointed for another full term.
234 BIOGRAPHIES- THE J UDICIAR Y.
He is considered one of the finest Chancery lawyers in
the State. In politics he is a Republican. His term ex-
pires in 1894.
John T. Bird, Trenton.
Vice Chancellor Bird was born in Bethlehem town-
ship, Hunterdon county, August 16th, 1829. He attended
the public schools of his neighborhood, and spent three
years at a classical academy, at Hackettstown. He
studied law with Hon. A. G, Richey, then residing at
Asbury, N. J., and was admitted to the bar in Novem-
ber term, 1855. For three years he practiced at Blooms-
bury, this State. In 1863 he was appointed Prosecutor
of the Pleas for Hunterdon county by Governor Parker.
He then removed to Clinton and remained there till
1865, when he changed his residence to Flemington.
He served one term of five years as Prosecutor of the
Pleas. In 1868 he was elected by the Democratic party
to Congress, and in 1870 he was re-elected. In 1882 he
was appointed Vice Chancellor, to succeed Hon. Amzi
Dodd, who had resigned, and in 1889 he was re-appointed
for another term of seven years. His term expires in
1896.
Henry C. Pitney, Morristown.
Vice Chancellor Pitney was born at Mendham, Morris
county, N. J., in 1828. He was graduated from Princeton
College, in the Class of '48, and was subsequently a tutor
in Lafayette College. He was admitted to the bar as an
attorney in July, 1851, and as a counselor in November,
1854. He is regarded as one of the ablest constitutional
lawyers in New Jersey. He was appointed Vice Chan-
cellor for a term of seven years, in the spring of 1889.
In politics he is a Republican. His term expires in 1896.
Robert Stockton Green, Elizabeth.
Vice Chancellor Green was born at Princeton, N. J.,
March 25lli, 1831. He is the son of James 8. Green, a
lawyer and a sturdy Jerseyman, whose father, Rev. Dr.
Ashbel Green, was President of Princeton College. The
Vice Chancellor's great- grand father. Rev. Jacob Green,
of Hanover, Morris county, N. J., was chairman of the
committee which prepared the first constitution for the
State of New Jersey at the Provincial Congress, held at
Burlington in 1776.
The Vice Chancellor was graduated from Nassau Hall
in 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and became
a counselor in 1856. He removed to Elizabeth in 1856
BIOGRAPHIES- THE JUDICIAR Y. 235
and at once became interested in the movement then on
foot for the crea'ion of Union county. He \v»s largely
instrumental in the passage of the act of 1857, which
designated Elizabeth as the cuunty seat. During 1857
he was appointed Prosecutor of the Borough Courts by
Governor Newell, and the following year became City
Attorney of Elizabeth. In 1808 be was elected to the
City Council from a strong Republican ward, and so
great was his popularity that he continued to hold the
ofiBce by successive re-elections untd lh73, when he re-
tired. He was elected Surrogate of Union county in
1862 and appointed Presiding Judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas and ( "ouuty Courts in 1868. During the suc-
ceeding year he was appointed by Governor Randolph
to the Commercial Convention at Louisville as a repre-
sentative of New Jersey. la 1873 he was appointed by
Governor Parker, and confirmed by the Senate, as one of
the Commissioners to suggest amendments to the Con-
stitution of the State. Iq 1884 he was elected to Con-
gress from the Third district of New Jersey by a majority
of 1,848 over John Kean, Jr.
The Vice-Chancellor was one of the delegates to the
Baltimore Convention of 1860, which nominated Stephen
A. Douglas for the Presidency, and was a delegate to the
National Convention in 1^80, which nominated General
Hancock. In January, 1874, he became a member of the
bar of New York as a partner of the tirm cf Brown, Hall
& Vanderpoel, whicli afterwards became changed to
Vanderpoel, Green & Cuming. He has been very suc-
cessful in his profession, and is ranked as one of the
ablest constitutional lawyt-rs in the State.
In 1886 he was elected Governor, after a very exciting
canvass, by a plurality of S 020 over ex-Congressman
Benjamin F. Howey, Rep., of Warren county.
He was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1890 for a term
of seven years. His term will expire in the spring of 1897.
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
(Term of office, seven years. The salary rf the Chief Justice is gio,ooo a
year, and that of each Associate Justice §9,000.)
Chief Justice.
Mercer Beaslky, Trenton.
Chief Justice Bea^ley, LL.D , was b'^rn in Mercer
county, N. J., in 18i5. His father was Rhv. Frederick
Beasley, for many years President of the University of
236 BIOGRAPHIES— THE JUDICIARY.
Pennsylvania, and at one time Rector of St. Michael's
Church, in Trenton. His mother was Maria Williamson,
daughter of Mathias Williamson, who was a brother of
ex-Governor Isaac Williamson. He entered the Junior
Class of Princeton College when a lad, and after remain-
ing a year came to Trenton to study with his father, at
the same time reading law under the tutelage of Samuel
L. Southard, and later in the office of ex-Chancellor Isaac
H. Williamson, at Elizabeth. He was admitted to prac-
tice at the September term of the Supreme Court in 1833,
becoming a counselor in February, 1842. As a young
man at the bar, he was noted as a special pleader. He
was particularly accomplished in the preparation of
pleadings and famous for his accuracy and discernment.
Upon his elevation to the bench, the advocates lost from
among their number one of the very brightest in the
whole State, and the Judiciary gained a member whose
name is now known in all the courts of the land ; who is
excelled in knowledge of the law by few if any of the
eminent jurists of America, and whose decisions are
quoted constantly before foreign as well as home tribu-
nals. Mr. Beasley, in his younger days, served as City
Solicitor of Trenton, when that office paid only $15 a
year. In 1851 he was the Whig candidate for Mayor of
Trenton, when he was defeated by William Napton,
Dem., by a vote of 783 to 491. He was a member of the
Trenton Common Council, and served as President of
that body in 1850. Of those who were admitted to the
bar at the same time the Chief Justice was, but few are
still in the land of the living. Justice Bradley, of the
United States Supreme Court, Barker Gummere, ex-Sec-
retary of the Navy Robeson, ex-Judge Caleb S. Green,
Judge Depue and a host of others, well known to the
bench and bar, are younger members of the profession.
In 1864 he was appointed by Governor Parker Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. He was re-appointed by
Governor Randolph in 1871, by Governor McClellan in
1878, and again by Governor Abbett in 1885. In politics
he is a Democrat. His term expires March 8th, 1892.
His circuit comprises the counties of Monmouth and
Middlesex. Total population, 128,549.
Associate Justices.
(Eight altogether.)
David Ayres Depue, Newark.
Justice Depue, LL.D., was born at Mount Bethel,
Northampton county, Pa., October 27th, 1820. He is of
BIOGRAPHIES— THE JUDICIARY. 22,1
Huguenot descent, and his ancestors were among the
earliest settlers of Pahaquarry, Warren county, N. J,
The family moved, in 1840, to Belvidere, Warren county.
The Justice entered Princeton College in 1843, and he
was graduated three years later. He studied law under
John M. Sherrard, and was admitted to the bar in 1849.
In the same year he began practice in Belvidere. In
1866 he was appointed by Governor Ward a Justice of
the Supreme Court, to succeed Justice Haines. He was
re-appointed by Governor Parker in 1873, and was as-
signed to the then Essex and Union circuit. He then
removed to Newark, where he has since resided. In
1880 he was re-appointed by Governor McClellan for
another term of seven years, and again in 1887 by Gov-
ernor Green. He received the honorary degree of LL.D.
from Rutgers College in 1874. In politics he is a Repub-
lican. His present term expires in 1894.
His circuit comprises Essex county. Population,
255,660.
Edward W. Scudder, Trenton.
Justice Scudder was born at Scudder's Falls, Mercer
county, August 12th, 1822. He was graduated from
Princeton College in 1841, and studied law with Hon.
W. L. Dayton. He was admitted to the bar in 1844, at
the September term, and was made counselor in October,
1848. He was a member of the State Senate from Mercer
county for one term of three years, from 1863 to 1865,
inclusive, and he was President of that body in the latter
year. He practiced extensively in all the courts of the
State until 1869, when he was appointed by Governor
Randolph one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. In
1876 he was re-appointed by Governor Bedle, again in
1888 by Governor Ludlow, and again in 1890. His term
expires March 23d, 1897. He is a Democrat in politics.
His circuit is composed of the counties of Mercer,
Hunterdon and Warren. Total population, 151,643.
Bennet Van Syckel, Trenton. •
Justice Van Syckel was born April 17th, 1830, in Beth-
lehem, Hunterdon county, N. J. He was prepared for
college at Easton, Pa., entered Princeton College in 1843,
and was graduated in 1846, in the same class with David
A. Depue, now one of the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court. Immediately after graduating he en-
tered the law office of Alexander Wurts, of Flemington,
238 BIOGRAPHIES— THE JUDICIARY.
in which he remained until he was admitted to the bar,
in 1851. He at once betian the practice of his profession
at Flemington. In 1869 he was appointed to a seat on
the bench of the Supreme Court, and was re-appointed
in 1876, again in 1883, and again in 1890. He is a Demo-
crat in politics. His present term expires February 15th,
1897.
His circuit comprises the counties of Union and Ocean.
Total population, 88,281.
Manning M. Knapp, Hackensack.
Justice Knapp was born in Bergen county, in 1823. He
was admitted to the bar in July term, 1846, and was made
counselor in 1850. He practiced extensively in all the
courts of the State until 1875, when he was appointed by
Governor Bedle as one of the Supreme Court Justices.
In 1882 he was reappointed by Governor Ludlow and
in 1889 by Governor Green. He is a Democrat in politics.
His present term expires in 1896.
His circuit comprises the county of Hudson. Total
population, 274,855.
Jonathan Dixon, Jersey City.
Justice Dixon was born in the city of Liverpool, Eng-
land, July 6th, 1839. He remained there until his eighth
year, and attended the public schools for two or three
years. His family then removed to Marypont, Cumber-
land county, in the same country, wiiere his education
was continued. His father came to the United States in
1848, and his family followed him two years later, and
settled in New Brunswick, N. J. Jonathan became an
inmate of the home of Cornelius L. Hardenbergh, a law-
yer, who suffered from blindness, and to him the lad
acted as attendant and amanuensis for nearly five years,
or until September, 1855. In that year he entered Rut-
gers College, and graduated from that institution in 1859.
He then entered the law oifice of his former tutor, War-
ren Hardenberg, and studied there for twelve months.
Upon Mr. Hardenberg removing to New York, Mr. Dixon
then entered the office of George R. Dutton, and subse-
quently that of Robert Adrain, both of these gentlemen
being members of the bar of New Brunswick. While
studying law, he taught school as a means of livelihood.
He was admitted as an attorney in November, 1862, and
three j'ears later as a counselor. After being admitted
as an attorney, he moved to Jersey City and entered the
law office of Vj. B. Wakeman, in a clerical capacity, and
in the spring of 1864 he formed a copartnership with his
BIOGRAPHIES-THE JUDICIARY. 239
employer, which lasted one year. For five years he
practiced by himself, and then formed a copartnership
with Gilbert Collins. In April, 1875, he was appointed
as Justice of the Supreme Court by Governor Bedle, in
1882 he was re-appointed by Governor Ludlow, and in
1889 by Governor Green. He is a Republican in politics,
and was the candidate of his party for Governor in 1H83,
when he was defeated by Governor Abbett. His present
term expires in 1896.
His circuit comprises the counties of Passaic and Ber-
gen. Total population, 152,258.
Alfred Reed, Camden.
Justice Reed was born December 23d, 1839, in Ewing
township, Mercer county. He attended the Lawrence-
ville High School in 1856, and the Model School, at
Trenton, in 1857-58, entering Rutgers College, at New
Brunswick, in 1859. In the fall of 1860 he was matricu-
lated at the State and Normal Law School, at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., and in the summer of 1862 admitted to
the practice of law in New York. He returned to Tren-
ton and renewed his study of Jaw, being admitted to the
bar of New Jersey at the June term, 1864. In the spring
of 1865, he was elected to the Common Council of Tren-
ton, of which he was made President. He was elected
Mayor of Trenton in 1867, serving for one year, and in
the spring of 1869, he was appointed Law Judge of
Mercer cimnty, a position he held for a full term of five
years. On April 8lh, 1875, he was appointed by Gover-
nor Bedle a Justice of the Supreme Court, in 1882 he was
re-appointed by Governor Ludlow, and in 1889 by Gov-
ernor Green. In politics he is a Democrat. His present
term expires in 1896.
His circuit comprises the counties of Cape May, Cum-
berland, Salem and Atlantic. Total population, 110,540.
William J. Magie, Elizabeth.
Justice Magie was born at Elizabeth, Union county,
N. J., December 9th, 1832. His father, David Magie, was
for nearly forty-five years pastor of the Second Presby-
terian Church of Elizabeth, and was al?o a native of the
same town. Hh entered Princeton College in 1852, and
graduated in 1855. He studied law with the late Francis
B. Chefwood, of Elizabeth, was admitted as an attorney
in 1856, and as a counselor in 1859. For six years he
was associated in practice with Mr. Chetwood, and after
practicing alone for some time he formed another co-
240 BIOGRAPHIES— IJ. S. OFFICERS.
partnership with Mr. Crosp. From 1866 to 1871 he was
Prosecutor of the Pleas for Union county. He was con-
nected with the banks of Elizabeth, and acted as counsel
to several corporations. He was elected to the State
Senate from Union county in 1875, for a term of three
years, and in 1880 he was appointed a Justice of the
Supreme Court by Governor McClellan. He was re-
appointed by Governor Green in 1887. His term expires
in 1894. In politics he is a Republican.
His circuit consists of Morris, Sussex and Somerset
counties. Total population, 104,608.
Charles Grant Garrison, Camden.
Justice Garrison was born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
county, N. J., August 3d, 1849. He is a son of Rev Joseph
Fithian Garrison, D.D., a well-known divine of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, who is now a proff^ssor in a
Pliiladelphia College. The Judge was educated at Edge
Hill School, Princeton, at the Episcopal Academy, Phila-
delphia, and in the University of Pennsylvania, from
which he graduated as a physician in 1872. He practiced
that profession until 1876 at Swedesboro, and then en-
tered the law office of Samuel H. Grey, of Camden, where
he remained until he was admitted to the bar, in 1878.
He is a thorough classical scholar, fie was made Judge-
Advocate General of New Jersey in 1884, and in 1882 he
was made Chancellor of the Southern Diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of New Jersey. He was
appointed to the Supreme Court bench in January, 1888,
in the place of the late ex-Governor Joel Parker, for a
full term of seven years. He is the youngest member of
the court. In politics he is a Democrat. His term
expires in 1895.
His circuit consists of the counties of Burlington, Cam-
den and Gloucester. Total population, 174,623.
U. S. OFFICE3RS FOR NEW JERSEY.
U. S. District Attorney.
Henry Simmons White, Jersey City and Red Bank.
Mr. White was born at Red Bank. Monmouth county.
New Jersey, July 13th, 1844. He studied medicine and
graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
BIOGRAPHIES— U. S. OFFICERS. 241
of New York city, taking the degree of M.D. in March,
1866. He passed his examination, however, in 1884, but
being under age did not receive his degree, and entered
the V. S. Army as an assistant surgeon. At the close of
the war he located at Red Bank and practiced medicine
for two years. He then studied law at Columbia Law
School, from which he was graduated in 1870, and also
with Hon. William A. Lewis, of Jersey City. He was
admitted to the bar of New York in June, 1870, as an
attorney in New Jersey in November, 1872, and as coun-
selor in November, 1875, since which time he has prac-
ticed the profession of the law in New Jersey and in
New York. He has offices in Jersey City and New York,
and lives at Red Bank, N. J.
He was appointed United Stages District Attorney for
New Jersey in 1890, to succeed George S. Duryee, who
had resigned the position. Salary, fees.
Sherrerd Depue, a son of Supreme Court Justice Depue,
is Assistant United States District Attorney, and resides
in Newark.
Clerk U. S. Circuit Court.
S. Duncan Oliphant, Trenton.
General Oliphant was born at Franklin Forge, on the
Youghiogheny river, Fayette county. Pa., in 1824. Grad-
uated from Jefferson College, Washington county. Pa., in
September, 1844; from Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
Mass., in July, 1847, and was admitted to practice in Fay-
ette county. Pa., in September of the same year. In the
fall of 1849 he entered into partnership with the Hon.
Thomas Williams, of the Pittpburgh bar, and practiced
law there until the spring of 1852, and then, on account
of the health of his family, returned to Vincentown, and
resumed and continued in the practice of law there until
April, 1861.
On the 19th of April, 1861, he recruited a volunteer
company of one hundred men, entered the military ser-
vice of the United States with the rank of Captain, and
was, from time to time, promoted to the rank of Major,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, and near the close of
the war to the rank of Brigadier-General by brevet, "for
faithful and meritorious services," and assigned to the
command of the Second Brigade of the garrison of Wash-
ington, and was honorably discharged and mustered out
of service in September, 1866.
242 BIOGRAPHIES-U. S. OFFICERS.
In the spring of 1867 he moved from Fayette county,
Pa., to Princeton, and was admitted to practice ]aw at the
bar of New Jersey. In September, 1870, he was ap-
pointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States
for the District of New Jersey, by the Hon, William Mc-
Kennan, which position he continues to hold. In the
spring of 1874 he moved from Princeton to Trenton,
where he now resides. Salary, fees.
Clerk U. S. District Court.
LiNSLY RowE, Trenton.
Mr. Rowe was born at New York City, January 19th,
1848. His father was Peter Rowe, one of the old-time
merchants of New Yoik. He received a classical educa-
tion at the best private schools of the city. Being natur-
ally studious, his inclinations led him to choose the law
as a profession, but yielding to the wishes of his father,
whose desire it was that his son should succeed him in
business, he entered his father's office, and, for several
yearp, devoted himself to mercantile pursuits. On his
father's retirement from business, however, his fondness
for the law asserted itself too strongly to be resisted, and
he accordingly went to Jersey ('ity and entered his name
as a student in the office of Muirheid & MtGee, after-
wards Bedle, Muirheid & Mr Gee. He was admitted to
the bar of this State in 1875, and at once opened an
office in Jersey City, where he soon acquired an exten-
sive practice.
He was appointed United States Commissioner in 1879,
and, as tuch, had charge of many important criminal
cases, one of the most conspicuous of which was the ex-
tradition of Frederick Hoffman, at the request of the
Belgian government, for the crime of attempted murder
on the high seas. He was also appointed Deputy Clerk
in Admiralty of the United States District Court, in
1879, and devoted himself to increasing the admiralty
business of the court with such success that during the
three years he held office the number of admiralty suits
in the court was more than double what it had pre-
viously been.
In June, 1882, he was appointed, by the Hon. John T.
Nixon, Clerk of the United States District Court, to suc-
ceed William S. Bellville, deceased, and entered upon
his new duties on July 1st of that year. His term of
BIOGRAPHIES— r. S. OFFICERS. 243
office is during the discretion of the United States Dis-
trict Court Judge. Salary, fees.
U. S. Marshal.
William Budd Deacon, Mount Holly.
Mr. Deacon was born near Ear cocas, Burlington county,
N. J., November 19th, 1837. He studied law with Hon.
John C. Ten Eyck, and was admitted to the bar at the
June term of the Supreme Court, 1859. In 1861, he was
elected Clerk of the Board of Freeholders of Burlington
cnuntv. and held that cffice until 1S66. He was Deputy
U S. Marshal, undtr his father, from 1861 to 1868, when
his father died. He was appointed U. S. Marshal bv
Justice Greer to serve for the balance of his father's
term, which expired in May, 1869. He was TJ. S. Col-
lector of Internal Revenue from 1866 to 1 869. In March ,
1871, he accepted a position in the Stale Treasure! 's
office, which he held until 1875, when he resigned. In
August, 1875, he was elected a member of the Board of
School Trustees of Mount Holly. In 1877 he was elected
a member of the in2d Legislature over Cronk, Democrat,
by 18 majority. He was re-elected to the Assembly in
1878 over Lloyd, Greenbacker, and Woodington, Tem-
peratice, by a majority of 1,165. He was elected to the
Senate after a long and active canvass, defeating Caleb
G. Ridgway, who occupied the Senatorial office, and
Axtell, Greenbacker. by a majority of 842. On the 20th
day of February, 1882, he was appointed U. S. Marshal
by President Arthur for the full term of four years, and
on the expiration of his term, February 20th, 188(),
President Cleveland failed to appoint his successor, and
he was appointed by Justice Bradley, of the Supreme
Court, to fill the vacancy, and held the office until April
20th, following, when he was succeeded by A. E. Gordon,
of New Brunswick. On the 20th of March, 1889, he was
again appointed Marshal for a full term, which expires
in March 1893.
Mr. Deacon has always resided at Mount Holly, where
he is Prenident of the Mount Holly Gas Light Com,' any,
one of thft Directors of the Camd n and Burlington
County Railroad, and Secretary and Treasurer of a turn-
pike company. He has always retained his law office,
and when not prevented by official duties, prectices his
profession. He has always been an earnest and active
244 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
Republican, but has never permitted politics to interfere
in the discharge of his official duties or disturb his social
relations.
STATE OFFICERS.
Secretary of State.
Henry Cooper Kelsey, Trenton.
Mr. Kelsey was born at Sparta, Sussex county, in the
year 1837. He was educated and brought up in that
town. At one time he was editor of the Jersey Herald;
was Postmaster at Newton, and Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in Sussex county for four years. He was
appointed Secretary of State by Governor Randolph, to
fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. N. Con-
gar, and took possession of the office July 1st, 1870.
His term expired in 1871. and Mr. Kelsey was re-ap-
pointed by Governor Randolph, and confirmed by a Re-
publican Senate, for a full term, which expired in 1876.
Again Mr. Kelsey was re-appointed by Governor Bedle,
and confirmed by a Republican Senate, for another full
term, which expired April 6th, 1881. Governor Ludlow
nominated him for another term of five years, and the
Senate refusing to confirm the nomination, the Governor
appointed Mr. Kelsey to fill the vacancy for one year.
In 1882 Governor Ludlow again nominated him for
another term of five veara, and he was confirmed by a
Republican Senate. In 1887 he was again renominated
by Governor Green for another full term, and was unani-
mously confirmed by a Republican Senate.
His salary is $6,000 per year, and his present term ex-
pires April 1st, 1892.
By virtue of his office, Mr. Kelsey is a member of the
Board of Bank Commissioners; Clerk of the Board of
State Canvassers ; Clerk of the Court of Errors and Ap-
peals; Clprk of the Court of Impeachment ; Clerk of the
Court of Pardons ; Cl«rk of the Prerogative Court ; Com-
mifl«ioner of the State Library ; Scientific School Com-
missioner, and State Commissioner of Insurance. In
1885 the Legislature appointed him a member of the
State House Rebuilding Commission.
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STATE TREASURER
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Mr. Kelsey is also a member of other boards, and the
duties of his office in other respects are multifarious.
Mr. Alexander H. Rickey is Assistant Secretary of
State. He "shall, during the absence or inability,
through sickness or other cause, of the Secretary of State,
have the same powers and perform all the duties which
are now imposed by law on the Secretary of State."
State Treasurer.
John J. Toffey, Jersey City.
Colonel Toffey was born in Pawling, N. Y,, June 1st,
1844. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-
first New Jersey Volunteers and remained with the regi-
ment until his term of service (nine months) expired,
when he returned to Jersey City and recruited a com-
pany for the Thirty-third Regiment, and went with it as
First Lieutenant. At the battle of Missionary Ridge,
Tenn., Mr. Toffey was severely wounded and sent home.
When recovered he received from President Lincoln a
Lieutenant's commission in the Veteran Reserve Corps,
and served in Washington, D. C, until 1866. He was
at one time Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Regiment,
National Guard, New Jersev, an Alderman of Jersey
City and a Director in the Hudson City Savings Bank.
In 1875 and 1876 he was a member of the House of As-
sembly from the then Fifth District of Hudson county.
In 1878 he was elected Sheriff of Hudson county by a
majority of 3,900, although the usual Democratic majority
there is over 4,000. He served a full term of three years
and made a very creditable record. He is at present
Treasurer of the Republican State Executive Committee.
In January, 1885, he was elected by the Legislature as
State Treasurer, and in 1888 re-elected, after each time
receiving a unanimous nomination for the office in the
Republican caucus. He was appointed, by the Legisla-
ture of 1885, on the Board of Commissioners for the
rebuilding of the burned portion of the State House.
His term as Treasurer expires on March 16th, 1891. His
salary is $6,000 a year.
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State Comptroller.
Edward J. Anderson, Trenton.
Edward J. Anderson, the present Comptroller of the
Treasury, is a native of New Jersey, of pre-Revolution-
ary stock. His great-grandfather, on his father's side,
was a native of the Colonies, and held an office in the
British service prior to the Revolution, but joined the
patriot cause on the breaking out of hostilities, and
fought through the war on the side of liberty. On his
mother's side Mr. Anderson's earliest ancestor in this
country was Samuel Fleming, who, in 1756, founded and
gave his name to Flemington, the county seat of Hunter-
don county, and whose daughter Esther married Colonel
Thomas Lowrey, who commanded a regiment of the
New Jersey contingent of troops during the Revolution-
ary War, subsequently held many important public
trusts in this State, and in 1790 was designated by the
Legislature as a member of the Commission which
selected the site upon which the present State Capitol
stands. His son, William Lowrey, was also an officer of
the New Jersey troops during the Revolutionary War,
and his daughter was the grandmother of the subject of
the present sketch.
,Mr. Anderson was born at Flemington, Hunterdon
county, N. J., December 15th, 1830, After receiving a
common school education, he engaged in mercantile pur-
euits in Philadelphia, Pa., until the breaking out of the
Civil War, in 1861, when he returned to his native State,
and was appointed principal assistant in the Adjutant-
General's Department .of the State, which position he
filled until the close of the war, when he resigned and
engaged in business in New York City, retaining, how-
ever, his residence in New Jersey. In 1871 the office of
Comptroller of the Treasury passed into the hands of
the Republican party, and Mr. Anderson, after urgent
solicitation, consented to perform, for a short time, the
duties of first assistant in the department. Illness
and death in his family disarrantred his business plans,
and led to his remaining until 1872 in a position which
he had never intented to occupy more than a few weeks.
In 1877 the office of Comptroller passed into the hands
of the Democratic party, and Mr. Anderson, although a
Republican, was continued as first assistant until 1880,
when, the office of Comptroller becoming vacant by
expiration of the term of the incumbent, and the Legis-
EDWARD J. ANDERSON,
Comptroller of the Treasury.
BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS. 247
lature being Republican, he was chosen as the head of
the department. When his term of three years expired
the two houses of the Legislature were opposite in poli-
tics, and the Senate refusing to concur in the election of
a Comptroller to displace Mr. Anderson, he held over
until 1884, when the same political conditions existed,
and he remained in office until 1885. He then received a
unanimous vote in the Republican caucus, and was
again chosen for another term of three years.
On the expiration of his term, in 1888, he was again
unanimously nominated by the party caucus, and elected
for another term. His present term expires March 15th,
lb91, and as a Democratic Legislature will choose his
successor, he will retire from office after a continuous
service in the financial department of the State of twenty
years, during which time he has been the originator of
much of the legislation aflecting the financial interests of
the State.
By virtue of his office, the Comptroller is a member of
the following boards: Trustees of the Fund for the Sup-
port of Public Schools, State Board of Education, Com-
missioners of the State Library, Bank Commissioners,
Commissioners of the Agricultural College Fund, and
Trustees of the State School for Deaf Mutes. Of the
latter board, the present Comptroller is also Treasurer.
Mr. Anderson has taken an active part in the aflairs of
these several boards and commissions, and by reason of
his position as head of the financial department of the
State, his duties in many of them are peculiarly arduous.
From 1880 until 1889 he was a member of the Board of
Inspectors of the State Prison, and for nearly five years
Avas chairman of that board, in which position he took
an active interest in the aflfairs of the prison, and was
the author and promoter of many of the improvements
introduced in that institution. In 1885, the Legislature
appointed him a member of the commission to rebuild
the burned portion of the State Capitol, and he has de-
voted much time and energy to the accomplishment of
this work.
Mr. Anderson has not sought nor held any public
positions other than those mentioned above, excepting
that of Commissioner of Fisheries, which he accepted in
1878 at the urgent request of Governor McClellan, and
the duties of which he performed without compensation
until 1883.
He is an active and ardent Republican ; was for thir-
teen years, and until 1889, a member of the Republican
248 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
Committee of Mercer (bounty, and is now, and has been
for twelve years, a member of the Republican State Com-
mittee, but has never allowed his political predilections
to interfere with his social relations or influence his
official action.
The term of Comptroller, as fixed by the Constitution,
is three years, and the salary is $6,000 per annum.
Attorney-Geoeral.
John P. Stockton, Trenton.
John Potter Stockton was born at Princeton, August
2d, 1826, and is a son of the late Commodore Stockton,
U. S. N. He graduated from Princeton College in the
Class of 1843, and studied law with the late Judge R. S.
Field. He was admitted to practice as an attorney at the
April term, 1847, of the Supreme Court, and was called
to the bar as counselor in 1850, and practiced law in New
Jersey until 1857, when he was appointed U. S. Minister
to Rom" by President Buchanan. He held that position
until 1861, when he returned to his native land, and
recommenced the practice of law in Trenton. He was
elected to the Senate of the United States for six ^ ears,
for the term commencing March 4th, 1865, to pucceed
Hon. J. C. Ten Eyck, but was unseated after serving one
year. He was, however, re-elected to the United States
Senate for the terra commencing March 4th, 1869, and
served the full term, when he returned to Trenton and
recommenced the practice of law.
Senator Stockton was appointed, with Judges Ryerson
and Randolph, as Commissioner to revise and simplify
the proceedings and practice in the courts of law, and
made a report to the Legislature, which was adopted.
He has been a delegate to several National Democratic
Conventions, including that of 1884, in Chicago, which
nominated President Cleveland.
He was appointed Attorney-General of the State for a
term of five years, on April 8th, 1877, and in 1882 and
1887 he was re-appointed. His salary is $7,000 per year,
with an annual allowance of $1,500 for clerical assistants.
His present term expires April 5th, 1892.
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Commander of the National Guard.
Major-General Joseph W. Plume, Newark.
Joseph W. Plume was born in Troy, N. Y., on the 23d
of August, 1839. His grandfather was William Turk,
M.D., of the United States Navy, a descendant of An-
tonie Janssen Salers, a wealthy Hollander, who settled
in Gravesend (now a part of Brooklyn, L. I.,) in 1631.
Surgeon Turk married a daughter of Captain John W.
Livingston, of New York, a Revolutionary officer, the
lady being one of the fourth generation in descent from
Robert Livingston, grandfather of William Livingston,
Governor of New Jersey during the whole Revolutionary
epoch, who emigrated from Scotland to America in 1674,
and subsequently became the original grantee of the
famous baronial manor of that name, on the Hudson
river. On his father's side. General Plume is a lineal
descendant of Samuel Plum, one of the colony from
Bradford, Connecticut, which settled Newark in 1666;
and, grand- paternally, is descended from Captain Bastain
Visscher, a Dutch navigator, who, in Hendrick Hudson's
party, about 1609, explored the upper Hudson river, and,
with others, afterwards organized the " Colonie of Rens-
saelaerswyck," where the city of Albany is now situated.
In 1843 his father returned to Newark, and, since that
date, General Plume has been a resident of that city.
He was educated in the best private schools, and in early
youth entered the banking business, which calling he
has followed during the greater part of his life. He is
now the cashier of the Manufacturers' National Bank of
Newark, having held that office since the establishment
of the institution, in 1871.
In 1857 he entered the ranks of Company C of the
"City Battalion" of Newark — an organization which
enjoyed a high prestige, during its existence, by reason
of its fine personnel and its tactical proficiency — and
remained a private therein for four years. On the 29th
of May, 1861, he was commissioned First Lieutenant and
Adjutant of the Second New Jersey Volunteers, holding
this position until February 15th, 1862, when he was ap-
pointed Aide-de-Camp on the stafl' of Brigadier-General
William H. French, the commander of the Third Brigade
of Sumner's Division. On the let of June, 1862, he was
appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of this
brigade, and on the 8th of September next succeeding,
he was appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant-General
of the Third Division of the Second Corps. He resigned
250 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
the latter appointment on the 19th of December, 1862,
with a view of accepting the position of Assistant Adju-
tant-General, the resignation being accepted on the 20th
of January, 1863. When, on January olst, 1863, a com-
mission as Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General was
offered to him, he declined the same and retired from
the service, as he deemed himself entitled to the rank,
at least, of Major. While connected with the Army of
the Potomac, however, he participated in the battles of
First Bull Run, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Seven Pinea,
Gaines' Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, W)ute
Oaks Bridge, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam
and Fredericksburg.
On the 4th of November, 1863, he was appointee!
Major and Brigade Inspector of the National Guard of
the State of New Jersey. During the following year,
upon the recommendation of United States Senator
William Wright, he was appointed a First Lieutenant in
the Regular Army, but declined the honor. In the
organization of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, New
Jersey Volunteers, he was elected its Colonel, but
declined the compliment on account of the regiment
being enlisted for only one hundred days' service. On
the 6fch of July, 1865, he was commissioned Colonel of
the Second Regiment, New Jersey Rifle Corps ; and on
April 26th, 1869, he was elected Colonel of the Second
Regiment, N. G. N. J. ; on the 8th of May, 1869, he was
commissioned Brigadier-General of the First Brigade,
N. G. N. J., and on the tenth anniversary of the date of
this commission, he was also commissioned Brevet
Major-General, by General (then Governor) George B.
McClellan. On the 4th of April, 1885, he was com-
missioned Major-Genera] of the National Guard of the
State of New Jersey, to succeed General Gershom Mott,
whose sudden death had left the position vacant.
General Plume was four years a private, two years in
the army, four years a Colonel, and sixteen years a
Brigadier- General.
Adjutant-General.
William S. Stryker, Trenton.
General Stryker was born at Trenton, N. J., June 6th,
1838. He was educated at the College of New Jersey,
graduating there in the year 1858. He commenced the
study of law, and had nearly completed the course when
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the war broke out. As stated in " New Jersey and the
Rebellion," he entered the military service of the coun-
try, in response to the first call for troops. He then as-
sisted in organizing the Fourteenth Regiment, New Jer-
sey Volunteers, and in February 1863, was ordered to
Hilton Head, South Carolina, and made Major and A. D.
C. to Major-General Gilmore, then in command of the
Tenth Army Corps. He participated in the capture of
Morris Island and the bloody night attack on Fort
Wagner. Subsequently, he was transferred to the North,
on account of illness, and placed in charge of the Pay
Department, U. S. Army, at Parole Camp, Columbus,
Ohio. He was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel for meri-
torious service during the war, and resigning in June,
1866, was soon after placed upon the staff of the Execu-
tive of New Jersey. On April 12th, 1867, he was made
Brigadier-General and Adjutant-General of New Jersey,
which position he holds at the present time. He was
brevetted Major-General, for long and meritorious ser-
vice, February 9fch, 1874. He has compiled officially and
published a " Roster of Jerseymen in the Revolutionary
War," a '' Roster of New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil
War," and several works on historical subjects relating
to New Jersey. He was made a counselor-at-law of the
State of Ohio in the year 1866, was at one time Presi-
dent of the Trenton Banking Company, is a member of
a large number of State and county historical societies, a
Fellow of the American Geographical Society, and a
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. His salary is
$1,200 per year.
Quartermaster General.
Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly, Trenton.
General Donnelly was born at Richmond, Staten
Island, in the year 1841, of an Irish father and an Amer-
ican mother of Scotch descent. He was educated in the
district school of Richmond, and at a select boarding
school near Belleville, Essex county, N. J. In 1854, he
removed to Hoboken, N. J., and entered the law office of
Hon. J. Dunn Littell, remaining there until the decease
of his instructor, which occurred in 1857. He then
entered into mercantile pursuits as a clerk. He began
his military career in February, 1860, as a private in
Company B, First Regiment, Hudson Brigade. At the
breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he enlisted as
252 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
a private in Company I, First New Jersey Volunteers,
attached to Kearny's Brigade, Army of the Potomac, and
was advanced to the grades of Corporal and Sergeant
respectively, passing a creditable examination for pro-
motion just previous to the battle of Gaines' Mills. At
this engagement he was twice wounded, slightly in the
left arm during the early part, and severely during the
latter part of the fight. Left on the field of battle, he
was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison until
exchanged. He was discharged from the United States
service at McKim's Mansion Hospital, Baltimore, Md.,
by reason of physical disability caused by gun-shot
wounds received in battle. He returned home, and,
after a period of four months, was capable of resumiog
his position in New York City as a salesman.
In the year 1867 he removed to Trenton, and embarked
in the hosiery and furnishing goods business, which he
still carries on with the addition of that of ready-made
clothing. General Donnelly re-entered the military ser-
vice of New Jersey, March 18th, 1879, as Paymaster of the
Seventh Regiment, National Guard. He was promoted
Major, January 20th, 1881; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 31st,
1882, and Colonel, September 7th, 1882. He was appointed
Quartermaster-General by Governor Green, January 13th,
1890, which appointment was sent to the Senate by Gov-
ernor Abbett, and unanimously confirmed by that body
March 5th, 1890.
General Donnelly was selected by Governor Ludlow
as the Major of the provisional battalion which distin-
guished itself at Yorktown at the centennial celebration
in 1881, and was proffered by Governor Green the com-
mand of the veteran camp at Gettysburg during the
ceremonies of the unveiling of the monuments in 1888
to the New Jersey heroes of the battle of Gettysburg,
which he was obliged to decline in consetiuence of other
engagements. He was chairman of the Board of Com-
missioners to select grounds and erect buildings for the
new Soldiers' Home at Kearny, the work of which has
just been completed. He was appointed a Trustee of the
New Jersey State Reform School at Jamesburg by Gov-
ernor Abbett in 1885. He was re-appointed by the Joint
Meeting of the Legislature in 1888. He is one of the
Managers of the Home for Disabled Soldiers, having been
appointed by Governor Green, on the recommendation
of the Chief Justice, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of
the Hon. Rynear H. Veghte. In addition to the manage-
ment of a large mercantile business, General Donnelly is
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interested in several stock companies and land associa-
tions as a director, notwithstanding which, he gives time
to many beneficial and social societies to which he is
attached, and indulges in a fair amount of healthful out-
door recreations, which receive his encouragement.
Taking the statement of the press throughout, the ap-
pointment of General Donnelly as Quartermaster-'ieneral
gave much satisfaction, especially to the National Guard
and the Grand Army of the Republic, of which latter
organization he is also an active member, being a Past
Commander of Aaron Wilkes Post, No. 23.
The office of Quartermaster-General carries with it the
responsible positions of Commissary- General, Paymaster-
General and Chief of Ordnance. Salary, |1,200.
General Donnelly is a Democrat in politics. He was
twice elected to the House of Assembly, and has served
two terms as Mayor of the city of Trenton.
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Benjamix F. Lee, Trenton.
Mr. Lee was born in Port Elizabeth, Cumberland
county, N. J., in 1828. His father, Hon. Thomas Lee,
was a prominent public man, having served several
terms in Congress and the State Legislature, and been a
successful merchant in Port Elizabeth, where he died in
1856. The Hon. Thomas Lee was a brother of Colonel
Francis Lee, of the Regular Army, and a graduate of
West Point, who distinguished himself in the Mexican
war, and the father of Dr. Thomas Lee, a snrgeon in the
Regular Army, who died in 1838 from disease contracted
in the Florida war. This branch of the Lee family are
descendants of the Lees and Alexanders (Scotch and
Irish) who emigrated to this country prior to the
Revolution.
The subject of this sketch finished a thorough English
education under the tutorship of John Gummere, at
Burlington, in 1845, and immediately entered his father's
store, at Port Elizabeth, as partner. In time he suc-
ceeded the firm of Thomas & Benjamin F. Lee, and
finally, in 1860, retired from the business altogether. In
1863 he was elected Treasurer of the Cape May and Mill-
ville Railroad Company, and in 1866 Treasurer of the
West Jersey Marl and Transportation Company, which
position he resigned upon entering on the duties of
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Clerk of the Supreme Court. He was for several 5'ears a
Director of the State Agricultural Society of New Jersey.
Like his father, he was always an earnest and active
supporter of the Democratic doctrine, and took an active
part in politics. In 1856 he was a Presidential Elector,
and had served a term on the State Central Committee.
In 1858 his friends of the First District presented his
name in convention for nomination for Congress, and he
received thirty-nine of the forty -one votes necessary to a
choice. He was afterwards nominated for the Legisla-
ture from this district, which was largely Republican,
and after an exciting contest, was defeated by only three
votes. In 1870 Mr. Lee was nominated for Congress in
the First District. The district usually gave 3,700
Republican majority, and that year about 1,500 colored
voters were added, making nearly 6,000 to overcome,
but he was defeated by only 1,800 votes. This was the
first inroad made upon the large Republican majority in
the district. In the Gubernatorial Convention that
nominated Hon. Joel Parker, in 1871, Mr. Lee received
118 votes as a candidate for Governor — the entire
strength of his district. In 1872 he was appointed, by
Governor Parker, Clerk of the Supreme Court, which
appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.
In 1877 he was re-appointed by Governor Bedle, and his
appointment had the singular and unusual compliment of
a confirmation by the Senate without the customary
reference to a committee ; and again, in 1882, he was
similarly honored by Governor Ludlow and the Senate,
thus giving him a third term. And again, in 1887, he
was re-appointed by Governor Green, and unanimously
confirmed by the Senate. He is at present Treasurer of
the Democratic State Committee. His present term ex-
pires November 2d, 1892.
Olerk in Chancery.
Allan Langdon McDkrmott.
Mr. McDefmott was born in South Boston, Mass.,
March oOth, 1854, and has lived in New Jersey since
1856. He served his apprenticeship as a " typo," leaving
his trade in 1871 to enter the law oflSce of Hon. Leon
Abbett. In 1872 he concluded to " see the country," and
for two years traveled through the West and South as a
newspaper correspondent. Returning in 1874, he re-
BIOGRAPHIES-STATE OFFICERS. 255
sumed his legal studies with Hon. A. B, Dayton ; gradu-
ated from the Law School of the New York University
in May, and was admitted to the bar of that State in
June, 1877, being admitted as an attorney in New Jersey
in November of the same year, and as counselor three
years later. In April, 1879, Mr. McDermott was appointed
Corporation Attorney of Jersey City, which position he
resigned in 1883, having been appointed District Court
Judge by Governor Ludlow. In 1884 Governor Abbett
appointed him a member of the State Board of Assessors,
and in 1886 to his present office. Clerk in Chancery. In
1883 Mayor Taussig appointed Mr. McDermott a member
of the Board of Finance and Taxation of Jersey City,
and he acted as President of that body for nearly two
years. The reforms inaugurated under his recommenda-
tions while in this position won for him the high esteem
of the people of Jersey City. Upon his retirement from
the board, in 1885, the Jersey City Argus paid Mr.
McDermott the following compliment : " The with-
drawal of Allan L. ]\IcDermott from the management of
our municipal finances is a public calamity. His clear
head, his honesty of purpose and untiring energy have
rendered him of inestimable value to our city. He
was conspicuously the right man in the right place. By
liis efforts, mainly, the assessments upon corporate
property have been so re-adjusted as to yield annually an
increased revenue of §217,000 to Jersey City. This ser-
vice alone would be sufficient to merit for him the grati-
tude of the community. But he has done much more.
He has introduced and enforced rigid principles of
economy in our local expenditures, and has, with the
aid of his colleagues, established an admirable financial
system which has placed our credit above cavil or sus-
picion. In his retirement from this station, which he
has so much honored, he will carry with him the respect
and esteem of the people, who, so far as he is concerned,
will accord to him the approbation due to the good and
faithful servant who has done well."
Mr. McDermott was elected from the Fourth District
of Hudson county to the Assembly in 1879 and 1880, and,
in 1881, was the Democratic candidate for Speaker of the
House. He was Temporary Chairman of the State Con-
vention which nominated Governor Abbett, and Per-
manent Chairman of the Convention which nominated
Governor Green. He is now Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee. To his services in that capacity
is due, in no small measure, the extraordinary majority
256 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
given for Governor Green in Hudson county ; for Grover
Cleveland, for President, in 1888; for Governor Abbett,
in 1889, and, also, for the marvellous success of his party
in the legislative campaign of 1890. His term expires
March 29th, 1891.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Edwin Osborn Chapman, Trenton.
Mr. Chapman was born at Waterford, Conn., April Ist,
1842, was formerly an editor and literary writer, and for
many years a school teacher. At seventeen years of age
he was graduated at the Connecticut State Normal Col-
lege. He taught school in New London, in that State,
also in New York city, and he was Principal of the High •
School of Hudson City, N. J., for two years previous to
its consolidation with Jersey City and Bergen. Mr.
Chapman, at the opening of the war of the Rebellion,
served in the Second Connecticut Infantry, under Colonel
(now General) Alfred C. Terry, and holds a commission
as Colonel in the Union Veteran Army. He was elected
Superintendent of Schools at the first charter elei'tion of
the consolidated city of Jersey City, but was legislated
out of oflfice by the new charter of 1871. From that time,
and until he was first appointed to his present office, he
edited the trade publications of the American News
Company. He has been connected with several news-
papers in New York. He was a member of the Board
of Education of Jersey City from 1874 to 1878, and served
as Pr< sident one term. He served three years in the
House of Assembly from the Fourth District of Hudson
county. This district was then considered Republican,
but Mr. Chapman carried it, each year, by a considerable
majority. While in the House he served on some of the
most important committees, he invariably led in debate,
and was prominent in the shaping of wise legislation.
He was appointed by the State Board of Education,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, March 21st, 1885,
and served three years. In 1888 he was succeeded by
Colonel Cliarles W. Fuller, who served one year. The
power of appointment was conferred on the Governor
and Senate in 1889, when I\Ir. Chapman was nominated
and confirmed for a term of three years. His salary is
$3,000 a year, and his term will expire on February 27th,
1892.
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State Prison Keeper.
John H. Patterson, Trenton,
Mr. Patterson was born in the township of Middle-
town, Monmouth county, N. J., March 12th, 1834, on the
farm that had been owned and occupied b)' his ancestors
almost from the first settlement of the country. His
grandfather was surveyor and one of the commissioners
that located the Delaware and Raritan canal, was a
member of the Assembly and Council (now Senate), and
was one of the Judges of the Monmouth County Court
for thirty-two years. His father, James Patterson, was
an active business man. He was Director of the Board
of Chosen Freeholders of Monmouth county for seven-
teen years, was a member of the Assembly and Council,
and Pjesident of the Council during the administration
of Governor Pennington. Four of the Prison Keeper's
brothers were graduates of colleges, one from Princeton,
one from Madison University, of New York, and two
from Columbia. The old people, in former years, did
not consider it necessary for their children to have a col-
bgiate education, except to enter a profession, as they
termed it, and they believed a common-school education
was all that was necessary for a farmer. Consequently,
John H. was sent to a district school until he was thirteen
years of age, when he went to work on the farm. In the
summer he learned all kinds of farm work, and attended
school in the winter. Before he was twenty years of age
he caught the gold fever, then raging in California, and,
much against the wishes of his people, he determined to
migrate, and left New York in April, 1853, on the old
ship " Illinois," commanded by Capt. Herndon, for San
Francisco, and arrived there about May 1st. He started
at once for Northern California, and, arriving in Shasta,
engaged in mining and shipping goods from that place
to the different mining camps. He returned home in
the winter of 1856, at the earnest solicitation of his
father, who was growing old, and located on the home-
stead of his ancestors on the north bank of the Shrews-
bury river, Monmouth county, where he has since been
engaged in farming, oystering, and the lime and vessel
bu'-iness. His grandfather and father were both JefFer-
ponian Democrats. The first vote Mr. Patterson cast wa=i
fi)r John Bigler, the second time he ran for Governor of
Calif)rnia, when he was defeated by Neilly Johnson, the
Know-Nothing candidate ; and for Joseph McKibben,
who was elected to Congress, and who at one time was
258 BIOGRAPHIES—STATE OFFICERS.
one of the proprietors of the Girard House, Philadelphia.
Mr. Patterson was a member of the State Convention of
California that selected delegates to the Baltimore Con-
vention VFhich nominated James Buchanan for the Presi-
dency. He was always active in politics in his own
county, and was nominated for Sheriff in 1868, was
elected for one year, and re-elected for two years. In
1872 he was nominated for Congress over Robert S.
Green, late Governor, and Hon. Miles Ross, who were
candidates before the Convention. This was during the
celebrated Greeley campaign, and owing to dissension in
the party, caused by the nomination of Mr. Greeley,
there was then only one Democrat elected to Congress
in the State. Mr. Patterson was badly defeated, and he
has often wished that either of his competitors had car-
ried off the honors. When the Democrats gained the
ascendency in the Forty-Fourth Congress, Mr. Fitzhugh,
of Texas, was elected Doorkeeper of the House of Repre-
sentatives. He was very soon removed, and Mr. Patter-
son was appointed to the position. He was a candidate
for re-election, but, in the distribution of the patronage,
this office was conceded to the South, and Colonel Polk,
nephew of ex-President Polk, and a conspicuous Confed-
erate Army officer, was chosen in his stead, but was
removed two months afterwards for irregularities in
office. Mr. Patterson returned to his farm and business,
which engrossed his attention until he received the
appointment of Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison
from Governor Abbett, which was unanimously con-
firmed by the Senate. His whole life has been an earn-
est, active and busy one.
His salary is $3,500 per year, and his term expires April
22d, 1891.
State Librarian.
MoERis R. Hamilton, Trenton.
Col. Hamilton was born at Oxford Furnace, Sussex
county, N. J., May 24th, 1820. and is the son of the late
Gen. Samuel R. Hamilton, of Trenton, who was Quarter-
master-General of the State for twenty-five years, being
the immediate predecessor of General Lewis Perrine in
that office. He was of Scotch descent, Col. Hamilton
being a great-grandson of John Hamilton, Provincial
Governor of New Jersey from 1736 to 1747, and of Andrew
Robeson, Surveyor-General of the Province at the same
BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS. 259
time— both being Scotch emigrants. The State Librarian
was educated at the old Trenton Academy, Lawrenceville
High School, and Princeton College, from which he
graduated in 1839. He studied law with his father, and
was admitted to the bar in 1842. He practiced in Camden
two years, and in Philadelphia two years, in addition to
being employed in the Philadelphia Post Office, from
1844 to 1849, when he resigned to take editorial charge
of the Trenton True American, which he conducted until
1853, when it was sold to Judge Naar. Since that time
he has been professionally connected with the press of
New Jersey, New York, Missouri and Pennsylvania,
having occupied editorial positions upon the New York
National Democrat, the Stissex Herald, the Camden Demo-
crat, Newark Journal, Sussex Record, Kansas City News,
Elizabeth Herald and Philadelphia Record, during a period
of thirty-live years. He obtained the title of Colonel by
serving upon' Governor Fort's staff from 1851 to 1854.
He was elected State Librarian, by the Commissioners,
February 27ch, 1884, for a term of five years, and was
re- elected for another term in 1889. His salary is $2,000
a year.
State Board of Assessors.
Alexander G. Cattell, President, Merchantville.
Ex-United States Senator Alexander G. Cattell, who
has his home in Merchantville, Camden county, is a son
of Thomas W. Cattell, and was born at Salem, N. J.,
February 12th, 1816, where he obtained his education.
On arriving at manhood he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits, which he followed in his native town until 1846.
He was elected to the New Jersey Legislature in 1840,
when but twenty-four years of age, and was Clerk of the
House in 1842-43. In 1844 he was a member of the con-
vention to revise the State Constitution, and the youngest
member of that body. In 1846 he went to Philadelphia,
and has been engaged in mercantile pursuits and bank-
ing in that city and Camden ever since, although he
removed his residence to Merchantville, N. J., in 1863.
He was a member of both branches of Councils in Phila-
delphia; one of the early Presidents of the Corn Ex-
change Association, and in 1857 organized the Corn
Exchange Bank, of which he was for thirteen years
President. He was elected United States Senator from
New Jersey, in 1866, to succeed Hon. J. P. Stockton, and
260 BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS.
on account of ill health, declined a second term. He
served in the Senate on the Finance Committee, and
was Chairman of the Library Committee. He was ap-
pointed by President Grant as a Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, but declined the office. Later, his
services were brought into requisition on the first Board
of Civil Service Commissioners, of which George William
Curtis wasChairman.andattheend of two years resigned
to accept the position of Financial Agent of the United
States in London, to conduct the refunding of the six
per cent, bonds at a lower rate of interest. He spent
one year in London in this work and succeeded in
refunding $100,000,000 at five per cent. General Grant
regarded him as one of his wisest advisers and best
friends. At this time Mr. Cattell is a bale and active
man of afi'airs, engaged in a number of business enter-
prises, confined chiefly to New Jersey. He is President
of the New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of
(Camden — the first institution of the kind formed in his
native State. One of Mr. Cattell's marked peculiarities
is his power of attracting and holding the friendship and
confidence of men in all stations of life in which he has
been placed — a quality which is due in part to the un-
swerving honesty and fidelity of his nature and conduct
in all the relations of life, and in part to that rare pos-
session called personal magnetism.
Mr. Cattell was appointed a member of the State
Board of Assessors in 1884, and was re-appointed in
1887. He was elected President of the Board in 1889.
His term of office will expire May 2d, 1891.
Abraham M. Reynolds, Newark.
Mr. Reynolds was born in Bloomfield, Essex county,
N. J., July 13th, 1830 He received a liberal education,
and early became engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Newark, of which city he has been a resident since 1845.
During several years he was engaged in the business of
banking and exchange in Newark. In 18(51 he was
elected Sheriff of Essex county by a majority of 1,500,
although the county was strongly Republican. He filled
the office for three years. Afterwards he resumed the
banking business. He also held several other offices of
honor and trust. He was appointed Railroad Commis-
sioner of New Jersey, April 1st, 1882, and held that office
until the creation of the State Board of Assessors in
BIOGRAPHIES— STATE OFFICERS. 261
April, 1884, when he became a member of that body.
He was re-appointed in 1887 for a term of four years.
His term will expire on April 5th, 1891.
Ferdinand H. Wismer, Newark.
Mr. Wismer was born in Berlin, Germany, July 27th,
1833. He was educated in the common school, and is a
tailor by trade. He came to the United States in 1851
and to Newark in 1852, where he has since resided. In
1856 he cast his first vote for James Buchanan. In 1857
he engaged in the wholesale manufacture of clothing.
He was elected twice a member of the Aqueduct Board
of Newark, and was a Director of the German National
Bank from 1876 until 1890, when he withdrew. He has
been President since its organization (1881) of the New-
ark German Building and Loan Association. He was
appointed a member of the State Board of Assessors by
Governor Green in 1887. His term expiree in 1891.
Bird W. Spencer, Passaic.
General Spencer was born in New Jersey, in 1845. He
entered the service of the New York, Lake Erie and
Western Railroad Company January 1st, 1860, where he
remained for twenty five years. During that period he
served as clerk, division superintendent, paymaster,
cashier, assistant treasurer and treasurer. In 1863 he
enlisted in the Seventh Regiment, N. Y., and has served
continuously in the militia from that year until the
present time. On May 4th, 1876, he was appointed
Colonel and Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Governor
Bedle; June 4th, 1878, Major and Deputy Qurtermaster,
and on May 23d, 1881, Brigadier-General and Inspector-
General of Rifle Practice.
He is now a member of the firm of Campbell, Morrell
& Co., merchants, Passaic, and he is also president of the
State Trust and Safe Deposit Company. He has been
Mayor of the city of Passaic three terms, or six years
altogether, from 1879 to 1885. He was a member ol
Common Council for five years prior to his election as
Mayor and he has also held that ofiice since 1885. He
was appointed a member of the State Board of Assessors
17
262 BIOGRAPHIES— SlATE OFFICERS.
by [Governor ^Green, in May, 1889, for a term of four
years. His term will expire in May, 1893.
Superintendent State Capitol.
Bernard J. Ford, Trenton,
Mr. Ford was born in Ireland, August 27th, 1835, and
came to this country at the age of eight with his parents.
At the age of fourteen he began to learn the hat finishing
business with the old established firm of Rankin, Duryee
& Co., of Newark, N. J. Mr. Rankin was the grandfather
and Mr. Duryee, the father of Hon. George S. Duryee.
Mr. Ford has been identified with the hat-finishing
trade union and took an active part in its organization.
He was president for three years and a delegate to the
national convention. He was elected treasurer of the
National Association, but declined the ofiice, and was
unanimously elected a director of that body for four
years. He has taken an active part in politics, and has
been a delegate to the Democratic State Conventions for
twenty-five consecutive years. In 1860 he was appointed
Sealer of Weights and Measures by the Common Council
of Newark, but after three months' service resigned. He
was appointed Sergeant of Police in Newark, which office
he held for one year and resigned, because police duty
was not agreeable to him. In 1876 he was appointed
Excise Commissioner of Newark by the late Mayor Perry,
was re-appointed in 1880 by Mayor Henry J. Yates, and
in 1883 was again appointed by Mayor Joseph E. Haynes.
In 1885 he was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue by Mr. Samuel Klotz, which oflSce he held
until appointed by Governor Green to the position he
now holds. He was a strong advocate of Grover Cleve-
land in 1884, and went to the Chicago Convention to do
what he could for his nomination. He has attended
every Democratic National Convention since 1864, and
knows every prominent man in the State of both parties.
Among his warm personal friends were the late Governor
Randolph, Governor Parker, Francis S. Lathrop and ex-
TJ. S. Senator William Wright ; also ex-Governor Bedle
and Lewis C. Grover. He was identified with the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. and the New Jersey
Central Railroad for fifteen years, whose interests he
looked after in the Legislature. His term of ofiice expires
in 1892.
APPOINTMENTS. 263
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
1891.
The following offices will be filled by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, in 1891 :
A Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, in the
place of Martin Cole, April 10th ; also one in place of
John McGregor, deceased.
A Clerk in Chancery, in the place of Allan L. McDer-
mott, March 29th.
A Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison, in the place
of John H. Patterson, April 22d.
Supervisor of the New Jersey State Prison, Henry L.
Butler, (holding over).
Riparian Commissioner, in the place of Willard C.
Fisk, May Ist.
Three members of the State Board of Assessors, in the
place of Alexander G. Cattell, May 2d ; Abraham M.
Reynolds, April 5th, and Ferdinand H. Wismer, April 6th.
A Judge of the District Court of Jersey City, in the
place of Alfred B. Dayton, March 24th.
Law Judges as follows : Richard S. Kuhl, Hunterdon,
and Lewis J. Martin, Sussex ; both April Ist.
Lay Judges, Richard J. Byrnes, Atlantic, April Ist;
Hiram D. White, ad interim, Warren.
Prosecutors of the Pleas : William B. Gourley, Passaic ;
Sylvester C. Smith, Warren; both April 1st; Octavius
P. Chamberlain, Hunterdon, April 6th; William R. Wil
son, Union, April 19th ; Middlesex county, vacancy.
Managers of Morristow'n Asylum : James S. Green,
Hiram C. Clark; both March 24th; George W. Terre-
berry and Nathan W. Voorhees, holding over.
Trustees of the School for Deaf-Mutes: Theodore W.
Morris and Richard L. Howell ; both April 1st. Vacan-
cies, Henry B. Crosby and Samuel Rhinehart; latter
resigned.
Trustees of the State Reform School for Boys: Patrick
Farrely, P. Hampton WyckofF; both January 31st; Na-
thaniel S. Rue, Richard A. Donnelly ; both March 17th.
Trustees of the Industrial School for Girls: Aaron
Carter, Jeremiah O'Rourke, George C. Maddock, January
3lRt ; Edward H. Stokes, March 19th.
Visitors to Agricultural College: Wilson D. Haven,
Abraham T. Sergeant, Oliver Crane, William M. Force ;
all April 18th.
A member of the State Board of Charities and Correc-
tions, in place of Martin V. B. Searing, April 18th.
264 APPOINTMENTS.
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OP THE SENATE.
State Board of Health, Ezra M. Hunt, May lat.
Board of Pharmacy, William R. Laird, June 1st.
State Board of Medical Examiners : Hugh C. Hendry,
Henry G. Wagoner, Anthony H. Worthington; all
July 8th.
JOINT MEETING APPOINTMENTS.
1891 — A State Treasurer, and State Comptroller, and
two Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, State Director
of Railroads and Canals, Commissioners of Deeds, Police
Justices, and all the Trustees of the State Normal School.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
1892.
The following offices will be filled by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, in 1892:
A Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in the place of
Mercer Beasley, March 8th.
A Secretary of State, in the place of Henry C. Kelsey,
April Ist.
An Attorney-General, in the place John P. Stockton,
April 5th.
A Clerk of the Supreme Court, in the place of Benjamin
F. Lee, November 2d.
A Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, in the
place of the successor of John McGregor, deceased, April
7th.
A Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the place of
Edwin O. Chapman, February 27th.
A Superintendent of the State House, in the place of
Bernard J. Ford, May 22d.
Riparian Commissioner, in the place of Richard B.
Reading, March 27th.
Commissioners of Pilotage ; Thomas S. Negus, Robert
Simonson, Daniel C. Chase, William M. Gamble, Wil-
liana Errickson ; all April 19th.
APPOINTMENTS. 265
Deputy Inspectors of Factories : Patrick Callan, John
D'Arcy, Evan R. White, April 9th ; Joseph S. Winthal,
Thomas Cogan, Francis Sayre, June 20th.
Harbor Master for Hudson county, Peter H. Daly,
February 27th.
Law Judges: Passaic, John Hopper; Camden, Alfred
Hugg ; both April 1st.
Lay Judges: Atlantic, Enoch Cordery; Bergen, Garret
G. Ackerson; Burlington, Benajah P. Wills; Cape May,
Jesse D. Ludlam; Cumberland, Eli B. Hendee; Essex,
Michael J. Ledwith ; Gloucester, Edmund Jones ; Hud-
son, Elijah T. Paxton ; Mercer, Josiah W. Wright ; Mid-
dlesex, Matthew O'Gorman ; Monmouth, Charles A.
Bennett, Sr. ; Morris, De Witt C. Quimby ; Ocean, Wil-
liam A. Low ; Salem, William A. Wood ; Somerset,
Charles M. Jamison; Union, Lewis S. Hyer; all
April 1st.
Prosecutor of the Pleas : Ocean, Thomas W. Middleton,
March 16th.
Trustees of the School for Deaf-Mutes : Eobert S.
Woodruff, March 29th ; James M. Seymour, April 18th.
Trustees of the State Reform School for Boys : Henry
F. Goeken, John F. Downing, April 19th.
Trustees of the Industrial School for Girls : Lewis
Parker, Ephraim R. Cook, April 20th.
Managers of the Home for Feeble-Minded Women :
Mrs. Emily H. Williamson, Joseph Parrish, March 28th.
State Board of Charities, Benjamin Edge, April 19th.
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OP THE SENATE.
State Board of Pharmacy, Harry 0. Ryerson, July 12th.
State Board of Health, Ezra A. Osborn, May Ist.
State Board of Medical Examiners : William L. Newell,
Eugene Tiessler, William Perry Watson, July 8th.
U. S. GOVERNMENT.
President — Benj. Harrison, of Indiana. Salary, $50,000.
Vice President — Levi P. Morton, of New York. Salary,
$10,000.
• Secretary of State — James G. Blaine, of Maine. Salary,
$8,000.
Secretary of the Treasury — William Windom, of Min-
nesota. Salary, $8,000.
Secretary of War — Redfield Proctor, of Vermont. Sal-
ary, ss.ooo.
Secretary of the Navy — Benjamin F. Tracy, of New
York. Salary, $8,000.
Secretary of the Interior — John W. Noble, of Missouri.
Salary, $8,000.
Attorney-General— William H. H. Miller, of Indiana.
Salary, $8,000.
Postmaster-General — John Wanamaker, of Pennsyl-
vania. Salary, $8,000.
Secretary of Agriculture — Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wis-
consin. Salary, $8,000.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court — Melville W. Ful-
ler, of Illinois. Salary, $10,500.
Associate Justices — Stephen J. Field, of California;
Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey ; John M. Harlan, of
Kentucky ; Samuel Blatchford, of New York ; Horace
Gray, of Massachusetts; L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi;
David J. Brewer, of Kansas; Henry B. Brown, of Michi-
gan. Salary, $10,000 each.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue — John W. Mason,
of West Virginia. Salary, $6,000.
Commissioner of Pensions — Green B. Raum, of Illi-
nois. Salary, $5,000.
Commissioner of Patents— Charles E. Mitchell, of Con-
necticut. Salary, $4,500.
Commissioners of Indian Affairs — E. Darwin .James,
New York ; Philip C. Garrett, Pennsylvania. Salary,
$4,000 each.
Solicitor-General— Orlow W. Chapman, of New York.
Salary, $7,000.
General of the Army— J. M. Schofield. Salary, $13,500.
Admiral of the Navy — David D. Porter, District of Col-
umbia. Salary, $1:1,000.
U. S. Treasurer — James N. Huston, of Indiana.
Comptroller of Currency — E. S. Lacy, of Michigan.
Superintendent of Census — Robert P. Porter.
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U. S. COURT OFFICIALS.
The United States District Court was organized at New
Brunswick, on Tuesday, December 22d, 1789.
DISTRICT JUDGES.
David Brearley 1789
Robert Morris 1790
William S. Pennington 1817
William Rossell 1826
Mahlou Dickerson 1840
Philemon Dickerson 1841
Richard S. Field 1863
John T. Nixon 1870
Edward T. Green 1889
CLERKS.
Jonatlian Dayton 1789
Andrew Kirkpatrick 1790
Robert Boggs 1791
William Pennington 1817
Joseph C. Potts 1840
Edward N. Dickerson 1844
Philemon Dickerson, Jr 1853
Andrew Dutcher 1862
Ralph H. Shreve 1863
E. Mercer Shreve 1868
Robert C. Belville 1871
William S. BelviUe 1875
Linsly Rowe 1882
MARSHALS.
Thomas Lowrey 1789
John Heard 1802
Oliver Bariiett 1802
Oliver W. Ogden 1808
Robert S. Kennedy 1849
George H. Nelden 1853
Benijah Deacon 1806
W. Budd Deacon 1868
Samuel Plummer 1869
Robert L. Hutchinson 1877
W. Budd Deacon 1882
A. E. Gordon 188P
W. Budd Deacon 1889
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Richard Stockton 1789
Abraham Ogden 1792
Lucius H. Stockton 1798
George C. Maxwell 18j2
Joseph Mcllvaine 18J4
Lucius Q C. Elmer 1824
Garret D. Wall 1828
James S. Green 1837
William Halstead 1849
Garritt S. Cannon 1853
Anthony Q. Keasbey. 1861
Job H. Lippincott 1886
Samuel F Bigelow 1887
George S. Dufyee 1888
Henry S. White, 1890.
U. S. OFFICIALS, 1891.
Circuit Judge William McEennan.
District Judge Edward T. Green.
District Attorney Henry S. White.
Assistant District Attorney Sherrerd Depue.
Marshal W. Budd Deacon.
Clerk of District Court I^insly Rowe.
Deputy Clerk of District Court Frank R. Brandt.
Clerk of Circuit Court 8. Duncan Oliphant.
Deputy Clerk of Circuit Court Henry D. Oliphant.
Postmaster at Trenton Alexander C. Yard.
Internal Revenue Collector— First District Isaac Moffett.
" " " Fifth District George H. Large.
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STATE OFFICERS.
Governor — Leon Abbett; term expires 1893.
Private Secretary to the Governor — Leon Abbett, Jr.,
1893.
Secretary of State— Henry C. Kelsey, 1892.
Assistant Secretary of State — Alexander H. Rickey,
1892.
Treasurer— John J, Toffey, 1891.
Comptroller— Edward J. Anderson, 1891.
Attorney-General — John P. Stockton, 1892.
Adjutant-General— William S. Stryker.
Assistant Adjutant-General — S. Meredith Dickinson.
Quartermaster-General — Richard A. Donnelly.
Inspector-General — William C. Heppenheimer.
Judge Advocate-General — William F. Abbett.
Major- General — Joseph W. Plume.
Chancellor— Alexander T. McGill, 1894.
f Abraham V. Van Fleet, 1894.
Vice Chancellors- J ^^^^ '^- ^^^^' l^^^"
vice L^nanceuors < Henry C. Pitney, 1896.
i Robert S. Green, 1897.
Vice Ordinary and Vice Surrogate-General — Abraham
V. Van Fleet, 1894.
Clerk of Supreme Court — Benjamin F. Lee, 1892.
Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court — Alfred Lawshe, 1892.
VAerk in Chancery — Allan L. McDermott, 1891.
Chancery Reporter — S. Meredith Dickinson, 1895.
Law Reporter— Garret D. W. Vroom, 1893.
State Librarian — Morris R. Hamilton, 1894.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction — Edwin O.
Chapman, 1892.
Keeper of the State Prison — John H. Patterson, 1891.
Supervisor of the State Prison — Henry L. Butler (holds
over).
State Geologist— John C. Smock.
Chief of Bureau of Statistics— James Bishop, 1893.
Superintendent of the State House and Public Grounds
—Bernard J. Ford, 1892.
Warden Morris Plains Asylum— M. B. Monroe.
Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Lawrence T.
Fell, Orange, 1 894. Deputies— John D'Arcy, E. R. White,
Patrick Callan, Joseph S. Winthal, Thomas Cogan, Fran-
cis Sayre ; all 1892.
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ISTATE OFFICERS. 269
Secretary State Board of Health— Ezra M. Hunt, M.D.,
1891.
State Dairy Commissioner— George W. McGuire.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court— Mercer Beasley,
1892.
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court— Manning M.
Knapp, 1896; Edward W. Scudder, 1897; Bennett Van
Syckel, 1897; David A. Depue, 1894; Alfred Reed, 1896;
Jonathan Dixon, 1896; William J. Magie, 1894; Charles
G. Garrison, 1895.
Court of Errors and Appeals — The Chancellor, the Jus-
tices of the Supreme Court, and Lay Judges Hendrick
H. Brown, 1896; John Clement, 1894; Jonathan S.
Whitaker, 1893 ; Martin Cole, 1891 ; (vacancy) ; Abraham
C. Smith, 1895. Clerk, Secretary of State.
Court of Pardons— Governor, Chancellor and Lay
Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals. Clerk, Secre-
tary of State.
State Board of Agriculture — President, Edward Bur-
rough, C^amden ; Vice-President, Morris Bacon, Green-
wich ; Treasurer, D. D. Denise, Freehold ; Secretary,
Franklin Dye, Trenton.
Managers of Morristown Asylum — James S. Green,
1891 ; Eugene Vanderpool, 189o ; George A. Halsey, 1893 ;
Hiram C. C^lark, 1891 ; John Adams Wells, 18^i3 ; John
W. Jackson, 1895 ; Josiah Meeker, 1893 ; N. W. Voorhees
holds over; George W. Terriberry holds over; Romeo
F. Chabert, 1894. Medical Director, H. C. Harris, M.D.
Managers of Trenton Asylum — Chester Van Syckel,
1891; Caleb S. Green, 1894; D. McLean Forman, 1892;
Joseph H. Bruere, 1895 ; G. D. W. Vroom, 1894 ; James
Bishop, 1892; Benjamin F. Carter, 1892; Wm. L. Dayton,
1892; J. Howard Pugh, 1894; William S. Stryker, 1894.
Superintendent, John W. Ward, M.D. ; President, Caleb
S. Green ; Secretary, G. D. W. Vroom.
State Board of Education— Governor, Attorney-Gen-
eral, Comptroller, Secretary of State, President of the
Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, the Trustees and
Treasurer of the Normal School, and the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction.
Trustees of the School Fund — Governor, Secretary of
State, President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly,
Attorney-General, and Comptroller.
Trustees of Normal School — First District, Isaac N.
Bagley, William L. Newell. Second District, J. Howard
Pugh, Cornelius Shepherd. Third District, Francis X.
Schoonmaker, James Deshler {ad interim). Fourth Dis-
270 SIAIE OFFICERS.
trict, E. G. Reed, Edward P. Conkling. Fifth District,
Nicholas Murray Butler, James Holmes. Sixth District,
James L. Hays, Andrew A. Smalley. Seventh District,
John Newman, William R. Banicklo {ad interim). All
their terms expired in 1890, but under the law they all
holdover. President, James L. Hays; Vice-President,
Cornelius Shepherd ; Secretary, Edwin 0. Chapman ;
Treasurer, James B. Woodward. Principal, James M.
Green.
Trustees of School for Deaf-Mutes — The Governor,
Comptroller, Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Marcus Beach, 1893 ; Theodore W. Morris, 1891 ; Richard
L. Howell, 1891; Thomas T. Kinney, 1893; Robert S.
Woodruff, 1892; Henry B.Crosby, 1890; one vacancy, and
James M. Seymour, 1892. Superintendent, Weston Jen-
kins. Steward, John Wright.
Inspectors of State Prison — George A. Heaney, 1895,
of Hudson ; Hermann Schalk, of Essex ; John P. Flan-
agan, of Middlesex; Thomas P. Curley, of Camden; and
Charles H. Mickel, of Cumberland. All their terms,
except that of Mr. Heaney, expire in 1894.
Trustees of State Industrial School for Girls — George
C. Maddock, 1891 ; Edward H. Stokes, 1891 ; Aaron Car-
ter, 1891 ; Ephraim R. Cook, 1892; Lewis Parker, 1892;
Jeremiah O'Rourke, 1891.
Trustees of Reform School for Boys — Richard A. Don-
nelly, 1891 ; Patrick Farrely, 1891 ; P. Hampton Wyckoff",
1891; Nathaniel S. Rue, 1891; Henry F. Goeken, 1892;
John F. Downing, 1892. Superintendent, Ira Otterson.
Council of State Charities and Correction — Governor
Abbett, President; Martin V. B. Searing, Morris, 1891 ;
Frank P. McDermott, Monmouth, 1896; Benjamin Edge,
Hudson, 1892 ; Henry Fredericks, Camden, 1896 ; Aaron
K. Baldwin, Essex, 1896.
District Court Judges — Camden, E. Ambler Armstrong;
Elizabeth, Joseph Cross ; Hoboken, Abel I. Smith ; Jersey
City, Alfred B. Dayton, William P. Douglass; Newark,
Thomas S. Henry, John A. Miller, Jr. ; Paterson, Francis
Scott, Jr. ; Trenton, William M. Lanning. Judge Henry's
term expires in 1895, Judge Dayton's in 1891, and the
terms of all the other Judges in 1893.
United States Senators— John R. McPherson, 1895;
Rufus Blodgett, 1893.
Representatives in Fifty-First Congress — 1st District,
Christopher A. Bergen; 2d, James Buchanan; 3d, Jacob
A. Geissenhainer; 4tli, Samuel Fowler; 5th, Cornelius A.
Cadmus; 6th, Thomas Dunn English; 7th, Edward F.
McDonald.
STATE OFFICERS. 271
Commissioners of State Library — Governor, Chancel-
lor, Chief Justice, Secretary of State, Treasurer and
Comptroller.
Commissioners of Agricultural College Fund — Gov-
ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney-General
and Comptroller.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund— Henry M. Sawyer,
Cape May, 1891 ; John H. Laird, Englishtown, 1891. Sec-
retary, Charles S, Knisell.
Riparian Commissioners — Willard C. Fisk, Jersey City,
1891^ Miles Ross, New Brunswick, 1894; Richard B.
Reading, Raven Rock, 1892; Richard N. Herring, Cam-
den, 1893.
Commissioners of Pilotage — Thomas S. Negus, 1892;
Robert Simonson, 1892; William M. Gamble, 1892; Wil-
liam Errickson, 1892; Daniel C. Chase, 1892.
State Board of Health— Laban Dennis, 1894 ; Franklin
Gauntt, 1896; Ezra M. Hunt, 1891; E. A. Osborne, 1892;
Edward J. O'Reilly, 1893 ; Cyrus F. Brackett, 1895 ; Albert
R. Leeds, 1897.
State Board of Assessors — Abraham M. Reynolds, 1891 ;
Alexander G. Cattell, 1891 ; Ferdinand H. Wismer, 1891 ;
Bird W. Spencer, 1893.
State Medical Board — Hugh C. Hendry, Newark;
Henry G. Wagoner, Somerville ; Anthony H. Worthing-
ton, Trenton ; all in 1891. William L. Newell, Millville;
Eugene Tie8sler, Orange ; William Perry Watson, Jersev
City; David R. Atwell, Hoboken ; all in 1892. Armin
Uebelacker, Morriatown ; George W. Brown, Long
Branch ; all in 1893.
State Board of Dentistry — Edward M. Beasley, Belvi-
dere, 1894; Alvin R. Eaton, Elizabeth, 1-891; Frederick
A. Levy, Orange, 1893 ; Frederick C. Barlow^ Jersey City,
1892; G. Carlton Brown, Elizabeth, 1890.
State Board of Pharmacy — William R. Laird, Jersey
City, 1891; Harry O. Ryerson, Newton, 1892; Albert P.
Brown, Camden, 1893; August Drescher, Newark, 1894 ;
Alberts. Elwell, Bridgeton, 1895.
New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers — Managers:
Colonel Edward H. Wright, Newark; Amzi Dodd, New-
ark; Marcus L. Ward, Newark; General J. Watts
Kearny, Kearny ; General E. Burd Grubb, Edgewater
Park; General Richard A. Donnelly, Trenton. Officers:
Superintendent, Major Peter P. Rogers ; Surgeon, Dr. J.
A. Brumley ; Adjutant, Thomas Arrowsmith ; Chaplain,
Rev. Isaac Tuttle.
Commissioner of Insurance — Secretary of State, ex-
offido.
272 SI ATE OFFICERS.
State Director of Joint Companies — E. F. C. Young,
Jersey City. (Yearly.)
Fish Commissioners — Robert D. Foote, Morristown,
1893 ; Francis M. Ward, Newton, 1893 ; Albert Newell,
Salem, 1894.
Fish Wardens — Atlantic, John F. Cordery, Samuel E.
Tilton ; Bergen, Abram Terhune, George Ricardo ; Bur-
lington, Charles H. Vansciver, Levi French ; Camden,
John McCormick, Henry J. Neutze; Cape May, Edwin
F. Westcott, Zebulon L. York ; Cumberland, James H.
Elkinton ; Essex, Charles F. Murphy, Thomas A. Sisco ;
Gloucester, James H. Pierson, Charles B. Piatt ; Hunter-
don, William M. Huffman, Thomas M. Warford ; Mercer,
Roeloff" Van Dyke, Henry Fahrenbach, Jr. ; Middlesex,
Vanderbilt S. Voorhees, James M. Parsons; Monmouth,
John Borden, William I. Conover; Morris, Howard P.
Frothingham, Stephen A. Guerin ; Ocean, Joseph Hel-
frich ; Passaic, Charles A. Shriner, George Waldron ;
Salem, William Lawrence, Paul Jacquett ; Somerset,
Cornelius L. Honeyman, John S. Field ; Sussex, David
Couse, Jr., Warren H. Vansickel, Donald Mc Vicar ; Union,
Percy Ohl, William F. Force ; Warren, John C. Kitchen,
Timothy T. Cook.
State Board of Visitors to the Agricultural College:
Ist District — James Newell, Salem, 1892; Thomas H.
Dudley, Camden, 1892. 2d District— Wilson D. Haven,
Trenton, 1891; William F. Morgan, Burlington, 1892.
3d District — David A. Denise, Monmouth, 1892; James
Neilson, New Brunswick, 1892. 4th District — Caleb
Wyckoff, Warren, 1892; Abraham S. Sergeant, Hunter-
don, 1891. 5th District — Samuel R. Demarest, Bergen,
1892; Oliver Crane, Morristown, 1891. 6th District-
William R. Ward, Newark, 1892; William M. Force,
Newark, 1891. 7th District — Abram W. Duryee, Jersey
City, 1892; James Stevens, Jersey City, 1892.
Board of Managers of the New Jersey Home for the
Care and Training of Feeble-Miuded Women — Alexander
G. Cattell, Merchantville, 1894 ; Belmont Perry, Wood-
bury, 1894 ; Benjamin F. Lee, Trenton, 1894 ; Joseph
Parrish, Burlington, 1892; Mrs. Emily H. Williamson,
Elizabeth, 1892; Mrs. Annie E. Gile, Orange, 1896; Mrs.
Caroline B. Alexander, Hoboken, 1896.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
County Officers, with the Date op the Expiration
OF their Term op Office, Time of
Holding Courts, &c.
County Collector's term of office is one year.
Atlantic County.
County Seat — Mays Landing. Population, about 800.
Sheriff— Charles R. Lacey, 1893.
Coroners — John S. Westcott, 1892; Harvey E. Bowles,
1891 ; Joseph C. Farr, 1893.
County Clerk — Lewis Evans, 1895.
Surrogate— John S. Risley, 1892.
Countv Collector — Allen B. Endicott, Atlantic City.
President Judge— Alfred Reed, 1896.
Lay Judges — Enoch Cordery, 1892 ; Joseph Scull, 1893 ;
Richard J. Byrnes, 1891.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Joseph Thompson, 1893.
County Board of Registry — Harry S. Scull, James S.
Tilt on, Dems.; James D. Southwick, Joseph E. P. Abbott,
Reps.
Terms of Court — April, September and December —
second Tuesday.
Bergen County.
County Seat — Hackensack. Population, about 4,300.
Sheriff— James A. Haring, 1892.
Coroners— Jacob M. Hill, 1892; Charles P. Yoe, 1892;
Nelson W. Young, 1893.
County Clerk— Samuel Taylor, 1895.
Surrogate— David A. Pell, 1893.
County Collector — John W. Bogart, Hohokus.
President Judge — Jonathan Dixon, 1896.
. Law Judge — James M. Van Valen, 1893.
Lay Judges — Garret G. Ackerson, 1892 ; Aaron G. Gar-
rison, 1894.
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274 CO VNTY DIRECTOR Y.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — A. D. Campbell, 1895.
County Board of Registry — John O. Grode, William
Ely, Dems. ; Peter Dammer, Abraham C. Holdrum, Reps.
Terms of Court — April, first Tuesday; September, sec-
ond Tuesday ; and December, second Tuesday.
Burlington County.
County Seat — Mount Holly.
Sherifi"— Charles H. Shinn, 1893.
Coroners — Enoch De Worth, 1892; Joshua D. Janney,
1893 ; Charles W. Heisler, 1893.
County Clerk— Charles T. Parker, 1893.
Surrogate — Henry Darnell, 1891.
Auditor — Joseph S. Gibson.
County Collector — Joseph Powell, Lumberton.
President Judge — Charles G. Garrison, 1895.
Lay Judges — Stacy H. Scott, 1894; Benajah P. Wills,
1892 ; Joshua Forsyth, 1893.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Eckard P. Budd, 1895.
County Board of Registry — James 0. Glasgow, Enoch
HoUingshead, Dems.; Nathan Haines, Henry J. Irick,
Reps.
Terms of Court — April and December, third Tuesday ;
September, fourth Tuesday.
Oamden County.
County Seat — Camden. Population, 58,274.
Sheriff— Henry J. West, 1893.
Coroners- Edwin R. Smiley, Edward E. Jefferies, Ed-
win Tomlinson, 1893.
County Clerk— Robert L. Barber, 1895.
Register of Deeds— Jacob Sickler, 1895.
Surrogate— George S. West, 1892.
County Collector — Jonathan Duffield, Camden.
President Judgp— Charles G. Garrison, 1895.
Law Judge— Alfred Hugg, 1892.
Lay Judges— Thomas McDowell, 1893 ; John Gaunt,
1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Wilson H. Jenkins, 1894.
Port Warden— William C. Scudder, 1895.
COUNTY DIRECTORY. '275
County Board of Registry— Henry B. Paul, William J.
Thompson, Dems. ; Edward Settle, Christopher J. Mines,
Jr. , Reps.
Terms of Court— Second Tuesday in January, first Tues-
day in May and second Tuesday in October.
Cape May County.
County Seat— Cape May Court House. Population, 1,610.
Sheriff— Charles E. Nichols, 1892.
Coroners — Swayne S. Reeves, Isaac M. Downs, Absalom
E. Cox, 1893.
County Clerk— Edward L. Rice, 1895.
Surrogate— William Hildreth, 1892.
County Collector— E. L. Ross, Cape May Court House.
President Judge— Alfred Reed, 1896.
Lay Judges— Jesse D. Ludlam, 1892 ; Somers Gandy,
1893 ; Stephen H. Bennett, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Richard T. Miller, 1894.
County Board of Registry— A. C. Gile, William Lake,
Dems. ; Alfred Cooper, Eugene Way, Reps.
Terms of Court — Fourth Tuesday in April and Septem-
ber, third Tuesday in December.
Cumberland County.
County Seat — Bridgeton. Population 11,471.
Sheriflf— Ebenezer Whitecar, 1893.
Coroners^Edward H. Bedwell, 1891 ; John P. Miller,
1892 ; Charles E. Bellows, 1893.
County Clerk— William B. Trenchard, 1894.
Surrogate — Samuel P. Fithian, 1893.
County Colllector — James AV. Trenchard, Bridgeton.
President Judge — Alfred Reed, 1896.
Law Judge — James R. Hoagland, 1894.
Lay Judges — Nathaniel Stratton, 1893 ; Eli B. Hendee,
1892.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — William A. Logue, 1894.
County Board of Registry — Samuel Wells, Mulford Lud-
lam, Dems.; Eli E. Rogers, Oregon J. Ward, Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in January, May and
October.
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Essex County.
County Seat — Newark. Population, 181,518.
Sheriff— Jacob Haussling, 1893.
Corners — Emanuel Schwartz, Thomas F. Phelan, Ed-
ward De L. Bradin, 1893.
County Clerk— Samuel A. Smith, 1892.
Surrogate — John B. Dunsenbury, 1894.
County Collector — Thomas J. Regan, Newark.
Register of Deeds — Richard E. Cogan, 1893.
President Judge — David A. Depew, 1894.
Law Judge — Andrew Kirkpatrick, 1895.
Lay Judges — Carl Buttner, 1894; Michael J. Ledwith,
1892.
Prosecutor of Pleas — Elvin W. Crane, 1894.
County Board of Registry — Leonard Kalisch, Edwin A.
Raynor, Dems. ; William R. Williams, Joseph L. Munn,
Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in April, second Tues-
day in September and second Tuesday in December.
Gloucester County.
County Seat — Woodbury. Population, 3,867.
SheriflF— David J. Packer, 1893.
Coroners — J. Ellis Paulin and Joseph L. Franklin,
1892; Edmund L. Scott, 1893.
County Clerk — Henry C. Loudenslager, 1892.
Surrogate— Milliard F. Du Bois, 1894.
County Collector — Henry S. Tallman, Woodbury.
President Judge — Charles G. Garrison, 1895.
Lay Judges — William Beckett, 1893; Edmund Jones,
1892; Edward L. Stratton, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Belmont Perry, 1894.
County Board of Registry — Thomas W. Hurff, Charles
T. Maloney, Dems. ; George E. Pierson, Charles W. Jus-
tice, Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in April, second Tues-
day in September and December.
Hudson County.
County Seat— Jersey City. Population, 103,987.
Sherifl— John J. McPhillips, 1893.
Coroners — James Murrer, 1891 ; William N. Parslow,
Michael J. Boylan, 1893.
COUNTY DIRECTORY. 277
County Clerk — Dennis McLaughlin, 1895.
Surrogate — James H. O'Neil, 1891.
County Collector — Hugh Dugan, Jersey City.
Register of Deeds — George B. Fielder, 1895.
President Judge — Manning M. Knapp, 1896.
Law Judge — Job H. Lippincott, 1893.
Lay Judges — Elijah T, Paxton, 1892 ; Albert Hoffman,
1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Charles H. Winfield, 1893.
Port Warden— Edwin R. Stanton, 1893.
Harbor Masters— James H. Moore, 1893 ; Peter H,
Daly, 1892.
County Board of Registry — Charles C. Black, James
Minturn, Dems. ; John R. Wiggins, Edward W. Wooley,
Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in April, second Tues-
day in September and second Tuesday in December.
Hunterdon County.
County Seat — Flemington. Population, 1,909.
Sheriflf— W. Howard Lake, 1893.
Coroners — Peter Voorhees, George Hansen, William
Lyman, 1893.
County Clerk— William D. Bloom, 1893.
Surrogate — Isaac S. Cramer, 1894.
County Collector — Edward Humphrey, Glen Gardner.
President Judge— Edward W. Scudder, 1897.
Law Judge— Richard S. Kuhl, 1891.
Lay Judges— Peter Martenis, 1893; Henry P. Cullen,
1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Octavius P. Chamberlain, 1891.
County Board of Registry — Henry E. Park, Oliver J.
Blackwell, Dems.; Edward H. Holcomb, John H. Nunn,
Reps.
Terms of Court — Second Tuesday in April, second Tues-
day in September and second Tuesday in December.
Mercer County.
County Seat — Trenton. Population, 58,488.
Sheriflf- Spaflford W. Bergen, 1893.
Coroners — Louis Coutier, John Bucknum, Edward
Jewell, 1893.
County Clerk— Randolph H. Moore, 1893.
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278 COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Surrogate — John W. Cornell, 1894.
County Collector — John H. Heil, Trenton.
President Judge— Edward W. Scudder, 1897.
Law Judge— Robert S. WoodruflF, 1895.
Lay Judges— Josiah W. Wright, 1892 ; William S. Yard,
1893.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Bayard Stockton, 1893.
County Board of Registrj'^ — Foster W. Van Kirk, Edwin
R. Walker, Dems. ; Joseph H. Mount, George R. Whitta-
ker. Reps.
Terms of Court — Third Tuesday in January, second
Tuesday in May and first Tuesday in October.
Middlesex County.
County Seat — New Brunswick. Population, 18,459.
SheriflF— Thomas N. Acken, 1893.
Coroners — Charles F. Newton, 1891 ; Edward B, Dana,
Jr., Patrick A. Shannon, 1893.
('ounty Clerk — Patrick Con very, 1894.
Surrogate — Benjamin F. Howell, 1892.
County Collector — Richard Serviss, New Brunswick.
President Judge— Mercer Beaslev, 1892.
Law Judge — J. Kearny Rice, 1895.
Lay Judges— Matthew O'Gorman, 1892 ; Manning Free-
man, 1893.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Robert Adrain.
County Board of Registry — Hendrick H. Brown, Oliver
Kelly, Dems.; Woodbridge Strong, Anthony Schroder,
Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in April, second Tues-
day in September and second Tuesday in December.
Monmouth County.
County Seat — Freehold. Population, 2,124.
Sheriff-Rulif P. Smock, 1893.
Coroners— Austin P. Johnson, William E. Vandyke,
Amzi Posten, 1893.
County Clerk-John T. Haight, 1895.
Surrogate— David S. Crater, 1893.
County Collector — William S. Throckmorton, Freehold.
President Judge — Mercer Beasley, 1892.
Law Judge — J. Clarence Conover, 1895.
COUNTY DIRECTORY. 279
Lay Judges— Charl-s A. Bennett, Br., 1892 ; Pitney Cur-
tis, 1893.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Charles Haight, 1893.
County Board of Registry — Alexander H. Yard, Archi-
bald A. Higgins, Dems. ; J. Wesley Dauser, Mathias Wool-
ley, Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday after the first day of
January, first Tuesday in May and October.
Morris County.
County Seat — Morristown. Population, about 5,418.
Sheriff"— Oscar Lindsley, 1893.
Coroners — John W. Fancher, George C. Kyte, Orion W.
Hughson, 1893.
County Clerk— Ellas B. Mott, 1893.
Surrogate — Charles A. Gillen, 1893.
County Collector — Mahlou Hoagland, Sr., Rockaway.
President Judge — William J. Magie, 1S94.
Law Judge — Francis Child, 1893.
Lay Judges— De Witt C. Quimby, 1892; Charles Har-
din, 1893.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Willard W. Cutler, 1893.
County Board of Registry — John R. Pitney, Tuomas
Hoagland, Dems. ; Melvin B. Condit, John B. Vreeland,
Reps.
Terms of Court — Third Tuesday in January, first Tues-
day in May and second Tuesday ia Ojtober.
Ocean County.
County Seat — Toms River. Population, about 1,300.
Sheriflf— John Hageman, 1893.
Coroners — Edward Inman, David 0. Parker, Edward
Ricketts, 1893.
County Clerk—Abram C. B. Havens, 1893.
Surrogate— Charles H. Wardell, 1892
County Collector — Eugene F. Cranmer, West Creek.
President Judge — Bennet Van Syckel. 1897.
Lay Judges — William A. Low. 1892 ; Richard H. Con-
over, 1893 ; Enoch H. Jones, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Thomas W. Middleton, 1892.
County Board of Registry — Ephraim P. Emson, Thomas
W. Middleton, Dems.; George W. Cowperthwaite,
Jonathan Goble, Reps.
280 CO UNTY DIRECTOR Y.
Terms of Court — Second Tuesday in April, first Tues-
day in September and first Tuesday in December.
Passaic County.
County Seat — Paterson. Population, 78,358.
Sheriff— Richard Roasiter, 1893.
Coroners — Frank L. Habben, 1892; J. Alexander
Brown, Richard A. Terhune, 1893.
County Clerk— William M. Smith, 1891.
Surrogate— Charles M. King, 1895.
County Collector — P. Henry Shields, Paterson.
President Judge — Johnathan Dixon, lb96.
Law Judge — John Hopper, 1892.
Lay Judges — James Inglis, Jr., 1893; John J. Warren,
1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — William B. Gourley, 1891.
County Board of Registry — Abel Horton, James G.
Sigler, Dems. ; Samuel S. Sherwood, James H. Rogers,
Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday after the first day of
January, fourth Tuesday in April and September.
Salem County.
County Seat — Salem. Population, 5,512.
Sheriff— James Newell, 1893.
Coroners— Charles W. Denn, Joseph B. Fox, Ellsworth
S. Irelan, 1893.
County Clerk— Clinton Kelly, 1894.
Surrogate — George R. Morrison, 1892.
County Collector— Rich man Coles. Woodstown.
President Judge— Alfred Reed, 1896.
Lay Judges— William A. Wood, 1892 ; William Plum-
mer, 1893; Robert M. Hitchner, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— Jonathan W. Acton. 1895.
County Board of Registry— John P. Flynn, Millard F.
Riley, Dems.; D. Harris Smith, Henry Combs, Reps.
Terms of Court — Third Tuesday in January, May and
October.
COUNTY DIRECTORY. 281
Somerset County.
County Seat — Somerville. Population, 3,316.
Sheriff— Lewis M. Coddington, 1892.
Coroners — Arthur Kenny, Isaac L. Compton, Ephraim
L. Stelle, 1893.
County Clerk— Matthew H. Vanderveer, 1895
Surrogate— A. T. Huff, 1893.
County Collector— E. B. Allen, Plainfield.
President Judge — William J. Magie, 1894.
Law Judge — John D. Bartine, 1895
Lay Judges — Charles M. Jemison, 1892; Arthur S. Ten
Eyck, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas— William V. Steele, 1894.
County Board of Registry — Elisha Coriell, John H.
Mattison, Dems. ; Cornelius S. Hoffman, William H.
Long, Reps.
Terms of Court — Third Tuesday in April, fourth Tues-
day in September and fourth Tuesday in December.
Sussex County.
County Seat — Newton. Population, 2,648.
Sheriff- William L. Williams, 1893.
Coroners — Jacob S. Newman, J. Cole Price, William J.
Little, 1893.
County Clerk— Charles W. Shaw, 1892.
Surrogate — Jonas S. Decker, 1893.
County Collector — Theodore Morford, Newton.
President Judge— William J. Magie, 1894.
Law Judge — Lewis J. Martin, 1891.
Lay Judges— Robert A. Sheppard, 1893; Samuel T.
Smith, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Theodore Simonson, 1893.
County Board of Registry — James L. Decker, Peter P.
Swarts, Dems.; Obadiah P. Armstrong, William H. Pal-
mer, Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in April, Second Tues-
day in September and Second Tuesday in December.
Union County.
County Seat — Elizabeth. Population, 37,670.
Sheriff- William H. Hicks, 1893.
Coroners— Alfred Q. Donovan, 1891 ; John M. Ran-
dolph, William C. Boone, 1893.
282 COUNTY DIRECTORY.
County Clerk— J. L. Crowell, 1892.
Surrogate— George T. Pairott, 1892.
County Collector— E. M. Wood, Elizabeth.
President Judge — Bennet Van Syckel, 1897.
Law Judge— Thomas F. McCormick, 1893.
Lay Judges — Louis S. Hyer, 1892 ; James J. Wiley, 1894.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — William R. Wilson, 1891.
Harbor Master for Elizabeth and Elizabeth Creek —
John Driscoll, 1892.
County Board of Registry — James T. Wiley, Robert L.
Livingston, Dem. ; Edward C. Woodruff, William Cham-
berlain, Reps.
Terms of Court — First Tuesday in January, May and
October.
"Warren County.
County Seat — Belvidere. Population, 1,814.
Sheriff— Michael W. Weller, 1893.
Coroners — Peter H.Hogerty, 1891 ; Jesse Smilh, Michael
Kenney, 1893.
County Clerk— John A. Wildrick, 1895.
Surrogate— William O'Neil, 1894.
County Collector — P. W. Squier, Marksboro.
President Judge— Edward W. Scudder, 1897.
Law Judge— Irving W. SchuKz, 1894.
Lay Judges — William H. Dawes, 1894 ; Hiram D. White,
ad interim.
Prosecutor of the Pleas — Sylvester C. Smith, 1891.
County Board of Registry— Stephen Larrison, Robert
M. Petty, Dems. ; A. Blair Kelsey, William R. Laire,
Reps.
Terms of Court — Fourth Tuesday in April, fourth Tues-
day in September, and the first Tuesday after the fourth
Tuesday in December.
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS. 283
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS.
The Court of Chancery meets on the first Tuesday in
February, the third Tuesday in May and the third Tues-
day in October.
The Supreme Court meets on the third Tuesday in
February, the first Tuesday in June and the first Tuesday
in November.
The Court of Errors and Appeals meets on the first Tues-
day in March, the third Tuesday in June and the third
Tuesday in November.
The Court of Pardons meets on the same days as the
Court of Errors and Appeal?.
The Prerogative Court meets on the same days as the
Court of Chancery.
The U. S. Circuit Court meets on the fourth Tuesday in
March and the fourth Tuesday in September.
The U. S. District Court meets on the third Tuesday
in January, April, June and September.
The Circuits of New Jersey are divided ps follows :
let District — Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and At-
lantic. Justice Reed.
2d District — Gloucester, Camden and Burlington. Jus-
tice Garrison.
3d District — Mercer, Hunterdon and Warren. Justice
Scudder.
4th District — Middlesex and Monmouth. Chief Jus-
tice Beasley.
5th District — Somerset, Morris and Sussex. Justice
Magie.
6th District — Bergen and Passaic. Justice Dixon.
7th District — Essex. Justice Depue.
8th District — Hudson. Justice Knapp.
9th District — Union and Ocean. Justice Van Syckel.
For the time of holding of county courts, see County
Directory.
NEW JERSEY STATE ELECTION RETURNS.
OFFICIAL, 1890.
Atlantic County.
Con. Ass'y.'
5Q "fi; od, -CQ ^« o(^
M M m ^ ^ §
Absecon '. 58 42 12 53 46 7
Atlantic City—
1st Ward, 1st Dist 128 210 7 150 186 5
lstWard,2d Dist 95 195 6 117 174 4
lst\Vard,3d Dist 102 155 G 119 135 5
325 560 19 386 495 14
2d Ward, 1st Dist 110 174 8 131 150 6
2d Ward, 2d Dist 134 159 13 154 140 7
2d Ward, 3d Dist 145 176 11 165 153 7
2d Ward, 4th Dist 94 148 35 120 123 30
483 657 67 670 566 50
808 1217 86 956 1061 64
Brigantine 7 24 9 23
Beuna Vista 77 89 4 78 87
Egg Harbor City 182 lOl 170 114
Ege Harbor 'I'ownship 115 103 28 119 97 19
Galloway 200 189 6 180 206 3
Hamilton 104 150 11 103 141 11
Hammonton 142 225 50 152 210 59
Linwood 40 63 3 36 52 6
Mullica 40 72 14 39 73 12
Pleasantville 91 103 38 111 88 31
Somers Point 43 10 1 14 40 1
South Atlantic City 12 6 14 4
Weymouth 51 38 6 51 38 6
1970 24-.'2 26S 2085 2280 219
Majority in county 452 195
(284)
ELECTION RETURNS. 285
Berg-en County.
Con. Ass'y '
1st District. IcJg'^g-^S-S&'So
■OQ ooj gp, ^G tf^ -go,
O SQ W W U O
Englewood, East Dist 184 118 5 171 128 4
West Dist 296 109 4 288 112 4
Harrington 2i9 146 6 232 168 5
Hohokus 188 193 1 189 193
Orvil 167 189 8 170 185 5
Palisade 261 127 2 275 104 1
Ridgefield, East Dist 229 160 7 232 160 3
West Dist 199 156 2 191 159 2
Washington, 1st Dist 124 93 120 91
2d Dist 170 94 2 162 95 2
2077 1385 37 2030 1395 26
Majority 692 635
Con. Ass'y. ^^
2d District. g = J S* ^ 2
U « =
Boiling Springs 108 75 5
Franklin 233 216 2
Lodi, 1st Dist 320 131 305 145
2d Dist 131 138 138 127
Midland 158 175 1 163 169 1
New Barbadoes, 1st Dist 2.59 134 15 253 144 13
2d Dist 207 200 11 202 205 6
3d Dist 176 46 2 177 45 1
so
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106
74
4
221
228
2
642 380 28 632 395 20
Ridgewood 152 207 5 l.iS 205 3
Rutherford 178 192 29 168 193 25
Saddle River 167 142 168 142
Union 149 70 2 151 66
2238 1726 72 2207 1744 55
Majority 512 463
43 5 3111 109
Majority in county 1201
286
ELECTION RETURNS.
Burlington County.
-Con.-
1st District. S^.SS'lg "0 gS*
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Bordentown, 1st Dist 173 203 14 155 219
2d Dist 260 171 8 223 209
3d Dist 102 78 5 111 70
535 452 27 489 498
Chesterfield 70 192 11 69 191
Easthampton 82 71 4 80 74
Mansfield 192 178 25 165 206
New Hanover 226 193 11 225 191
Pembei ton, East Dist 195 176 16 210 163
WestDist 103 79 7 106 «0
Springfield 207 140 8 190 154
Woodland 48 17 48 16
1658 1498 109 1582 1573
Majority 160 9
-CON.-
-Ass'y.-
2d District.
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Bevetly City
Beverly Township..
gQ ^pi go, ^O
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. 157 197 24 198 158 12
. 135 174 19 191 117 12
Burlington, 1st Dist 196 174 4 192 178
2d Dist 258 274 260 266
3d Dist „. 236 241 9 221 258
4th Dist 211 256 10 224 242
901 945 23 897 944
Cinnaminson, 1st Dist „ 240 330 43 257 307
2d Dist 118 83 5 126 75
Delran .309 139 24 300 151
Florence 165 228 20 176 219
Willingboro 99 66 9 101 63
Majority.
30
2124 2162 167 2246 2034
38 212
ELECTION RETURNS. 287
Con. — Ass'y.-
3d District. Sgjg'lgj^i o.g<
%0. ^Pi op^ rtQ rtcv;
B P3 m Ph w
Bass River 106 32 5 107 32
Chester, East Dist 90 189 2'1 95 188
WestDist 147 192 30 155 189
Evesham 137 148 10 13i 152
Little Egg Harbor 77 179 42 75 173
Lumberton 143 224 16 134 230
Medford 163 220 16 147 236
Mount Laurel 132 146 9 132 136
Northampton, 1st Dist 147 218 18 145 222
2d Dist 152 170 17 154 171
3d Dist 163 253 18 163 254
402 641 53 462 647
Randolph 15 32 3 16 31
Shamong 124 127 4 123 128
Southampton, East Dist 114 91 5 112 94
West Dist 108 129 6 105 132
Washington 13 44 13 44
Westhampton 53 86 2 52 86
1884 2480 225 1862 2498
Majority 596 636
5066 6140 501
Majority in county 474
288 ELECTION RETURNS.
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Camden County.
1st District. _r • " . S u* -• uT . ^
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Camden City— 2, oa Z « P< PQ
1st Ward, 1st Dist 82 204 7 77 181 10
1st Ward, 2d Dist 71 139 3 08 127 2
1st Ward, 3d Dist .... 133 2.34 18 130 2>5 21
1st Ward, 4'h Dist 125 227 14 120 225 14
2d Ward, 1st Dist .... 99 231 20 100 214 21 21 98 222
2d Ward, 2d Dist 190 179 17 ISO 173 18 16 185 179
2d Ward, 3d Dist 166 263 25 165 251 26 21 1C9 253
2d Ward, 4th Dist 94 141 13 90 140 13 7 90 145
3d Ward, Is: Dist 179 204 29 182 192 30 6 179 200 6
3d Ward, 2d Dist .... 171 258 20 164 253 21 19 168 256 2
4th Ward, 1st Dist. ... 152 244 25 143 234 22 33 155 23S
4th Ward 2d Dist 120 154 23 119 147 22 11 121 147
4th Ward, 3d D St 67 152 8 69 147 10 7 69 147 1
8th Ward, 1st Dist 198 23S 12 192 232 10 28 199 236
8th Ward, 2d Dist 104 292 5 105 287 15 105 2^7
9th Ward, 1st Dist 133 197 10 126 193 10 16 133 194 7
9th Ward, 2d Dist.... 61 160 21 56 156 21 18 62 158 3
9th Ward. 3d Dist 121 180 6 121 173 6 11 121 179
Cenre,2d Dist 11 103 8 11 104 4 30 11 104
Delaware 94 133 7 93 133 7 8 94 133
Haddon, 1st Dist 117 317 53 114 316 51 7 117 320 12
2d Dist 59 79 19 59 78 19 2 58 75 15
Merchantville 64 122 8 88 101 7 2 63 125
Stockton, 1st Dist 108 248 16 128 227 15 5 108 244 6
4th Dist 57 40 4 54 42 5 2 53 42
2776 4739 391 2760 4551 385 856 2766 46C0 55
Majority 1963 1791 1894
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2u District. _-_•_-. S u." ^' uT • S ■d'^ « _• -o' ■ ^
lc\ ^x :§£ SQ ^rt §£ 1^ tjQ ^x -si
Camden City— ^mf?;pqciipqffiSwE
5ih Ward, 1st Dist 132 247 5 130 242 5 15 116 235
6th Ward, 2>i Dist 190 243 15 183 243 13 17 193 235 4
5th Ward, 3d Dist 188 288 13 183 220 10 20 186 229 4
Olh Ward, 1st Dist 163 199 12 158 188 11 31 IflS 199 4
6th Ward, 2d Dist 170 156 10 170 144 13 14 188 138
fithWard, 3d Dist Ill 105 11 106 93 11 26 117 98 6
6th Ward, 4th Dist 150 176 11 148 171 6 16 171 159 3
7th Ward, 1st Disr 42 111 3 42 111 2 4 43 111 1
7th Ward, 2d Dist 143 252 15 146 241 15 28 160 243 4
7th Ward, 3d Dist 176 250 10 175 247 10 11 185 248
Stockton, 2d Dist 120 83 12 124 79 12 5 123 78
3d Dis- 116 193 32 118 191 30 10 114 193
1701 2243 149 1683 2170 138 197 1783 2166 26
Majority 542 487 383
ELECTION RETURNS. 289
Con Sen. Ass'y.
3d District. ^i Sg-'op || SS'-S
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|Q ^05 o£ So ^^ |a. S^ Sa -5=^ ■§»;
Cenlre, 1st Dist 77 86 14 83 85 13 3 82 90 1
Gloucester City —
1st Ward 321 188 8 331 178 8 7 320 185
2d Ward, 1st Dist 231 140 8 236 135 8 5 241 134 1
2d Ward, 2d Dist 223 117 3 230 108 3 G 242 95
775 445 19 797 421 19 18 803 414
Gloucester Township —
1st Dist 173 188 16 172 189 16 1 176 187
2d Dist 09 103 7 98 105 7 I 09 105
Waterford 199 158 13 198 159 11 3 202 155
Winslow 127 2G2 9 128 260 9 2 128 260
1450 1242 78 1476 1219 75 28 1490 1211 12
Majority 208 257 279
5927 8224 618 5919 7940 598 581
Majority in county 2297 2021
VOTE IN CAMDEN CITY.
Con. Sen. Ass'v.-
Camden City— Ppi^Qst^i^qp^p:;
1st Ward 411 804 42 395 758 47 71 408 776 3
2d Ward 549 814 75 541 778 78 65 542 799
3d Ward 350 462 49 346 445 51 25 347 456 8
4th Ward 339 550 56 331 528 54 51 345 532 1
5th Ward 510 718 33 496 705 28 52 524 699 8
6th Ward 594 636 44 682 596 41 87 634 594 13
7th Ward 361 613 28 363 .599 27 43 388 602 5
8th Ward 302 530 17 297 519 10 43 304 523
9th Ward 315 537 37 303 522 37 45 316 531 10
3731 5664 381 3654 5450 373 482 3808 5512 48
Majority 1933 1796 1704
290 ELECTION RE2 URNS.
Cape May County.
Con. Ass'y
?^ m ^; u u ?
Anglesea 10 12 15 13
Cape May City 133 130 75 130 125 82
Cap: May Point 3 19 2 3 19 2
Dennis 153 117 14 157 114 14
Holly Beach City 11 34 1 11 34 1
Lower 73 88 18 72 87 17
Middle, 1st Dist 97 127 11 95 127 12
2d Dist 82 61 4 82 61 4
Ocean City 25 51 19 24 52 19
Sea Isle City 62 49 3 60 51 3
Upper 49 168 14 49 168 14
West Cape May 24 34 28 24 35 27
728 890 189 722 886 195
Majority in county 162 164
Curaberland County.
Con. Ass'y.-
IsT District. f i P.&'go 5^1 | 8" hg
£Q ^c2 :Si cq ;gp. £^
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Bridgeton, 1st Ward, 1st Precinct 157 168 21 173 149 18
1st Ward, 2d Precinct 180 139 15 167 149 16
2d Ward, 1st Precinn 139 142 10 142 135 14
2d Ward, 2d Precinct 94 139 7 101 126 6
3d Ward, 1st Precinct 150 160 27 172 128 25
3d Ward, 2d Precinct 81 117 27 102 100 26
4th Ward 2((5 284 42 233 246 42
1009 1149 149 1090 1033 147
Commercial, 1st Dist 76 147 25 80 130 31
2d Dist 50 73 4 49 76 8
Downe, 1st Dist lOfi 76 13 125 54 15
2d Dist 45 88 32 58 65 45
Fairfield 101 145 22 100 142 22
Crccnwich «1 151 9 87 139 10
Hopewell 1H4 152 29 167 150 36
Lawrence 154 88 43 154 85 45
Stow Creek 76 83 24 65 85 28
1888 2152 350 1975 1971 387
Majority 204 4
ELECTION RETURNS. 291
Con Ass'y.
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Deerfield, 1st Dist ....204 91 9 205 91 9
2d Dist 72 47 8 71 48 7
Landis, 1st Dist 46 26 12 46 27 13
2d Dist 93 94 22 110 80 20
3d Dist. 103 68 34 115 61 30
4th Dist 38 60 7 42 56 7
280 248 75 213 224 70
Maurice River, 1st Dist 55 72 14 53 76 12
2d Dist 139 104 4 136 106 5
Millville, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 114 178 20 101 193 19
1st Ward, 2d Dist 93 142 22 81 153 22
2d Ward 106 208 29 73 254 27
3d Ward, 1st Dist 147 106 11 123 138 10
3d Ward, 2d Dist 129 70 10 113 87 10
4th Ward 148 214 24 96 268 19
737 918 116 587 1093 107
Vineland, 1st Dist 134 148 31 164 123 27
2d Dist 122 205 39 158 176 32
1743 18.33 296 1687 1937 269
Majority 90 250
3631 3985 646
Majority in county 354
Essex County.
Con. Sen. Ass'y.
1st District. :=i^g-Oo filg-^o v ^ ■§ ^ 4"^
^q geri -go, fcQ gpi go, •^:5 %« -gS
Wu<;pqWOTP<mw
Newark, 12th Ward, 2d Dist.. 483 153 4 479 157 4 462 164
12th Ward. 3d Dist.. 390 265 5 392 259 5 382 251
12th Ward, 4th Dist.. 511 150 5 515 146 5 502 158
12th Ward, 5th Dist.. 287 192 5 290 190 5 191 257 28
1671 760 19 1676 752 19 1537 830 28
Majority 911 924 707
292 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con. Sen.-
2d District. :=i^S*«3e "ulS'^S-Si^S'
^q g« -gi Sq %ai 2<ii Iq !3p5
Newark —
5th Ward, 1st Dist. 336 257 9 339 250 9 337 258
5th Ward, 2d Dist 332 240 6 329 241 ' 6 335 236
10th Ward, 1st Dist 235 276 4 229 284 4 240 2(i7
10th Ward, 2d Dist 288 274 5 286 274 4 303 256
10th Ward, 3d Dist 197 167 6 195 165 6 ■ 201 158
10th Ward, -fth Dist 256 156 3 256 153 3 260 142
10th Ward, 5th Dist 3.39 197 5 338 199 5 324 204
12th Ward, 1st Dist 402 82 3 399 84 3 398 83
2385 1649 41 2371 1050 40 2398 1604
Majority 736 721 794
Con. Sen. -Ass'y.-
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3d District. I I =3 8" ^ S I 5 I &• 5 o | g | g-
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Newark —
3d Ward, 1st Dist 180 255 7 180 2.53 8 179 256
3d Ward, 2d Dist 103 234 7 159 237 7 159 235
3d Ward, 3d Dist 149 257 5 138 264 6 145 260
9th Ward, 1st Dist 169 280 13 168 276 13 160 280
gth Ward, 2d Dist 145 323 8 110 328 10 141 331
9th Ward, 3d Dist 137 369 3 130 372 3 131 372
13th Ward, gth Dist 113 233 6 113 231 6 110 238
14th Ward, 1st Dist 104 301 14 97 397 14 100 392
14th Ward, 2d Dist 147 467 13 149 467 13 147 464
1297 2809 76 1274 2825 80 1272 2828
Majority 1482 1551 1556
—Con. Sen. -Ass'y.-
^p g« -§£ to u g£ •!« ^P<
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Newark —
2d Ward, 1st Dist 202 214 4 204 243 3 200 245
2d Ward, 2d Dist 96 120 7 102 115 1 101 115
2d Ward,;id Dist 402 163 5 415 151 5 400 164
2d Ward, 4th Dist 326 224 7 317 229 318 2.10
4th Ward, 1st Dist 323 205 2 323 206 1 351 171
4th Ward, 2d Dist 341 177 6 348 171 5 337 172
4th Ward, 3d Dist 207 152 5 203 158 5 200 159
1897 1285 35 1912 1273 20 1907 1256
Majority 612 639 6,51
ELECTION RETURNS. 293
Con. Sen. — Ass'y.-
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gip gp< -gfi; fcQ §t^ ecL, S3Q ««
Newark — WU-^wWwWw
1st Ward, 1st Dist 200 259 10 209 254 8 198 204
1st Ward, 2d Dist 317 247 326 237 3 316 250
, 1st Ward 3d Dist 220 183 6 218 184 5 219 186
1st Wa:d, 4th Dist 129 141 3 138 134 4 121 151
7th Ward, 1st Dist 442 144 9 437 147 9 438 148
7th Ward, 2d Dist 441 131 6 443 129 6 431 140
15th Ward 1st Dist 277 262 6 277 262 6 267 274
15th Ward, 2d Dist 286 267 8 286 267 8 278 274
15th Ward, 3d Dist 235 228 12 235 2^8 12 233 226
2547 1862 60 2569 1842 61 2501 1853
Majority 685 727 648
Con, Sen. — Ass'y.-
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Newark — WU^P^Kwfefc^
8th Ward, 1st Dist 231 236 19 230 238 18 230 241
8th Ward, 2d Dist 314 200 5 313 202 5 314 200
8th Ward, 3d Dist 264 541 32 250 552 31 245 561
8th Ward, 4th Dist 202 349 14 2C0 3".0 13 198 352
8th Ward, 5th Dist 287 442 33 294 433 34 284 445
8th Ward, 6th Dist 262 378 7 257 372 7 257 386
11th Ward, 1st Dist 221 372 21 223 373 19 208 392
11th Ward, 2d Dist 184 409 36 175 422 35 167 434
nth W.-ird, 3d Dist 3G6 88 7 361 91 7 369 86
nth Ward, 4th Dist 227 196 10 226 197 10 212 212
2558 3211 184 2529 3230 179 2484 3309
Majority 653 701 825
-Con. Sen. — Ass'y.-
7th District.
^a gfi -gDH sa 5« So, ^p 5«
Newark— HU<KffiwHO
6th Ward, 1st Dist 345 351 11 348 347 12 330 357
6th Ward, ?d Dist 329 127 5 335 121 4 327 125
6th Ward, 3d Dist 486 373 7 502 350 7 445 416
6lh Ward, 4th Dist 298 248 9 301 240 10 288 247
6th Ward, 5th Dist 298 237 5 298 225 5 317 219
6th Ward, 6th Dist 318 293 12 323 287 12 316 292
6th Ward, 7th Dist 253 154 10 259 150 11 232 168
7th Ward, 3d Dist 444 100 6 449 95 6 443 98
2771 1883 05 2815 1815 67 2698 1922
Majority 888 1000 776
19
294 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con. Sen. -Ass'y.-
8th District. := S ^ £* cj
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Newark, 13th Ward, 1st Dist 275 276
13th Ward, 2d Dist 293 231
13th Ward, 3d Dist 283 140
13ih Ward, 4th Dist 306 200
13th Ward, 5th Dist 383 .331
13th Ward, 6th Dist 314 352
13th Ward, 7th Dist 308 201
2162 1731
Majority 431
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6 273 274
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138
9 275 148
4
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197
4 302 203
3
389
320
3 3S8 323
9
315
348
9 302 353
6
318
190
6 310 194
40 2201
1684
40 2126 1738
517
388
-Con. Sbn. -Ass'y.-
9th District. ~i^S'S° S^'^g'^d 'i% 2.^
^Q gei -^o; fcQ IfcJ So; tq >-fv;
Clinton, 1st Dist 254 320 24 250 322 25 232 342
2d Dist 45 69 3 47 67 3 44 70
Orange, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 148 209 17 156 203 15 122 232
1st Ward, 2d Dist 288 235 9 302 222 10 281 237
2d Ward, 1st Dist 233 147 13 242 135 12 202 175
2d Ward, 2d Dist 243 290 33 2.'>7 275 33 238 298
3d Ward, 1st Dist 228 165 5 248 143 5 195 190
3d Ward, 2d Dist 179 207 10 201 189 9 175 213
4thWard, 1st Dist 284 163 8 281 1G5 8 263 183
4thWard, 2d Dist 193 104 6 200 100 5 180 115
1796 1520 100 1887 1432 97 1656 1643
South Orange, 1st Dist 325 180 10 312 194 10 283 228
2d Dist 113 82 12 110 87 12 71 124
3d Dist 81 72 4 78 73 5 63 89
619 334 26 500 354 27 417 441
West Orange, 1st Dist 180 181 7 205 163 5 177 191
2d Dist 160 132 5 164 119 5 139 140
2944 2566 165 3053 2457 162 2665 2827
Majority 388 696 162
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256
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114
ELECTION RETURNS. 295
Con. Sen. -Ass'y.-
10th District. j." • . g
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Belleville, 1st Dist 144 162 7
2d Dist 255 106 10
Bloomfield, 1st Dist 148 289 10 149 288 10 146 291
2d Dist 141 240 11 143 239 11 139 242
3d Dist 196 269 32 193 259 31 193 263
485 788 53 485 786 52 478 796
Caldwell, 1st Dist IgO 151 25 172 162 22 176 156
2d Dist 121 115 29 121 118 26 119 118
East Orange —
1st Ward 132 213 37 134 217 34 136 214
2d Ward, 1st Dist 131 240 8 114 265 7 127 254
2d Ward, 2d Dist 98 123 10 92 1.33 7 94 131
3d Ward, 1st Dist 133 200 7 127 212 6 141 201
3d Ward, 2d Dist 79 99 5 74 106 6 75 106
4th Ward, 1st Dist 84 134 13 77 141 12 79 138
4thWard, 2d D.St 168 310 14 153 326 12 157 343
825 1319 94 771 1400 84 i;09 1367
Franklin 139 169 16 144 165 14 126 183
Livingston 89 145 13 93 146 12 93 148
Montclair, 1st Dist 251 203 30 244 213 28 243 213
2d Dist 109 187 11 93 201 12 96 199
3d Dist 219 198 8 209 210 5 204 216
579 588 49 546 624 45 543 628
Millbum 229 179 14 211 192 15 220 186
3046 3722 310 2955 3848 287 2936 3896
Majority 676 89J 9C0
23278 21468 995 233S5 21376 955
Majority in county 1810 1979
296 ELECTION RETURNS.
VOTE IN THE CITT OF NEWAKK.
V &'° i S"° u £"'0
Newark, ]st Ward 866 830 19 891 809 20 854 791 ...
2d Ward 1026 751 23 1038 738 9 1019 754 ...
3d Ward 492 746 19 477 754 21 483 751 ...
4th Ward 871 534 12 874 535 11 888 502 ...
5th Ward 668 497 15 668 491 15 672 494 ...
6th Ward 2327 1783 59 23G6 1720 61 2.55 1824 ...
7th Ward 1327 375 21 1329 371 21 1312 386 ...
8th Ward 1560 2146 110 1514 2147 IDS 1528 2185...
9th Ward. 441 972 24 438 976 26 432 983 ...
10th Ward 1315 1070 23 1304 1075 22 1328 1027...
llthWard 998 1065 74 985 1083 71 956 1124 ...
12ihWard 2073 842 22 2075 836 22 19.35 913 28
IShWard 2275 1961 46 2314 1916 46 2230 1976...
llthWard 251 858 27 246 864 27 247 856 ...
15th Ward 798 757 26 793 761 25 778 774 ...
17288 15190 520 17342 15075 505 16923 15340 28
Majority 2098 2267 1583
Gloucester County.
Con. Sen. Ass'y.-
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SP ^pi od, |-p gpi 5(1, ^p ^x -odi
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Clayton, 1st Dist 105 158 16 106 160 15 104 160 16
2d Dist 97 73 13 100 74 13 98 76 13
Deptford 150 262 19 153 260 16 152 262 18
East Greenwich 125 145 29 128 141 25 125 144 25
Franldin 229 152 21 238 145 20 226 158 17
Glasshoro, 1st Dist 126 127 20 135 116 19 125 130 19
2d Dist 112 81 114 79 11 111 81 11
Greenwich 235 247 16 236 241 15 242 240 14
Harrison 169 194 38 176 190 35 171 193 38
Logan 235 110 18 257 90 17 244 101 17
Mantua 216 169 21 225 148 22 2l5 159 22
Monroe 228 202 27 226 202 29 225 205 27
South Harrison 102 129 16 106 124 16 104 128 16
Washington 161 119 15 168 112 15 161 119 15
West Deptford 117 186 7 126 178 7 121 182 7
Woolwich 197 257 21 211 247 20 262 199 17
Woodbury, 1st Ward 83 126 6 91 116 6 83 128 6
2d Ward 143 197 12 151 193 10 140 204 11
3d Ward 131 130 13 133 124 13 132 132 12
357 453 31 375 433 29 355 462 29
2960 3054 323 3080 2940 324 3011 2999 321
Majority in county 94 140 42
ELECTION RETURNS. 297
Hudson County.
-Ass'y.
1st District.
tJO o« oOh -33 gp^ So,
S S PP S m §
Jersey City, 1st Precinct 203 109 3 196 116 1
2d Precinct 139 118 130 126
ad Precinct 139 130 8 133 138
4ih h'recinct 86 95 2 78 102
5th Precinct 137 127 3 130 130 2
f,th Precinct 132 210 4 117 223 4
7th Precinct 128 98 1 126 100
8th Precinct 110 ln3 2 104 158 1
9ih Precinct. 312 66 303 76
1386 1106 23 1317 11C9
Majority 280 148
-Con. Ass'y.
2d District. c _• n . - • . . =
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 135 80 3 131 82
2d Precinct 2o2 33 1 183 34
3d Precinct 202 100 7 190 108 2
4th Precinct 113 69 108 72
5th Precinct 198 362 4 186 366
6th Precinct 286 314 5 274 321 4
7th Precinct 4.i6 212 1 466 202
8th Precinct 262 121 6 225 13S
;nh Precinct.,. 69 68 2 63 74
loth Precinct 94 127 90 121
11th Precinct 122 214 5 119 220
12th Precinct 85 145 77 148
13th Precinct Ill 154 lOS 156
2135 1999 33 2220 2052
Majority 336 168
298 ELECTION REl URNS.
Con Ass'y.
3d District. c • « . - >; • ^^
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 89 125 89 112 25
2d Precinct „... 105 75 104 74 2
3d Precinct 128 7G 136 61
4th Precinct 110 108 107 108 2
5th Precinct 163 144 3 153 131 16
6th Precinct 166 189 3 167 181 9
7th Precinct 145 223 1 145 212 20
8th Precinct 80 187 2 91 168 10
9th Precinct 96 172 95 168 9
10th Precinct 71 191 73 186 5
11th Precinct 142 117 2 143 114 4
12th Precinct 87 123 94 111 5
13th Precinct 146 123 141 128
14th Precinct 176 118 1 179 111 7
15th Precinct 218 94 199 110 2
16th Precinct 86 87 81 89 3
1998 2152 12 1997 2064 119
Majority 154 67
Con Ass'y.
4th District.
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 179 134 3 181 127
2d Precinct 141 126 2 144 126
.3d Precinct 223 196 6 246 175
4th Precinct 221 2G9 231 256
5th Precinct 178 206 17 199 245
6th Precinct 155 88 4 167 78
7th Precinct 188 203 3 204 187
8th Precinct 149 118 4 159 112
9thPrecnct 215 179 4 225 171
loth Precinct 105 67 3 110 C3
11th Precinct 114 78 4 126 66
12th Precinct 100 74 4 98 76
1968 1798 54 2090 1682
Majority 170 408
ELECTION RETURNS. 299
Con. Ass'y.
5th District. c -• « . • " ^ ■ -'
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 88 51 3 83 56
2d Precinct 207 271 10 206 275 4
3d Precinct 105 137 4 91 150
4th Precinct 202 55 1 210 51 6
5th Precinct 144 239 4 133 252 1
6th Precinct 86 118 10 90 116 1
7th Precinct 80 199 7 76 203
8th Precinct 200 325 4 190 339 1
9th Precinct 123 92 4 118 95
lOthPrerinct 91 239 4 123 208
11th Precinct 159 306 184 281
12th Precinct 130 238 2 139 231
1615 2270 53 1C43 2257 13
Majority 655 614
Con. Ass'y.
6th District. c.jrt. - -.-• .. -
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 129 201 2 130 203
2d Precinct 116 177 1 125 170
3d Precinct 59 136 2 60 137
4ih Precinct 55 73 5 65 62 1
5th Precin. t 138 180 1 146 173
6th Precinct 118 164 123 156
7ih Precinct 88 196 4 117 169
8th Precinct 104 92 2 117 77
9th Precinct 106 100 1 118 88
10th Precinct 80 169 4 79 171 1
11th Precinct 154 245 7 143 257
12th Precinct 99 65 2 102 62
1246 1798 31 1325 1725
Bayonne, 1st Ward 135 148 6 129 158
2d Ward. 1st Dist 186 132 7 184 134
2d Ward. 2d Dist 124 165 18 126 158
3d Ward 203 285 32 207 280
4th Ward \>t Dist 299 54 6 292 61
4th Ward, 2d Dist 1.54 26 152 28
6th Ward, 1st Dist 134 44 7 134 44
5th Ward, 2d Dist 294 71 7 293 71
1529 925 83 1517 934 22
2775 2723 114 2842 2659 24
Majority 52 183
300 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con. Ass'y.'
7th District. c -• <« . - S -• .a
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 422 116 423 111 ....
2d Precinct 121 167 12t 166 ....
3d Piecinct 536 167 11 647 153
4th Precinct 312 72 2 309 71 ....
1391 522 13 1403 501
Hoboken, 4th Ward, 1st Dist 105 26 2 103 26
4th Ward, 2d Dist 154 53 1 161 42
4th Ward, 3d Dist 196 49 4 198 46
4lh Ward, Jth Dist 212 63 1 208 65
4th Ward, 5ih Dist 216 47 3 221 41
4th Ward, 6th Dist 134 54 1 141 47
1017 292 12 1032 267
2408 814 25 2435 768 2
Majority 1594 1067
Con. -Ass'y.-
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Jersey City, 1st Precinct 265 103 3 259 109
2d Precinct 98 51 2 90 51
3d Precinct 26 13 24 15
4th Precinct 120 51 1 136 35
5th Precinct 90 46 92 42
6th Precinct 101 70 1 100 70
7th Precinct 149 73 1 142 76
Sthlrecinct 107 80 1 110 77
956 487 9 959 475
Harrison, 1st Ward 197 40 7 197 39
2d Ward 148 16 1 150 16
3d Ward 190 113 4 182 122
4th Ward 318 67 1 309 76
853 235 13 838 252
Kearny, 1st Dist 169 86 3 169 88
2d Dist Ill 162 C, 107 162
3d Dist 64 68 1 67 74
4th Dist ; 97 182 14 102 179
441 498 24 435 503
2250 1220 46 2232 1230
Majority 1030 1002
ELECTION RETURNS. 301
Con. Ass'y.
9th District. c _• « . ■■ -■ S! . «f
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Hoboken, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 271 114 4 272 118
IstWard, 2d Dist .202 102 3 192 112 3
1st Ward, 3d Dist 169 65 1 178 57 1
1st Ward, 4lh Dist 271 70 1 273 70 ....
2d Ward, 1st Dist 225 130 2 205 157
2d Ward. 2d Dist 250 221 4 216 259 4
3d Ward, 1st Dist 321 82 6 306 91
3d Ward, 2d Dist 439 99 4 425 115
3d Ward, 3d Dist 185 175 6 179 184 5
3d Ward, 4th Dist 352 276 16 336 299 11
2685 1340 47 2582 1465 24
Majority 1345 1117
Con Ass'v
10th District. c ^- « . - . c-' ■ -^
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Guttenburg 233 102 1 217 113
North Bergen, North Dist 128 46 132 43
South Dist 127 73 3 131 69
Town of Union, 1st Dist 194 118 7 222 99
2d Dist 178 108 5 192 95
3d Dist... 22G 96 3 218 107
4 th Dist 185 160 I 202 145
783 482 IC 834 446
Union Township 158 90 3 175 73
Weehawken 210 86 3 205 80
90
3
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1.56
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5
230
103
3
240
West Hoboken, 1st Dist 116 56 1 125 45
2d Dist 270 156 6 2h7 136 4
3d Dist 201 145 5 230 111 5
4th Dist 229 103 3 240 93
21875 16761 448
Majority in county „ 5114
302
ELECTION RETURNS.
VOTE IN THE CITY OF HOBOKEN.
CON.-
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Hoboken, 1st Ward 913 351
2d Ward 475 357
3d Ward 1297 632
4th Ward 1017 292
3702 1632
Majority 2070
Ph P rt
9 915 357
6 421 416
32 1246 692
12 1032 267
59 3614 1732
1882
TOTE IN THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY.
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Jersey City, 1st Dist
1386
1106
23
1317
1169
8
2d Dist
2.i35
1999
?:.'.
2220
2052
6
3d Dist ,
1998
2152
12
1997
2064
119
4th Dist
19H8
1798
54
2090
1682
1
5th Dist
1615
2270
53
1643
2257
13
6th Dist
1246
1798
31
1325
1725
2
7th Dist
1391
522
487
13
9
1403
959
501
475
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8th Dist
, 956
12895 12132
228 12954 11925
151
763
1029
Hunterdon County.
-Con.-
-Ass'y.'
1st Distkict. — i-iS'SS rt§ jfS'fc'S
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Delaware, North Dist 187 101 58 133 148 51
South Dist 160 121 29 139 139 26
EastAmwell 141 121 12 130 127 12
Kingwood 174 140 40 146 161
Frenchtown 126 116 27 121 121 24
Lambertville, 1st Ward 212 83 5 193 103 3
2d Ward 134 134 13 120 150 5
3d Ward 171 198 33 127 239 25
517 415 51 440 492 33
Raritan, East Dist 202 147 77 17t 191 53
West Dist 225 160 96 189 219 71
West Amwell 83 65 4 61 78 5
1815 1386 394 1533 1676 275
Majority 419 143
ELECTION RETURNS. 303
2d District. lilS-gg ^-§ I ^ ji 2
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Alexandria 157 63 30 157 60 34
Bethlehem East Dist 112 49 26 111 46 26
WestDist 154 52 8 154 62 8
Clinton, Town of 79 92 36 73 95 36
Clinton Township 225 124 53 210 136 53
Hisrh Bridge 185 145 44 182 145 45
Holland 178 133 9 180 131 9
Franklin ' 173 109 54 171 106 57
Lebanon, East Dist 88 36 12 88 36 12
WestDist 112 88 19 112 88 19
Readington North Dist 160 135 33 165 132 32
South Dist ; 120 87 20 125 87 18
Tewksbury 215 64 46 215 65 44
Union VlO 44 36 120 44 36
2078 1221 426 2063 1223 429
Majority 857 840
3893 2607 S20
Majority in county 1286
304 ELECTION RETURNS.
Mercer County.
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1st District. %,, SS'§o'^J-^ji"-d
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East Windsor, North Dist 102 138 32 104 137 24
South Dist 114 122 34 116 127 26
Hamilton, North Dist 99 195 30 94 196 29
South Dist 126 139 12 126 142 7
West Dist 85 115 2 83 118
Hopewell, East Dist 221 130 4 209 141 2
Central Dist _ 171 182 28 175 182 25
West Dist 47 121 14 46 126 12
439 433 46 430 449 39
Lawrence 98 164 9S 164
Princeton, 1st Dist 185 175 6 189 179 3
2d Dist 203 216 8 200 219 3
Trenton, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 181 245 5 165 266
1st Ward, 2d Dist 97 153 4 98 155
1st Ward, 3d Dist 188 224 6 184 229
9th Ward, 1st Dist 102 186 16 101 186 14
9lhWard 4th Di~t 59 119 2 61 117
10th Ward, 1st Dist 108 227 4 103 234
10th Ward, 2d Dist 121 160 3 122 159
Washington 119 143 14 113 150
West Windsor.., 143 163 139 162
2569 3317 224 2526 3389
Majority 748 863
Con. .Ass'y.
2d District. S g _2 £"
Ewing 211 213
Trenton, 2d Ward, 1st Dl t 163 185
2d Ward, 2d Dist 127 199
6th Ward, 1st Dist 158 150
5th Ward, 2d Dist 141 184
6th Ward, 3d Dist 177 91
6th Ward, 4th Dist 176 143
7th Ward, 1st Dist 228 155
7th Ward, 2d Dist 177 106
7th Ward, 3d D st 224 170
7th Ward, 4th Dist 192 211
7th Ward, 5th Dist 176 122
8th Ward, 1st Dist 192 184
8th Ward, 2d Dist 129 108
2471 2227
Majority 244
P3
3O
2
4
211
207
3
163
183
3
7
137
189
3
149
163
2
5
138
183
5
162
108
1
139
179
10
216
164
3
4
167
112
1
8
200
196
3
10
198
206
5
2
172
131
2
8
173
202
4
4
115
123
74 2340 2316
23
6
ELECTION RETURNS. 305
Con. Ass'y.
3d District. v ^ S v > ° 2"iiiS"
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Trenton, 3d Ward, 1st Dist 125 162 4 113 172
3d Ward, 2d Dist 121 198 5 101 216
3d Ward, 3d Dist 147 79 2 146 78
3d Ward, 4th Dist 335 152 3 323 159
4th Ward, 1st Dist 246 180 3 243 182
4th Ward, 2d Dist 300 105 358 103
6th Ward 303 176 0 285 181
9th Ward, 2d Dist 132 164 2 126 171
9th Ward, 3d Dist 180 109 1 166 121
11th Ward, 1st Dist 211 124 13 193 140
llth Ward, 2d Dist 2G1 158 6 242 176
2421 1007 45 2301 1699
Majority 814 602
7461 7151 343
Majotity in county 310
vote in the city of trenton.
Con. Ass'y.-
a (^ Oi Q (^ Pm
Trenton, 1st Ward 466 622 15 447 650
2d Ward 290 384 10 300 372 3
3d Ward 728 591 14 683 625
4th Ward...... 606 285 3 606 285
5th Ward 652 574 14 588 633 2
6th Ward 303 176 6 285 181
7th Ward 821 642 32 781 678 12
8th Ward 321 292 12 288 325 4
9th Ward 473 578 21 454 595 14
10th Ward 229 387 7 225 493.....
llth Ward 472 282 19 435 316
5361 4813 ]^3 5092 5153 35
Majority , 548 ' 61
306 ELECTION RETURNS.
Middlesex County.
— :— Con. Ass'y.-
IsT District. "a r-' *"" • iT c" • -
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Perth Ambov, 1st Ward 136 178 25 142 166 33
2d Ward 234 143 35 229 145 39
3d Ward 252 103 19 252 102 19
622 424 79 623 413 91
Piscataway, 1st Dist 97 116 22 100 112 23
2d Dist 136 132 26 136 132 26
Raritan, 1st Dist 270 211 31 286 190 31
2d Dist 135 132 13 148 IIG 13
Woodbridge, 1st Dist 220 248 15 151 308 21
2d Dist :25 144 10 95 169 13
1605 1407 196 1539 1440 218
Majority 198 99
-Con. Ass'y.-
2d District.
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New Brunswick, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 172 72 2 175 68....
1st Ward, 2d Dist 140 121 8 139 120
2d Ward, 1st Dist 219 227 4 213 231 ....
2d Ward, 2d Dist 157 139 4 149 148....
3d Ward 295 103 2 305 95 ....
4ih Ward 92-117 3 81 127
5th Ward, 1st Dist 247 302 7 240 305....
6th Ward, 2d Dist 222 285 7 213 283....
trth Ward, 1st Dist 340 188 4 332 191....
6th Ward, 2d Dist 263 143 8 265 144....
214- 1699 49 2112 1707
Majority 448 405
ELECTION RETURNS. 307
Con. Ass'y
3d District. 'a ^ '"' ■ C 2 ■ ^ . -
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Cranbury 99 184 17 100 183 1
East Brunswick, 1st Dist 218 103 10 284 36
2d Dist 161 74 6 169 63
3d Dist 142 83 2 138 80
521 260 18 591 179
Madison 169 62 6 175 57
Monroe, 1st Dist 62 114 1 66 110
2d Dist ^ 138 131 14 127 141
North Brunswick 96 144 5 101 140
Sayreville 214 136 10 200 150
South Amboy, 1st Dist 152 111 17 108 153
2d Dist 272 158 15 211 218
South Bi-unswick, 1st Dist 145 149 5 148 146
2d Dist 103 70 2 102 71
1971 1519 110 1929 1548
Majority 452 381
5723 4625 355
Majority in county 1098
Monmouth County,
Con. Sen. Ass'y.-
1st District. '§-•'">. j~ -• -. » oj -.
ii .:.-&• I 2 ii .SS-.S2 si -is- .2 2
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Freehold, 1st Dist 251 91 13 233 106 14 209 131 14
2d Dist 242 108 9 230 120 8 224 125 8
3d Dist 293 118 15 276 137 11 213 200 13
786 317 37 739 363 33 646 456 35
Howell, East Dist 275 129 5 183 218 4 303 104 2
West Dist 199 87 6 190 97 6 210 74 7
Manalapan 195 201 19 182 210 18 186 210 17
Millstone 234 128 4 233 129 4 232 127 4
Upper Freehold, 1st Dist 175 121 4 172 123 4 175 121 4
2d Dist 118 169 27 118 170 26 115 172 26.
1982 1152 102 1817 1310 95 1867 1264 95
Majority 830 507 603
308 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con. Sen. Ass'y.
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Atlantic 265 90 8 261 92 8 264 90 3
Eatontown, 1st Dist 116 161 8 115 162 8 122 156 1
2d Dist 146 135 3 147 134 3 150 132
Matawan 416 149 8 414 147 8 416 148 1
Marlboro 292 155 10 294 163 10 292 153 1
Neptune, 1st Dist.. 190 329 24 189 334 25 191 328 9
2d Dist 160 264 45 157 267 46 157 266 26
3d Dist 105 118 12 104 120 11 104 119 7
4thDist 163 161 11 158 167 9 165 162 2
618 872 92 608 888 91 617 875 44
Ocean, 1st Dist 135 79 5 136 80 3 140 74
2d Dist 120 71 1 119 70 1 121 69 1
3d Dist 215 209 15 200 225 14 202 219 8
4th Dist 161 161 23 155 161 23 161 160 5
5th Dist 211 119 11 208 120 11 220 108 3
6th Dist 176 92 6 177 89 6 184 82 1
10;8 731 61 995 745 58 1028 712 18
Wall, 1st Dist 219 131 12 190 163 8 196 152
2d Dist 291 228 63 269 267 51 295 226 30
3384 2652 265 3293 2761 245 3380 2644 98
Majority 732 532 736
ELECTION RETURNS. 309
Con. Sen. Ass'y. —
3d District. "c ^ "^ ■ C - r-" .- ■ u - .J-
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Holmdel 214 78 8 214 76 8 212 10
Middletown, 1st Dist 165 164 12 169 161 12 164 14
2d Dist 211 149 30 200 152 30 212 49
3d Dist 140 114 27 118 129 27 127 31
4th Dist 98 50 16 68 80 15 101
614 477 85 555 522 84 604 94
Raritan, 1st Dist 237 162 21 274 126 18 233 34
2d Dist 259 166 16 260 158 16 257 20
Shr.wsbury, East Dist 178 124 11 179 124 12 186 14
Middle Dist 143 224 12 123 245 11 173 27
South Dist 142 201 11 133 208 12 140 14
West Dist 199 2.53 7 175 278 6 207 17
662 802 41 610 855 41 706 72
1986 1685 171 1913 1737 167 2012 230
Majority 301 176
7352 5489 538 7023 5808 507
Majority in county 1863 1215
Morris County.
Con. Ass'y.
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2 • •- £ £ -• = • ^
1st District. ISiS-^gS-c^ cS"s2
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Chatham, North Dist 162 122 11 164 120
South Dist 140 141 15 159 123
East Dist 121 144 12 115 151
423 407 38 438 394
Mendham 170 129 24 162 132 20.
Morris, East Dist ^ 240 232 21 220 251 10
North Dist 285 220 30 257 245 16
South Dist 188 135 3 153 169
West Dist 205 217 25 183 234 18
918 804 79 813 899 44
Passaic ^^.... 223 128 2 223 128
1734 1468 143 1636 1553 64
Majority 236 83
20
310 ELECTION RETURNS.
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2d District.
■^Q ""fi^ «£ °'ci — (i!
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Boonton, East Dist 73 124 27 126 :i7
West Dist 123 213 10 199 4
Hanover, Nonh Dist. 64 166 8 158 1
South Dist 1G3 162 16i 4
Jefferson 106 122 10 123
Montville 53 139 12 137 I
Pequannock, 1st Dist 53 157 10 159 4
■2d Dist 124 145 5 149
Rocka way, North Dist 213 208 31 215 6
South Dist 210 142 27 152 1
1182 1678 140 1580
Majority 396
-Con. -Ass'y.-
3d District. p§ ^S*£oj3~i-Sd
■op oe^ na, -sP ca,
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Chester 264 102 15 255 16
Mount Olive 151 128 28 150 29
Randolph, Central Dist 114 114 48 116
North Dist 131 164 65 127 73
Scuth Dist 178 137 21 180 'lb
Western Dist 106 96 29 106 36
5-29 511 163 629 134
Roxbury, Port Morris 65 66 17 67 16
Succasunna 181 117 13 173 13
Washing'on, North Dist 86 49 15 86 15
South Dist 182 69 22 180 23
1458 1042 273 1440 246
Majority 416
4374 4088 556
Majority in county 286
ELECTION RETURNS. 311
Ocean County.
Con Ass'v.
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Berkeley..... 52 103 14 50 106 14
Brick, East Dist 112 164 10 115 163 7
Middle Uist 49 146 1 47 117 1
West Dist 67 169 12 65 173 6
228 479 23 227 483 14
Dover 210 368 15 183 383 12
Eaglesw;od 39 125 3 67 95 1
Jackson 183 116 14 186 114
Lacy 42 lOO 3 40 102 3
Manchester 114 98 112 100
Ocean 39 44 2 39 46 1
Plumstead 208 92 4 215 85 3
St flford 89 129 6 95 123 3
Union 51 148 4 53 147 2
1255 1802 88 1267 1784 53
Majority in county 547 517
Passaic County.
Con A s'y.-
1st District. sllg-ls =^:2g--S2
"^Q ^6L rtO* f^O rzQ^ rta*
U M CQ u ^ a
Paterson, 1st Ward, 1st Dist 213 2^7 24 202 262 7
1st Ward, 2d Dist 206 275 20 201 281 2
1st Ward, 3d Dist 73 193 3 68 203
3d Ward, 1st Dist 171 186 10 159 197
3d Ward, 2d Dist 194 282 4 185 287
3d Ward, 3d Dist 225 355 25 186 390 8
3d Ward, 4th Dist 146 140 8 124 161
3d Ward, 5th Dist 358 247 5 313 287
4th Ward 1st Dist 87 158 3 71 172
4th Ward, 2d Dist l.'iS 224 8 136 226
4thWard, 3d Dist 178 3.59 8 143 385
4th Ward, 4th Dist 148 345 16 138 351
Pompton 137 162 6 130 169
Wayne log 162 11 100 165
Manchester 1,55 176 8 153 174 4
West Milford 163 138 20 159 143
2718 3665 179 2468 3863 21
Majority 947 1385
312 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con •
2d District. g§ BS*:S° J"§ "^S"
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Little Falls 139 163 11 155 158
Paterson, 2d Ward, 'St Dist 172 210 17 151 232
2d Ward, 2d Dist 125 189 17 133 180
2d Ward, 3d Dist 189 202 191 195
2d Ward, <lth Dist 261 323 24 250 332
7th Ward, 1st Dist 363 129 10 365 124
7thW;\rd, 2d Dist 373 186 4 335 220
1622 1402 83 1580 1441
Majority 220 139
-Con. — Ass'y. —
2d District. 11 t^ £° ^ § AS"
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Paterion, 5th Ward, 1st Dist 200 205 9 202 193
5th Ward, 2d Di-t 211 271 9 217 257
6th War.l,3d Dist 213 117 7 192 133
5th Ward. 4ih Dist 283 276 11 309 243
Gth Ward, 1st Dist 155 176 7 107 219
6th Ward, 2d Dist 270 128 5 212 174
1332 1173 48 1239 1210
Majority 159 20
-Con. Ass'y.
4th District. But^£° Hv bjS"
•ap -op^ |£ Sq aoi
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Acquackanonk 186 176 5 143 219
Paterson 8th Ward, 1st Dist 286 169 11 270 174
8th Ward, 2d Dist 387 137 7 383 138
8th Ward, .3d D.St 353 136 5 216 172
8th Ward. 4th Dist 277 219 20 289 204
8th Ward, 5th Dist 147 135 5 149 132
Passaic City, 1st Ward 333 231 4 228 332
2d Ward 143 347 17 102 391
3d Wa d 77 164 8 39 203
4th Ward 265 316 12 191 387
8126 8260 404
Majority in county 134
ELECTION RETURNS.
313
VOTE IN THE CITY OF PATERSON.
CON.-
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Paterson, 1st Ward 492 731
2d Ward 747 924
3d Ward 1094 1210
4th Ward 568 1086
5ih Wa d 907 869
Cth Ward 425 304
7th Ward 736 315
fc Q es;
47 471 746
58 725 939
52 967 1322
35 4-8 1134
36 920 826
12 319 393
14 700 344
8th Ward 1450 786 48 1407 820
G419 6225 302 5997 6524
Majority 19t 527
Salem Coun'>y.
-Con.-
-Sen •
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Alloway 271 142
Elsinboro 55 64
Lower Alloways Creek 137 201
Lower Penns Neck 201 130
Mannington 160 208
Oldmans 184 187
Pilesgrove, North Dist 148 206
South Dist 157 233
Pittsgrove, 1st Dist 224 109
2d Dist IGO 77
Quinton 118 214
is
10
1
4
7
7
9
21
15
29
3
7
pa
280
57
157
201
165
185
155
168
260
161
124
nP^ no,
135 6
•Cfi
62
187
131
261
184
201
226
76
76
209
270
53
138
206
157
205
146
148
225
159
118
2 g- S,o
rt35 gfi
U
145 5
c/)
66
206
127
272
!66
214
243
111
78
214
735 610
Upper Penns Neck —
North Dist 179 146
South Di^t 162 92
Upper Pittsgrove 235 247
Salem, East Ward, 1st Dist... 105 137 8 106 137 4 104 140 5
East tVard,2d Dist... 216 231 32 236 251 23 238 244 29
Westward. 1st Dist... 186 122 13 180 129 8 182 128 9
West Ward, 2d Dist... 198 120 11 176 142 7 190 128 8
f4
698
659
42 714
640
51
22
4
28
185
171
246
142
85
240 .
19 168
1 148
224
164
105
262 .
14
1
3126 2929 231 3 .'13 2874 133 3079 3013 133
RIajorty in county 197 339 66
314 ELECTION RETURNS
Somerset County.
-Ass'y •
|q 1^ |i >>q |« |£ g'q 1^ -^i
Bedminsler 240 98 11 230 104 5 237 99 5
Be nards 1st Dist 22'1 97. 8 232 92 8 2il 97 8
•2d Dist 106 52 8 lOG 51 8 107 51 8
Branchburg 114 151 25 113 151 22 112 151 23
Bridgewater, 1 St Dist 202 241 27 269 234 22 290 215 20
2d Pist 210 20G 34 218 204 23 212 205 25
3d Dist 270 217 13 2i() 229 10 280 203 10
4tliDist 22i 216 16 24m 20G 15 248 19.) 13
9C7 880 90 983 873 70 103(> 818
Fr nklin, 1st Dist 107 109 105 112 103 112
2d Dist 145 94 10 151 90 6 139 99 7
3d Dist 90 109 4 97 102 1 93 105 1
342 312 14 353 304 7 335 316 8
Hillsboro, 1st Dist 141 163 16 135 169 12 128 173 8
2d Dist 131 177 5 128 17X 2 134 172 2
Montgomery .....133 194 3 138 193 1 135 192 1
North Plainfield 1st Dist 183 201 17 180 196 8 185 203 9
2d Dist \'2 leo 15 191 151 5 182 158 9
Warren 112 49 10 HI 50 7 113 47 8
2877 2531 222 2906 2512 155 2925 2477 157
M.ijority in county 343 394 448
ELECTION RETURNS. 315
Sussex County.
Con. Ass'y.
-T-W^IU flit- *-\w -WU ClC
o^ o^ 73 ? rt ^^
fc( O CO c« J O
Andover 121 45 5 125 46
Byram 73 78 17 72 79 16
Frankford 139 117 5 14'; 112
Green 49 35 6 53 33 2
Hampton 81 53 81 55
Hardyston 218 154 10 216 156
Lafayette 77 90 3 78 93
Montague 84 22 85 22
NcAton, 1st Dist 129 118 19 148 102 17
2d Dist 171 109 22 183 102 17
Sandyston 132 57 1 138 57
Sparta 147 131 4 147 132 3
Stillwater 154 81 9 156 80
Vernon 130 60 2 131 67 1
Walpack 70 11 1 77 11
Wantage, East Dist 254 119 6 279 93 2
West Dist 116 95 9 117 96 2
2151 1387 119 2232 1336 00
Majority in county 764 896
Union County.
Con. Sen Ass'y.-
1st District. "c -■"""• >-" - e c" ■ 5=" _-_•§. "2
.2Q s^ !&; SQ g^ &£ tp ^^ >i^
Elizabeth —
1st Ward, 1st Dist 277 199 10 292 193 8 261 220 8
1st Ward, 2d Dist 234 161 2 230 173 1 224 174 1
1st Ward, 3d Dist 254 159 2 230 188 234 182 2
1st Ward, 4ih Dist 203 128 4 199 131 1 197 1.3 1
2d Ward, 1st Dist 373 68 1 366 75 1 370 64 1
2d Ward 2d Dist 384 79 1 388 81 403 01
2d Ward, 3d Dist 308 62 303 72 314 59
6th Ward 174 313 3 175 321 2 104 328 4
7th Ward. 177 212 3 170 219 2 174 221
8th Ward 337 191 3 335 192 1 343 187 1
Linden ..140 2.36 5 155 227 2 138 243 3
2861 1808 34 2843 1872 IS 2822 1872
Majority 1053 971 950
316 ELECTION RETURNS.
Con Sen. Ass'y.
I ,- -^ ^
2d District, "c r-- ■"• • C - „• c . S ^ -• ■ Q
•5P_MQi >^a, sq ^3i aa, cQ-goi |(i,
Cranford 133 154 26 137 144 30 128 158 28
Elizabeth—
3d Ward, 1st Dist 257 126 243 139 1 261 124
3d Ward, 2d Dist 261 65 247 62 204 67
3d Ward, 3d Dist 200 66 190 80 201 69
4th Ward 207 210 5 208 210 4 214 204 4
5th Ward, 1st Dist 91 114 95 113 1 89 120 1
5th Ward. 2d Dist 138 210 3 141 212 2 137 216 2
5th Ward, 3d Dist 338 241 9 339 244 9 331 251 9
New Provid nee 74 55 6 75 55 4 68 64 2
Springfield 72 105 5 69 113 67 110 2
Summit 354 207 20 351 207 17 331 225 17
Union 236 162 13 242 160 7 218 175 15
2361 1715 87 2337 1759 75 2309 1783 80
Majority 646 578 526
3d District c r-* '"' • tT .-• c" . >" ,; . S
S i .a* S- -S 2 -S i "■= S" -^ s ^•^ g « g- J 2
•2Q ^pi >.;i, SjP Cp/ ^^ oQ ^ai «(JJ
Clark 39 22 2 39 22 39 22
Fanwood 'l06 145 117 133 93 154
Plainfield—
1st Ward 177 246 8 180 244 174 251
2d Ward 172 244 8 179 237 3 168 219 3
3d Ward 133 222 10 218 139 9 129 227 9
4ih Ward, 1st Dist 144 175 4 153 165 4 143 175 5
4thWard,2d Dist 191 94 6 190 95 4 100 94 4
817 981 36 920 880 20 804 990 21
Rahway —
1st Ward 185 125 6 185 124 6 182 123 5
2d Ward 190 156 6 190 lft9 5 191 154 5
3d Ward, 1st Dist 147 168 11 H7 169 7 151 Ifil 9
3d Ward, 2d Dist 103 130 3 102 133 98 134
4th Ward 145 131 8 14G 129 3 139 130 3
770 710 34 770 714 21 7G1 702 22
Westfield 237 253 37 273 221 29 240 246 32
19C9 2111 109 2119 1970 70 1937 2120 75
Majority 142 149 183
7191 5634 230 7299 5601 163
Majority in county 1557 1698
ELECTION RETURNS.
317
vote in the city of elizabeth.
Con. Sen -
-Ass'y.
u
0
Pro.
Dem
u
Pro.
Dem
a.
(2
d
a,
lizabeth, 1st Ward
968
647
18 951
685
10 916
709
12
2d Ward
1065
209
2 1057
228
1 1087
184
1
3d Ward
718
257 .
680
301
1 726
2G0 .
4th Ward
207
210
5 208
210
4 214
204
4
JthWard
5fi7
565
12 575
5f.9
12 557
587
12
ethWard
174
313
3 175
321
2 164
328
4
7thWa-d
177
212
191
3 170
3 335
219
192
2 174
1 343
221 ,
187
8th Ward
337
1
4213 2604
46 4151 2725
33 4181
2680
34
Majority
1609
1426
1501
Warren County.
-COK.-
-Sen. — ASb'v.-
IsT District. ■|i-ag-g2-is SS'-go >i£2
»a o;^ |£ §Q S»5 %^ §q 'gi
Allamuchy 101 45 7 105 42 6 110 15
Blairstown 206 115 23 185 141 19 197 82
Frelinghuysea 97 79 7 99 79 5 84 45
Franklin 170 70 25 170 77 21 170 45
Greenwich .' 91 61 4 98 52 5 85 17
Hackettstown, 1st Dist 138 92 30 139 93 27 129 83
2d Dist 144 96 21 131 109 19 143 09
H.-.rdwick 69 20 4 68 22 4 69 5
Mansfield 182 59 25 168 70 27 177 41
Independence 131 70 6 125 77 4 125 37
Oxford, id Dist 346 117 14 306 161 13 346 37
Washington B rough, East Dist... 218 76 51 259 58 33 220 81
West Di^t... 241 64 53 279 55 30 245 69
Washingion Township.. 179 64 13 176 68 12 188 23
2313 1028 283 2308 1104 225 2288 C49
Majority .■.1285 12n4 1G39
318 ELECTION RETURNS.
-Con Sen. Ass'y.
2d District. 5 § -1 S" = o ■= § jf S" .!£'' o u §
1^1^ |i |d ^^ ^i ^q
fo O crt U PS C IS
B Ividere 257 116 33 204 178 26 268
Harmony 154 59 5 140 74 3 155
Hope 131 90 21 133 93 14 140
Knowlton 182 97 6 180 99 7 194
Lopatcong 162 76 2 1.=.9 79 2 165
O.\ford, 1st Dist 2.30 fO 11 200 82 9 231
Pahaquarry 59 9 1 59 10 1 61
Phillipsburg, 1st Ward.. 225 190 11 190 230 8 233
2d Ward 235 120 12 218 140 10 2.39
3d Ward 265 187 24 238 218 22 268
4th Ward 187 103 7 172 120 6 188
912 600 54 818 708 46 928
Pohatcong 138 122 6 130 124 6 1(8
2225 1219 139 2023 1447 114 22.50
Majority 1006 586
4538 2247 422 4.331 2551 339
Majority in county 2291 1780
Total Number of Election Precincts, by Counties.
Atlantic, 21 ; Bergen, 22; Burlingion, 39; Camden, 45; Cape May, 12;
Cumberland, 32 ; Essex, 97 ; Gloucester, 19 ; Hudson, 131 ; Hunterdon, 25;
Mercer, 45; Middlesex, 32; Monmouth, 36; Morris, 29; Ocean, 13; Pas-
saic, 39; Salem, 18; Somerset, 17; Sussex, 17; Union, 30; Warren, 26.
Total, 751.
For Congress, by Districts.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Pluralities,
c"
o
Counties.
z
Da ^i Q oi
Camden 5927 8224 618 2297
Cape May 728 890 189 162
Cumberland 3631 3985 646 354
Gloucester 2960 30,54 323 94
Salem 3126 2929 231 197
10372 19082 2007 197 2907
Bergen's plurality 2710 2710
ELECTION RETURNS
319
SECOND DISTRICT.
Pluralities.
Counties. 5 u J §■ S 2 c
E CQ C3 C PS
Atlantic 1970 2422 268 452
Burlington S' 6fi 6140 501 474
Mercer 7161 7151 343 310
Ocean 1255 1802 88 547
Buchanan's plurality.
10.352 17515 1200
1163
310 1473
1163
THIRD DISTRICT.
Counties. "5 ^ — . . ^_-
5^5 -^' S" -S g -•
•5^ M^ ^^ £
Middlesex 5723 4625 355 1098
Monm.uth '352 5489 538 1863
Union 7191 5634 230 l.i.i7
20266 1.5748 1123 4518
Geissenhainer's plurality 4518
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Counties. Ji ^ -a S" S .'^
ta O m Pi
Hunterdon 3893 2607 820 1286
Somerset 2877 2534 222 343
Sussex 2151 1387 119 764
Warren 4538 2247 422 2291
13459 8775 1583 4684
Fowler's plurality 4684
fifth DISTRICT.
Pluralities.
Counties. Mm ^i^^ = i
o e K Q as
Bergen 4315 3111 109 1204
Morris 4374 4088 556 286
Passaic 8126 8200 404 134
16815 15459 1069 1490 134
Cadmus' plurality 1356 1356
320
ELECTION RETURNS.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Pluralities.
County. :2 g ^ S" Sj ° e
« u < Q
Essex 23278 21468 995 1810
English's plurality 1810
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Pluralities.
County.
Hudson 21875 16761
McDonald's plurality 5114
Brown
Pro.
Dem.
d
u
pa
16761
4 18 5114
S do
OJ V u
p Pi dl
Total vote for Congress 128417 114808 8426
Democratic plurality for Congressmen 13609
For Governor in 1889.
Pluralities
Counties.
Atlantic 5326 23
Bergen 7749 27
Burlington 13786 41
Camden 17195 48
Cape May 2537 8
Cumberland 9597 15
Essex 45911 97
Gloucester 6579 17
Hudson 42925 125
Hunterdon 8494 22
Mercer 16841 15
Middlesex 12228 37
Monmouth 14149 37
Morris 10408 35
Ocean 3517 15
Passaic 16387 38
Salem 6316 17
Somerset 5s63 6
Sussex 4866 16
Union 12221 31
Warren 7771 39
:gp
4196
5838
6979
1048
4000
22955
2934
27822
4926
8u77
6727
7520
4994
1446
7081
2950
2950
2779
6321
4455
^ V
o
2818
3374
7449
9773
1351
4880
22097
33G9
14306
3062
8328
5234
6041-)
4804
1967
8913
3132
2680
1902
5620
2797
236 .
140
463
392
127
626
682
246
189
473
399
212
524
465
97
283
211
222
165
2U
470
571
1
822
1611
2794
1
303
2
880
858
435
13516
1
1864
251
2
1493
1474
2
100
521
1
1832
182
270
877
2
701
Plurality.
270996 709 138245 123992 68';3 13 23-33 9380
14253 14263
ELECTION RETURNS.
321
Presidential Vote— 1888.
Counties.
Q (^
Atlantic 2554 3030
Bergen 4897 4239
Burlington 6969 7479
Camden 7897 10489
Cape May 1100 1463
Cumberland 4353 5542
Essex 251S2 25298
Gloucester .3092 3969
Hudson 27609 1944U
Hunterdon 5530 3555
Mercer 8214 9175
Middlesex 7209 6061
Monmouth 8509 73B6
Morris 5580 6826
Ocean 1465 2315
Passaic 8950 9984
Salem 3135 3352
Somerset 3293 3141
Sussex 3310 2343
Union 7568 6649
Warren 5077 3358
Average vote 151493 144344
Plurality 7149
6
263
104
561
Pluralities.
S g.
p «
476
658
."ilO
481
2592
165
363
840
1189
756
316
290
"8169 .
1975 .
""il48 .
1153 .
116
877
540
373
268
"1241
646
621
"246
113
281
273
195
" "l52 .
967 .
919 .
1719 .
850
10 J4
217
160
252
506
7904
16860
7149
9711
3 '2
ELECTION RE2 URNS.
Special Election— 1890.
A special election was held Tuesday, September 30th,
1890, on proposed amendments to the State Conslituti<in,
one of which abrogated the clause which prohibits
special legislation for towns and counties, and the other
of which provided for the appointment of Common
Pleas Judges by the Senate and General Afsembly in
joint meeting. Both amendments were njected, the
votes by counties being as follows :
Special
Legislation.
Judges'
Amendm't.
u rt u rt C —
o w) o 5? t5 o
fa < fa <; Z a.
Atlantic 81 638 272 447 719
Bergen 50 1482 501 1030 1538
Burlington 92 2591 533 2150 2(84
Camden 876 2765 1044 2001 3644
Cape May 105 306 178 233 411
Cumberland 50 13' 9 363 995 1359
Essex 553 ll?6l 5935 6472 12432
Gloucester 29 1080 377 732 1110
Hudson 447 10187 1924 8709 10664
Hunterdon 39 2415 549 1901 2456
Mercer 207 2465 730 1943 2673
Middlesex 59 3174 1114 2120 3234
Monmouth 85 3144 216 3013 3.;36
Morris 154 2186 486 1855 2 i42
Ocean 31 566 152 443 596
Passaic lS-5 3538 316 3407 3723
Salem 11 1121 141 991 1132
Somerset 40 1327 348 1019 ]:',67
Sussex 23 1134 178 978 1158
Union 106 3657 1160 2602 3765
Warren. 105 2104 239 1970 2210
3328 59050 16756 45611 62153
UNITED STATES CENSUS
1890.
The population by wards, township?, &c., of Ntw
Jersey had not been declared at the (I'ensus Office, Wash-
ington, D. C, when this edition of the Manual went to
press. Consequently all the information that could be
obtained about New Jersey was by counties and cities.
The following tables show the present population as
compared with that of 1880, together with the inert ase
and decrease, as the case may be, and also the percent-
age of increase in cities and towns :
1890.
Atlantic 28,807
Bergen 47,223
Burlington 58,438
Camden 87,600
Cape May 11,245
Cumberland 45,340
Essex 25S,6G0
Gloucester 28,585
Hudson 274,855
Hunterdon 35,315
Mercer 79,8<i3
Middlesex 59,487
Monmouth 69,0f)2
Morris 54,085
Ocean 15,9G0
Passaic 105,035
Salem 25,148
Somerset 28,290
Sussex 22,233
Union 72,321
Warren 36,525
18S0.
Increase.
18,704
10,103
36,786
10,437
55,402
3,036
62,942
24,658
9,765
1,480
37,687
7,653
189,029
65,731
25,886
2,699
187,944
86,911
. 38,570
3.255*
5s,06l
21,742
52,286
7,201
55.538
13,524
50,861
3,224
14,455
1,505
68,860
36,175
24 ,.579
569
27,162
1,128
23,539
1,306*
55,.571
16.750
36,589
64*
1,441,017 1,131,116 309,116
Per cent., 27.40.
* Decrease.
(323)
324
U. S. CENSUS RETURNS.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
1890
Atlantic City 13038
Bayonne ? 18966
Bordentown 5045
Bridgeton 11471
Burlington... 8198
Camden 58274
Elizabeth 37670
Gloucester City 6563
Harrison 8528
Hoboken 43561
Jersey City 163987
Lambertville 4138
Millville 9957
Newark 181518
New Brunswick 184.')9
Orange 18774
Passaic 13027
Paterson 78358
Perth Amboy 9476
Phillipsburg 86J2
Plainfield 11260
Rahway 7090
Rutherford 2293
Salem 6512
Trenton 58488
Vineland 4068
Washington 2830
Woodbury 3867
♦Decrease.
1880
c
&,
5477
7561
138.05
9372
9624
102.69
4258
787
18.48
8722
2749
31.52
6(190
2108
34.61
41659
16615
39.88
28229
9441
33.44
5347
1216
22.74
6898
1630
23.63
30999
12562
40.52
120722
43265
35.84
4183
45*
108
76fiO
2297
29.93
136508
45010
32.97
17166
1293
7 53
13207
5567
42.15
6532
6495
99.43
510J1
27327
53.55
4808
4668
97.09
7181
1441
20.06
8125
3125
38.46
6455
635
9.84
2299
6*
5056
456
9.02
299 '0
28578
95.55
2519
1549
61.49
2142
688
32.12
2298
1569
68.28
U. S. CENSUS RETURNS. 325
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES
Population. Increase from 1880
TO 1890.
States and Territories.
1890. 1880. Number. P^^""'"
age.
The United States... 62,622,250 50,155,783 12,466,467 24.86
North Atlantic Division 17,401,545 14,507,407 2,894,138 19.95
Maine 601,086 648,936 12,150 L87
New Hampshire 376,^30 346,991 29,.'i39 8.61
Vermont... 332,42i 3,S2,286 1.36 0.04
Massachusetts 2,2:i8,943 1,783,085 455,858 25.67
Rhode Island 345,506 276,531 6x,975 24.94
Connecticut 746,258 622,700 123,'>58 19.84
New York 5,997,853 6,082,871 914,982 18.00
New Jersey 1,444,933 1,131,116 313,817 27.74
Pennsylvania 5,268,014 4,282,891 975,123 22.77
South Atlantic Division 8,857,920 7,597,197 1,260,723 16 59
Delaware 168,493 146,608 21,885 14.93
Maryland 1,042,890 9.34,943 107,447 11.49
District of Columbia 2.30,392 177,624 52,768 29.71
Virginia I,6.'i5,980 1,512,565 143,415 9.48
West Virginia 762,794 618,4.')7 144,337 23.34
North Carolina 1,*<17,947 1,399,750 218,197 15.59
South Caroina 1,151,149 995,.577 1.55,572 15 63
Georgia 1,837,353 1,542,180 295,173 19.14
Florida 391,422 269,493 121,929 45.24
Northern Central Division 22,362,279 17,364,111 4,998,168 28.78
Ohio 3,672,316 3,198,062 474,254 14.83
Indiana 2,192,404 1,978,301 214,103 10.82
Illinois 3,-2H,351 3,077,871 748,480 24.32
Michigan 2,093,889 1,636,!M7 45'=,9.52 27.92
Wisconsin 1.686,88!) 1,315,497 371,383 28.23
Minnesota 1,30I,S26 7'-0,773 e'2I,(i.53 66.74
Iowa 1,911,890 1.624,615 287,281 17.68
Missouri 2,679,184 2,168,380 510,804 23.56
Ncrth Dakota lS-iJ\0 36,909 145,810 395.05
South Dakota 328,»i08 98,268 230,540 234.60
Nebraska 1,0.5S,910 452,402 606,.5O8 134.06
Kansas 1,427,096 996,096 431,000 43 27
Southern Central Division 10,972,893 8,919,371 2,0.53,522 23.02
Kentucky 1,858,635 1,6I8,'90 2i'9,945 12.73
Tennessee 1,767.518 1,.542,:'59 225,1.59 14 60
Alabama 1,518,017 l,2lVi,.505 2.50,512 19.84
Mississippi 1,2^9.000 1,131,597 1.58,003 13.96
Louisiana l,U8,'i87 • 939.946 178.641 19.01
Texas 2,235,523 1,591,749 643,774 40.44
Indian Territory (^)
Oklahoma <r61,834 61.834
Arkansas 1,128,179 802,525 325,654 40.58
^The number of white persons in the Indian Territory is not included in
thi'^ table, as 'he census of Indians and other persons on Indian reservations,
which was made a subject i,f special investigation by law, has not yet been
compleied.
c Including 5,338 persons in Greer county (in Indian Territory), claimed
by Texas.
21
326
U. S. CENSUS RETURNS.
Population. Increase from 1880
TO 1890
States and Territories.
1890. 1880. Number. P^"-""'-
age.
Western Division 3,027,613 1,767,697 1,259,916 71.27
Montana 132,l.'i9 39,159 93,000 237.49
Wyoming 60,705 20,789 3!),916 192.01
Colorado 412,198 194,327 217,871 112 12
New Mexico 153,593 119,.'i65 34 028 28 46
Arizona 59,620 40,440 19,180 47.43
Utah 207,905 143,963 63,942 44.42
Nevada 45,761 62,266 al6.50.j a26.5l
Idaho 84,3S5 32,610 51,775 158.77
Alaska Id)
Washington 349,390 7^,116 274,274 365.13
Oregon 313,767 174,768 13'<,999 79.53
Califun.ia 1,208,130 864.694 343,436 39.72
The population of the Unitei States in 1870 was 38,558,374.
a Petrease.
</The number of white persons in Alaska is not included in this table, as
the census of Alaska, which was made a subject of special investigation by
law, has not yet been completed.
Cities of the United States having a Population
of 50,000 and Over.
*New York, N. Y 1
Chicago, 111 1
Philadelphia, Pa 1
Brouklyn, N. Y
St. L uis, Mo
Boston, Mass
Baltimore, Md
San Krancisco, Cal
Cincinnati. O
Cleveland, O
Buffalo, N Y
New Orleans, La
Pittsburg Pa
Detroit, Mich
Milwaukee, Wis
Newark, N. J
Minneapolis, Minn
Jersey tjty N. J
Louisville. Ky
Omaha, Neb
Rochester, N, Y
St Paul, Minn
Providence R. I
Indianapolis, Ind
Denver, Col
Alleghany Pa
Albany N. Y
Columbus, O
,?il3,501
,098,576
,014,894
804,a77
460,357
446,507
435,151
297,990
296,309
261,546
254,457
241, 99i
2.38,473
205,669
204,105
181,518
164 738
163,987
161,005
139,52«
138,327
133,166
132,043
107,445
100,670
104,967
94.610
90,398
Syracuse. N. Y 87,877
New Haven, Conn 85,981
Worcester, Mass 84,536
Scranton, Pa 83,450
Toledo, Ohio 82,652
Richmond, Va 80,838
Paterson, N. J 78.3.58
Lowell. Mass 77,605
Nashville, Tenn 76,309
Fall River, Mass 74,351
Cambridge, Mass 69,837
Atlanta, Ga 65,514
Memphis, Tenn 64,.586
Grand Rapids, Mich 64,147
Wilmington. Del 61437
Troy N. Y 60,605
Reading, Pa 58,926
Dayton, O 58,868
Trenton, N. J 58.488
Camden N.J 58,274
Lynn, Mass 55,684
Li con.N'b 5P,491
Charleston, S. C 54,592
Harilord, Conn 63,182
Evansvill'-, Ind 50,674
Los Angeles ( al 50,394
Des Moines, la 50,067
*A census taken by the police authorities, and completed Octoler 14th
1890, makes the population 1,710,716, an increase of 197,214.
(7. S. CENSUS RETURNS. 327
DEBTS OF CITIES AND TOWNS.
The annexed table, compiled from advance sheets of
the new census, shows the total indebtedness, available
resources and annual interest charge of various cities and
towns in New Jerse3^
Total Debt.
Atlantic City 834,450
Bayonne 1,624,031
Bordentown 18,000
Bridgeton 85,-500
Burlington 81,800
Camden 1,331,850
Elizabeth 3,673,196
Gloucester City 82,000
Hacltensack. 33,000
Hackettstown 18,000
Hoboken 1,225,815
Jersey City 18,195,-545
Keyport 6,500
Lambertville 5,000
Millville 29,395
Montclair 315,000
Morristown.. 3,000
Newark ll,.57l,O00
Newton 14,500
Orange 741,.500
Passaic 270,496
Paterson 1,5-^8,538
Perth Amboy 117,200
Phillipsburg 103,500
Rahway 1,14-5,250
Salem 70,500
Trenton 1,447,984
Available
Resources.
Annual
Interest.
$1,987
«88,204
76,615
900
13,713
2,000
176,101
319,807
4,673
4,585
88,806
257,124
3,780
1,980
900
33,241
1,776,524
67,742
878,037
.390
1,538
249
l.-WS
lO.'OO
1,200
3,094,920
210
241,452
805
215,021
349,0.52
2,308,971
19,093
9,970
39,932
10,380
.87,>'43
5,064
4,-570
45.810
3,980
706,904
66,743
328
NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
According to the re-apportionment bill which has
passed Congress, the next Electoral College will have a
total of 444 votes, divided among the forty-four States
as follows :
Alabama 11
Arkansas 8
California 9
Colorado 4
Connecticut 6
Delaware 3
Florida 4
Georgia 13
Idaho 3
Illinois 24
Indiana 15
Iowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 8
Maine 6
Maryland 8
Massachusetts 15
Michigan 14
Minnesota 9
Mississippi 9
Missouri 17
Montana 3
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
New Hampshire -. 4
New Jersey 10
New York 36
North Carolina 11
North Dakota 3
Ohio 23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 32
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 9
South Dakota 4
Tennessee 12
Texas 15
Vermont... 4
Virginia 12
Washington 4
West Virginia 6
Wisconsin 12
Wyoming 3
Total.
.444
PRESIDENTS.
329
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Year of
Qualificat'n.
Name.
Where From.
Term of Office.
1789 ' George Washington.
1797 1 John Adams
1801 1 Thomas Jefferson
1809
1817
1824
1829
1837
1841
1841.....
1845 ....
1849
18.50
1853
1857
1861
1865
1869
1877
1881
1881
James Madison
James Munroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jacl<son. ...
Martin Van Buren i
Wm Henry Harrison*..!
John Tyler
James Knox Folic
Zachary Taylorf
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln^
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S Grant
Rutherford B Hayes .
James A. Garfield.**..
Chester A. Arthur
188> I Grover Cleveland
1889 i Benjamin Harrison
Virginia
Massachusetts...
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Massachusetts ..
Tennessee
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Tennessee
Louisiana
New York
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania...
Illinois
Tennessee
Illinois
Ohio
Ohio
New York
New York
Indiana
8 years.
4 years.
8 j'ears.
8 years.
8 years.
4 years.
8 years.
4 years.
1 month.
3 yrs., 11 mos.
^^ years.
1 yr., 4 mos , 5 d.
2 yrs ,10 mo., 26 d.
4 years.
4 years.
4 yrs , 1 mo., 10 d.
3yrs.,10mo ,20d.
8 years.
4 years.
6 mos., 15 days.
3 yrs., 5 mo., 15 d.-
4 years.
* Died in office April 4, 1841, when Vice-President Tyler succeeded him.
tDied in office July 9, 1850, when Vice-President Fillmore succeeded him.
t Assassinated April 14, 1865, when Vice-President Johnson succeeded him.
** Assassinated July 2, 18S1 ; died September 19, 1881, when Vice-President
Arthur succeeded him.
330
VICE- PRESIDE N TS.
VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Year of qualification.
Name.
Where from.
1789
1 97
Virginia.
1801
180t
181.3 . .
1817
New York.
1824
1833
1837
Kentucky.
Virginia.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
New York.
184:
1842
1845
Samuel L. Southard^
George M. Dallas
184?
Millard Fillmore
1851
William R KingJ
18,53
David R Atchison^
Jesse D. Brightg
1857
Kentucky.
1865
1869
Mas.sachusetts.
1875
Michigan.
William A. Wheeler
1881
New York.
1885
1886
Ohio.
1889
Levi P. Moiton
New York.
g Ex-officio as President />-<? tern, of Senate.
II Died in office November 22, 1-75
It Died in office November 25, 1885.
EDUCATIONAL.
County Superintendents of Public Instruction.
Atlantic, S. R. Morse. Atlantic City ; Bergen, John Ter-
hune, Hackensack ; Burlington, Edgar Haas, Borden-
town; Camden, Charles S. Albertaon, Magnolia; Cape
May, Vincent 0. Miller, South Dennis; Cumberland,
Charles G. Hampton, Bridgeton ; Essex, C'has M. Lavis,
Bloomfield ; Gloucester, Jamps Gallaher, Paulsboro;
Hudson, George C. Houton, Hoboken; Hunterdon, E.
M. Heath, Locktown ; Mercer, Lloyd Wilbur, Hights-
town ; Middlesex, H. B. Willis, New Brunswick ; Mon-
mouth, Samuel Lockwood, Freehold ; Morris, James 0.
Cooper, Djver; Ocean, Edward M. Lonan, Toms River;
Passaic, J. C. Cruikshank, Little Falls; Salem, Robert
Gwynne, Jr., Salem ; Somerset, William T. F. Ayers,
Somerville; Sussex, Luther Hill, Andover; Union, B.
Holmes, Elizabeth; Warren, Robert S. Price, Hacketts-
town.
City Superintendents.
Atlantic City, Levi C. Albertson ; Bridgeton, William
E. Cox; Camden, Martin V. Bergen; Elizabeth, J. Augus-
tus Dix: Gloucester City, J. C. Stinson ; Hobok^m, David
E. Rue; Jersey City, A. B. Poland; Millvilie, E. C.
Stokes; Morristown, W. L. R. Haven; Newark, William
N. Barringer; New Brunswick, Charles Jacobus; Orange,
U. W. Cutts; Paterson, Orestes M. Brands; Perth Am-
boy, C. C. Hommann ; Phillipsburg, H. Budd Howell ;
Plainfield, J. L. Hurlbut; Rah way, Elihu B. Silvers;
Salem, Robert Gwynne, Jr.: Trenton, Frank H. Lalor.
Department of Public Instruction.
Amount of money appropriated by the State for the
support of public schools, $2,095,260; township school
tax, $30,589.25 ; surplus revenue. $31,982.99 ; district and
city tax for teachers' salaries, $504,618.51; district and
citv tax for building and repairing school-hf^uses, $638,-
800.62 ; total amount for all school purposes, $3 301,251.37.
(331)
332
EDUCATIONAL.
Value of school property, $8,629,493 ; number of school
districts, 1,382; number of school-houses, 1,650; number
of private schools having 25 pupils, or more, 235; num-
ber of male teachers, 822 ; female teachers, 3 642 ; average
salary per month paid to male teachers, $76 02; to female
teachers, $43 62 ; number of children the school-houses
will seat comfortably, 223,804.
The following table gives the number of children in
the State between the ages of five and eighteen, and the
number enrolled in the public schools for the past school
year :
En-
Counties. Census, rolled.
Atlantic 6,82>i 5,012
Bergen 12,023 7,<i70
Burlington 15,205 10.211
Camden 23.169 16,811
Cape May 2,850 2 311
Cumberland Il,x56 0,:i58
Essex 74,029 35,344
Gloucester 7,981 0,^63
Hudson 98,746 38,949
Hunterdon 9,0.')3 7,314
Mercer 19,393 10,.'i22
Middlesex 14,663 9,083
En-
Counties. Census, rolled.
Monmouth 18,750 13,030
Morris 14,280 9,319
Ocean 4,412 3,433
Passaic 29,020 16 698
Salen (j,t<87 .'■.SGS
Somerset 7,355 5,052
Sussex 5,806 4,912
Union 17,375 9,-562
Warren 10,105 7,652
Total 409,764 234,072
Number of children attending private schools, 47,269;
number of children attending no school during the year,
106,010; average time the schools were kept open, 9 6
months.
For Trustees, &c., of the State Normal School, see page
269.
Ne^v Jersey School for Deaf-Mutes.
The school is situated in the Tenth ward of Trenton, in
the section comprising the old borough of Chambersburg,
and about one mile and a half from the State House.
Board of Trustees. — President, Governor Abbett; Secre-
tary, Edwin O. Chapman; Treasurer, Edward J. Ander-
son; Marcus Beach, Jersey City; Thomas T. Kinney,
Newark ; Theodore W. Morris, Freehold ; Henry B. Cros-
by, Paterson ; Richard L. Howell, Millville; Robert S.
Woodruff, Trenton ; Samuel Rhinehart, New Hampton ;
James M. Seymour, Newark.
Executive Committee. — Governor Abbett, Chairman; Rob-
ert S. Woodruff, Secretary ; James M. Seymour, Edwin 0.
Chapman, Henry B. Crosby. Superintendent, Weston
Jenkins, A.M. ; Steward, John Wright; Assistant Steward,
E. C. Burd ; Matron, Miss Kate E. Fiynn. Teachers — Mr.
EDUCATIONAL. 333
Rowland B. Lloyd, Mrs. Mary P. Ervin, Miss Marcella V.
Gillen, Miss Virginia H. Bunting, Mrs. Matilda B. Miller,
Miss Elizabeth C. Snowden ; Mrs. Rosa Keeler, Teacher of
Articulation ; Miss Frances C. Hawkins, Teacher of Art ;
Boys' Supervisor, Mrs. Mary L. Ellis ; Girls' Supervisor,
Mrs. Nellie Jones ; Attending Physician, Elmer Barwie,
M.D.
The course of study pursued is similar to that of the
public schools, as the institution is considered part of the
public school system of the State. Articulation, or speak-
ing, and lip-reading are taught, and appliances have been
introduced, to which addition is constantly being made,
for manual and industrial training for both sexes. Draw-
and other branches of art are taught with especial refer-
ence to their application to industrial production. The
most successful feature of this branch is, probably, the
printing office, from which a number of the boys are
turning out most excellent general work, as well as priut-
ing with their own hands a daily sheet giving the news
of the school, and a monthly journal, The Silent Worker,
edited by fellow-pupils and constituting a very popular
organ of the school. It is the intention of the managers
not to make it an asylum, but a home and a school.
Pupils between the ages of eight and twenty-one years
are admitted, and the term of instruction is three years,
but may be extended to eight years by the Board. There
were on January Ist, 1891, about one hundred and thirty
pupils in the school. The maintenarce is provided for
by the payment of a certain sum per capita from the pub-
lic school fund.
MTLITARY.
Roster of OflBcers of National Guard.
Commander-in-Chief. — Governor Leon Abbett.
Staff. — Adjutant-General, Brevet Major-General Wil-
liam S. Stryker; Quartermaster-General, Kichard A.
Donnelly ; Surgeon-General, Brigadier-General John D.
McGill; Inspector-General, William C. Heppenheimer ;
Inspector-General of Rifle Practice, Brigadier-General
Bird W. Spencer; Judge Advocate-General, Brigadier-
General William F. Abbett; Assistant Adjutant-General,
Colonel S.Meredith Dickinson; Aids-de-Camp, Colonel
George B. M. Harvey, Colonel John T. Van Cleef, Colonel
Robert Ad rain. Colonel Michael T. Barrett, Colonel An-
thony R. Kuser, Colonel Henry Spielmann, Colonel John
F. Krueger.
Division. — Major-General Joseph W. Plume, command-
ing.
Staff. — Assistant Adjutant General, Colonel Marvin
Dodd ; Inspector, Colonel Frederick S. Fish ; Surgeon,
Colonel George W. Terriberry ; Quartermaster, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel William Strange; Paymaster, Lieutenant-
Colonel Samuel Meeker; Judge Advocate, L'.eutenant-
Colonel John A.Miller; Chief of Artillery, Colonel A.
Judson Clark ; Aids-de-Camp, Major William S. Righter,
Major Leon Abbett, Jr.
First iJrigrade.— Brigadier-General Dudley S. Steele,
commanding.
Staff. — Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-Colonel
John A. Parker; Inspector, Lieutenant-Colonel H. Eu-
gene Hamilton; Surgeon, Lieutenant-Colonel Aaron K.
Baldwin; Quartermaster, Major Charles Boltwood ; Pay-
master, Major Eqos Runyon ; Judge Advocate, Major
Robert I. Hopper; Engineer and Signal Officer, Major
Lewis H. Broome; Aids-de-Camp, Captain Allen B. Wal-
lace, Captain S. Wood McClave.
Second Brigade. — Brevet Major-General William J.
Sewell, Commanding.
Staff. — Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieutenarit-Colonel
Thomas S. Chambers ; Inspector, Brevet Colonel Daniel
B. Murphy ; Surgeon, Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin
(334)
MILITARY. 335
Gauntt; Quartermaster, Major William M. Palmer; Pay-
master, Major Kenneth J. Duncan ; Judge Advocate,
Major Franklin C. Wool m an ; Engineer and Signal Offi-
cer, Major Alexander C. Oliphant; Aids-de-Camp, Cap-
tain Hamilton Markley, Captain J. Blanchard Edgar.
First Kegimerd Infantry, Headquarters, Newark. —
Colonel, Edward A. Campbell; Adjutant, Captain James
L Marsh.
becond Regiment Infantry, Headquarters, Hoboken. —
Colonel, Edwin A. Stevens ; Adjutant, Wm. J. O'Toole.
Third Regiment Infantry, Headquarters, Elizabeth. —
Colonel, Benjamin A. Lee; Adjutant, First Lieutenant
Louis J. McVicker.
Fourth Regiment Infantry, Headquarters, Jersey City. —
Colonel, p. Farmer Wanser; Adjutant, Captain Benja-
min M. Gerardin.
Fiflh Regiment Infantry, Headquarters, Newark. —
Colonel Levi R. Barnard ; Adjutant, Captain James J.
Dooner.
Sixth Regiment Infantry, Headquarters, Camden. —
Colonel, William H. Cooper; Adjutant, First Lieutenant
Christopher S. Magrath.
Seventh Regimemt Infantry, Headquarters, Trenton, —
Colonel, Wm. H, Skirm; Adjutant, Captain Charles H.
W. Van Pciver.
First Battalion Infantry, Headquarters, Paterson —
Lieutenant Colonel, Samuel V. S. Muzzy ; Adjutant, Cap-
tain John T. Hilton.
Second Battalion Infantry, Headquarters, Leonia —
Lieutenant-Colonel, James V. Moore; Adjutant, Captain
Charles W. Springer.
Tliird Battalion Infantry, Headquarters, Orange. — Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, Edward H.Snyder; Adjutant, First Lieu-
tenant Edwin H. Hine.
Galling Gun Company A, Elizabeth. — Captain and
Brevet Brigadier-General, J. Madison Drake.
Galling Gun Company B, Camden. — Captain, John R.
Jones.
Nesxr Jersey State Camp Ground and Rifle
Range.
New Jersey, with her proverbial liberality, has pro-
vided a State Camp and Rifle Range at Sea Girt for the
use of her National Guardsmen, and each year since 1884
one of the Brigades has been sent into camp for a week,
336 MILITARY.
and rifle practice has been conducted under the charge
of the oflScers of that department, for a season of about
six weeks each year.
The ground is beautifully located, being a perfect
plateau, extending from the railroad to the ocean, and
contains about 160 acres.
The Rifle Kange is located at the southerly side of the
property at the ocean end. The targets are placed upon
the coast and the shooting is in the direction of the sea.
The organizations of the National Guard, according to
the proper classes, are ordered upon the Range, and are
instructed in the class practice and in skirmish drill and
volley firing.
The various gun detachments are given an opportunity
to shoot at targets anchored at sea, from 800 to 1,200
yards. This practical instruction produces efficiency in
the troops, and would be of great service should they be
called out for active duty. Au iulimate acquaintance
with the rifle with which the troops are armed, is in
these days a necessity. Diecipline and drill, soldierly ap-
pearance and e!>pril de corps, count as nothing if the
soldier is a novice in the use of his weapon. Recogniz-
ing this fact, in the time of peace preparing f jr war, the
United States Army, following, however, in the wake of
the States, has gone into the instruction of rifle practice,
including volley and skirmish firing, upon a large scale;
and almost every State in the Union which boasts a
National Guard makes this duty one of the important
features of the Guardsmen's instructions.
The combination of a State Camp and Rifle Range,
under proper State supervision, has been demonstrated
to be productive of the best results. It is an acknowl-
edged fact that instruction in rifle practice was unknown
in the National Guard of the States, and until the New
York riots of 1871 proved the necessity of a more de-
tailed instruction in, and intimate knowledge of, the
rifle, especially with a viewof effectiveness, no effort had
been made to provide State Camps and State Rifle
Ranges. Now even the smaller States, with but a hand-
ful of National Guardsmen, are devoting much time and
money to their advancement in this particular branch of
the service. New Jersey was the second State to form-
ally adopt a method of instruction in ride practice and
to inaugurate Rifle Ranges, New York having been the
first. But a small proportion of the money devoted to the
support of the National Guard of New Jersey is expended
MILITARY. 337
for rifle practice, and yet the most beneficial results have
thus far been accomplished.
The State has been endeavoring to acquire title to the
ground at Sea Girt, and it is believed that before long
the land will become the property of the State ; after
which the State will doubtless erect an adequate sea-
coast battery, and educate the troops practically in their
duties. The camp instruction, the individual instruc-
tion in the use of the rifle, firing in volleys at a target,
drilling and firing as skirmishers at known and unknown
distances, and the practice with the howitzers at sea
targets, are all well under way. With the ground once
the property of the State, a suitable sea-coast battery
erected, and the troops drilled in its defense. New Jersey
will have a military force sufiicienlly educated and in-
structed to protect her exposed position. The officers
of the Department of Rifle Practice are, Brigadier-Gen-
eral Bird W. Spencer, Inspector-General of Rifle Prac-
tice ; Colonels James M. Van Valen and John C. Owens,
Assistant Inspector-Generals of Rifle Practice.
Quartermaster-General's Department.
The total number of small arms the property of the
State, including those in possession of the National
Guard, is 15,300. The heavy ordnance, serviceable,
consists of twelve light Napoleon guns, smooth-bore ;
four Si-inch Ames guns, smooth-bore ; four Si-inch
James guns, rifled, and eighteen 3 inch Griffin guns,
rifled. These, with gun carriages, limbers, caissons,
battery wagons, traveling forges and implements, com-
pose six 6gun battalions. In addition to this, there
are eight Gatling guns, eight breech-loading howitzers,
two Billinghurst and Requa batteries, and two mountain
howitzers, with sufficient ammunition for almost any
emergency. The number of cartridges for Springfield
rifles, on hand, is about 150,000. A large quantity of
ammunition is manufactured at the Arsenal. All issues
of clothing, camp and garrison equipage and Quarter-
master's stores, arms and accoutrements, as may be
prescribed by law, are made throusih this Department
to the National Guard, or uniformed militia of the
State, and it is the duty of this Department to make,
generally, all arrangements for the transportation and
subsistence for troops when ordered out for parades, in-
spections and encampments, or when called into active
service by order of the Commander-in-Chief, to quell
338 MILITAR Y.
riot or disturbance of any kind against the laws of the
State.
All purchases of uniforms and military stores, and
supplies of every description, for the use of the National
Guard, are made through this Department. Also, to pay
troops for services at encampments, or for active duty in
the field, should such occasion arise.
At the State Arsenal a small force is constantly em-
ployed in the cleaning and repairs of rifles and equip-
ments that are returned by the various military com-
panies throughout the State.
As regards uniforms, arms and accoutrements, the
National Guard is in excellent condition and ready for
any emergency.
REPORTS
OF
STATE DEPARTxMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS.
STATE TREASURER'S REPORT.
The annual report of State Treasurer Toflfey for the
fiscal year ending November Ist, 1890, makes the follow-
ing exhibit :
STATE FUND.
Receipts $1,830,907 36
Balance in bank November 1st, 1889 241,996 48
52,072,903 84
Disbursements 81,6:i9,I42 97
Balance in bank October 31st, 1890 433,760 87
$2,072,903 84
SCHOOL FUND.
Receipts $I,'i74,051 00
Balance in bank November 1st, 18S9 329,904 82
$1,603,955 82
Disbursements $941,930 18
Balance in bank October 81st, 1890 66l',025 64
81 ,603,955 82
STATE SCHOOL TAX.
Receipts $1,939,235 00
Disbursements 1,939,235 00
STATE FUND DETAILS.
The securities of the State are, 1S87 —
Shares of stock of the joint companies $188,700 00
Centennial stock 74,116 67
Bonds of the several counties of the State for surplus revenue
of the United States loaned 764,670 44
RECKIi'TS.
Tax from railroad corporations $1,050,451 20
Tax from miscellaneous corporations $292,137 10
Tax from certificates of incorporations 99,359 72
Tax from insurance companies 5,450 79
396,947 60
Morris and Esse» arbitration 235,000 00
State Prison receipts 66,197 62
Home for disabled soldiers 31,233 32
Official fees 2),S25 65
Dividends _ 18,870 00
Judicial fees 12,648 24
Militia 3,634 23
(339)
340 TREASURER'S REPORT.
Fines and forfeited recognizances $1,675 00
Commissions G50 00
Geological Survey , CuO 00
Revised Statutes 412 fO
Discharged Convicts 337 00
Advertising 260 00
Escheats 150 00
Assessments on private acts 25 00
$1,830,907 3G
DISBURSEMENTS.
Court expenses 8151,501 03
Militia 148,516 41
State Lunatic Asylums 130,920 04
Advertising 106,(»84 74
County Lunatic Asylums 102,668 09
Public debt 90,000 00
Legislature 88,480 41
Home for Disabled Soldiers 84,621 64
State Prision salaries 77,10j 95
State Prison maintenance 75,510 13
Printing 67,789 26
Reform School 63,209 02
Blind and feeble-minded 54.418 02
Salaries 47,865 48
State House expenses 44 847 58
Loans to Sinking Fund 37,389 00
Legal expenses 32,047 21
State Capitol 23,302 93
State Board of Assessors 22,023 37
Clerical services 21,483 50
Interest 16,625 00
Geological survey 14,248 00
Fisheries 11,921 71
Dairy protection 11,181 73
Labor inspection 11,181 48
Agricultural Experiment Station , 10,991 06
Stationery and postage 10, 629 53
Agriculture 8,678 76
New York Boundary Commission 7,994 46
Industrial School 7,437 13
State Prison repairs 6,510 19
State Board of Health 6,826 01
Preservation of records 6,000 00
Bureau of Statistics 5,714 44
Tax Commission 5,013 55
Pensions 4,128 15
Law and Equity Reports 4,090 07
Insurance 3,752 50
Washington Headquarters 2,500 00
State Library 2,a65 38
Binding 1,795 80
Inauguration expenses 1,777 41
Discharged convicts 1,500 00
Appropriation lor Smith's History 1,225 00
State House fire 1.000 00
Miscellaneous 4,752 90
$1,639,142 97
Receipts over disbursements 191,764 39
$1,830,907 39
REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS. 341
STATE PRISON.
Keeper, John H. Patterson ; Supervisor, Henry L. But-
ler; Clerk, Edward Mullin; Inspectors, John P.Flana-
gan, Herman Schalk, Charles H. Mickel, George A.
Heaney, Thomas P. Curley.
Number of convicn in confinement October 31st, 1889 997
Received during the year from October 31st, 1889, to Nov. 1st, 1890)... 454
Total 1451
There had been discharged during the year—
By remissions (Act of April, 1869J 404
By pardon 101
By order U. S Commissioner 13
By death 12
By being sent to Insane Asylum 6
Sent out (under pregnant act of 1889) 1
By order of Supreme Court 1
By escape (killed by officers in re capture) 1
539
Remaining in prison November 1st, 1890 912
Daily average in confinement 9b7
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Cost of maintenance of prisoners, including provisions and
clothing 876,331 46
Repairs 6,290 97
Total $«2,622 23
To which must be ad led —
Officers' salaries f.r th^ \ ear C7,'^84 80
Salaries oi Keeper, supervisor and Inspectors ,„ 9,ii(>0 00
Money paid to discharged convicts 1,663 00
8ir.O,f.70 03
Deduct cash received from convicts' labor 58,67J 36
Disbursements over receipts $101,997 67
Total earnings from contracts under piece price system 800,284 OO
Average num er of men working on contracts 537
Average daily earnings 42.12 cents.
REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS, JAMESBURQ.
Trustees. — Nathaniel S. Rue, Cream Ridge, President;
Richard A. Donnelly, Trenton, Treasurer ; John F. Down-
ing, New Brunswick, Secretary ; Patrick Farrelly, Morris-
22
342 REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
town ; P. H. WyckoflF, New Brunswick ; Henry F. Go^ken,
Newark. Superintendent, Ira Otterson.
The number of hoys remainins; October 31st, 1890, was
three hundred and forty-six (346), being a decrease from
the number at the opening of the year of twenty-six boys.
While the whole number in the school during the year
was five hundred and thirty-five (535), an increase of
forty-one over the whole number cared for during year
1888 and 1889. One hundred and eighty-nine (189) bays
were disposed of during the year, fifty-one (51) of whom
were indentured, and are generally giving satisfaction to
their employers.
Of the total number disposed of during the year, one
hundred and sixty-three (163) were white, and twenty-
six (26) colored.
One hundred and twenty-one (121) boys were received
by commitment ; fifiy-eight per cent, of them were nine-
teen years of age or under.
Every boy, well enough for duty, is required to work at
least six hours each day, and go to school three and a
half hours five days each week, during the institution
school year of fifty weeks.
There are some boys employed in each of the difi'erent
trades for the needs of the institution, while in the print-
ing and carpenter departments there are a greater num-
ber given special instruction.
The greatest number in any one department are em-
ployed at brush drawing and finishing. While not valued
by the Management as a trade, hoys who become dexter-
ous at brush making and finishing more readily master
other trades.
liistiuction in Military Tactics and Band Music is con-
tinued.
Owing to the death of one officer, and the withdrawal
of other officers and teachers to engage in other husiness
or to recruit their health, there have been an unusual
number of changes in the corps of assistants during the
year.
The health of the inmates has been good, except that
about two hundred (200) were aff"ected with La Grippe
last winter; all recovered, and there has been no death
of an inmate in the school during the year. One on
leave of absence, died at his home.
The amount appropriated by the last Legislature for the
erection of a new family building has not been received,
consequently work has not been begun. For over a year
the building formerly erected for a hospital has been
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 3^3
used to accommodate a family of boys, owing to lack of
other accommodations. Should any contagious disease
break out, of which there is a liability^coming as the
boys do, from the poorer parts of the cities, and after
being kept in the jails — the management would be seri-
ously inconvenienced to isolate them.
Owing to the absence of a feufficiently commodious room
for assembling the whole school population comfortably,
it is rarely attempted, very seldom in hot weather.
Additions and repairs have been made as u&ual on the
farm and institution buildings, and beside, a cistern has
been built for storing rain-water, with a capacity of
38,000 gallons, to supplement the natural supplv.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR G-IRLS, TRENTON
Trustees. — George C. Maddock, Asbury Park, President ;
Lewis Parker, Trenton, Secretary and Treasurer; Ephraim
R. Cook, Trenton, Managing Trustee ; Edward H. Stokes,
Trenton ; Jeremiah O'Rourke, Newark; Aaron Carter, Jr.,
Newark.
Lady Managers. — Miss Mary S. Atterbury, Trenton ;
Mrs. David A. Depue, Newark; Mrs. E. R. Cook, Tren-
ton ; Mrs. Rebecca A. Colson, Woodbury ; Mrs. Joseph A.
Beecher, Newark ; Mrs. Isaac Weatherby, Trenton.
Matron, Mrs. Mary A. McFadden ; First Assistant Ma-
tron, Mrs. Mary Miiler; Second Assistant Matron, Miss
Anna Imlay ; Housekeeper, Miss Carrie Fox ; Teaciier,
Miss Amanda M. Hammell ; Steward, Mr. Samuel R. Mc-
Fadden ; Physician, Miss Margaret Preston, M.D.
At the time of the last annual report there were 63
girls at the State Industrial, and 16 under indenture,
making a total of 79 under the control of the Trustees,
The Trustees again urge with great earnestness their
want of sufficient accommodation ; they say that another
building, with the proper appurtenances, is absolutely
required for the proper maintenance and administration
of the estab ishment. This is apparent when it is con-
sidered that there are 63 girls now in the school, and the
building was originally planned for the custody of only 35.
The total receipts were $10,083.82; expenditures,
$9,610.24 ; balance, $473.58.
344 STA TE L UNA TIC ASYL VMS.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
Morris Plains Asylum.
Managers— Geo. A. Halsey, Newark ; Hiram C. Clark,
Newton; James S, Green, M.D., Elizabeth; Josiah
Meeker, Succaeunna; John W. Jackson, M.D., Rock-
away ; I?,omeo F. Chabert, M.D., Hoboken ; George "W.
Terriberry, M.D., Paterson; John 0. Wells, M.D., Engle-
wood ; N. VV. Voorhees, Clinton ; Eugene Vanderpool,
Newark.
Officers of the Board of Managers — President, Geo. A.
Halsey; Vice-President, James S. Green, M.D; Secretary
and Treasurer, Geo. D. Meeker; Warden, Martin B.
Monroe.
Medical Officers— H. Crittendon Harrris, M.D., Medical
Director; W. P. Spratling, M.D, Assistant Physician;
Elliot Gorton, M.D , Second Assistant Physician ; L. L.
Mial, M.D., Third Assistant Physician; C. M. Hay, M.D.,
Fourth Assistant Physician.
.tfaU. Female. Total.
Number rf patients in Asylum, November 1st, 1S90... 450 436 886
Total number received since opuning of Asylum 1,6-16 1,488 3,134
Total cost of maintenance for past year, including expenditures
for reservoir and new barn J231,894 16
Received from private pat ems, 41,;)38 77
Balance on hand at close of year 11,088 94
Trenton Asylum.
i/anfl^ers— Caleb S. Green, William S. Stryker, J.
Howard Pugh, M.D.. Joseph H. Briipre, .lames Bishop,
B. F. Carter, D. JMcL^an Forman, William L. Dayton,
Chester Van Ryckel, G D. W. Vroom.
Resident O/^c^rs— Superintendent and Physician, John
T\^ Ward, M.D. ; Firbt Assistant Physician, John Kirby,
M.D ; Second Assistant Physician, C. K. Bnrrongh-», M.D. ;
Third Assistant Physician, John C. Felty. M.D.; Fourth
Assistant Physician, vacancy; Steward, Edmund White;
Matron, Mrs. R. L. Ball ; Treasurer, Austin Snider.
Male. Female. Total.
Patients in Asylum, October .'^l St, 1880 301 887 778
Received to Movember 1st, 1830 90 87 177
Under treatment during the year 481 474 956
SOLDIERS' HOME. 345
Male. Female. Total.
Discharged recovered 27 29 56
Discharged improved „ 16 15 31
Discharged unimproved.. „ 3 0 3
Discharged not insane 2 0 2
Died 42 34 76
Total discharged, died, &c 90 78 168
Remaining October 31st, 1890 391 396 787
Total number of cases from the opening of the Asylum
to November 1st, 1890 3.680 3,779 7 459
treasuber's report.
RECEIPTS.
Received for ba'ance November 1st, 18-i9 _ 818,271 76
Received for maintenance county patienis 34,852 28
Received lor maintenance insane convicts 5.421 61
Received from counties 114,"31 77
Received from priva e patients iJB,475 53
Received from other sources 5,981 88
$2u5,8M as
DISBURSEMENTS.
Steward's orders 8191,043 34
Balance 14,801 49
?205,844 83
The new building bag been occupied during the past
year, and answers the purpose for which it was con-
structed (the care of chronic cases) admirably well.
There are 225 cases under care in the new structure.
SOLDIERS' HOME, KEARNY.
ifanagrifTS— Colonel Edward H.Wright, Newark; Amzi
Dodd, Newark; Marcus L. Ward, Newark; General J.
Watts Kearnv, Kearny ; General E. Burd Grubb, Edge-
water Park ; G-neral Richard A. Donnelly, Trenton.
Officers — M«jor Peter P. Rogers, Superintendent ; Dr. J.
A. iJruailey, Surgeon; Thomas Arrowsmith, Adjutant;
Rev. Isaac Tattle, Chaplain.
BENEFICI.\RIES.
Number remaining October 31st, 18^9 431
Number admitted during year 4^8
859
Discharged during year 333
Summarily discharged.. 14
Died..., 49
396
Remaining October 31st, 1890 463
346. FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.
Average number per day 450
Total number of rations consumed 114,712
Special diet rations 26,798
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand at last report $014 00
Warrants on Treasurer 56,723 11
Other sources 1,U13 73
858,650 84
Paid to Treasurer 914 00
S57,736 84
On hand October 31st, 1890 1,(113 73
$56,750 57
EXrEXDITUlJES.
Current expenses 5^8,853 95
Subsis-ence 22,074 70
Cloihi-.g 8,050 86
Hou^bgjd 4,'"/41 50
Hospital 5,504 88
Transportation 148 49
Farm and garden 92 25
Buildings 4,273 98
Allowance to out-patients 2,982 50
556,723 11
Average cost of ration per day, 19^ ^ cents.
HOME FOR FEEBLB MINDED CHILDREN,
VINELAND.
Dlreclors—Z ohn M. Moore, Clayton, 1891 ; George G.
Green, Woodbury, 1801 ; Wm. H. Nicholson, Vice-Presi-
dent, Haddonfield,1891 ; Josiah WiMar, President, Salem,
1892; T. W. Synnott, Treasurer, Wenonali, 1892; B. D.
Maxham, Vineland, 1892; Lida T. Perry, Woodbury,
1892; Morris B'con, Greenwich, 1893; Wm. Graham
Tyler, Salem, 1893; Charles Keigbley, Vineland, 1893;
Stephen TI. Plum. Newark, 1894; Alex. G. Cattell, Mer-
cbantville, 1894; P. P. Baker, Vineland, 1894. S. Olin
Garrison, Secretary ; Belmont Perry, Solicitor.
Board of Lady VhUors—lMC.y S. Cooper, Camden ;
Hannah J. Mulford, Miliville; Kachel E. Allinson, Yard-
ville; Mrs. Josiah Bacon, Greenwich; Rebecca H.
Thompson, Salem ; Sarah P. Johnpon, Bridgeton ; Julia
Frame, Bridgeton; T«al)el Craven, Salem; Martha J.
Keigbley, Vineland ; Mary A. VVistar, Salem; Susan N.
Warrington, Moorestown ; Anna E. Moore, Clayton.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 347
O^oers— Superintendent, S. Olin Garrison ; Physician,
O. H. Adam^, M D. ; Matron and Principal of Scliool,
Miss Ada E. Blake; Teachers, Miss Helen Bancroft, Miss
Bertha C. Downing ; Housekeeper, Miss Helen M. Page;
Steward and Farmer, Charles M. Veal ; Consulting Phy-
sicians. Joseph Parrish, M.D., Burlington; Charles K.
Mills, M D., S. D. Rialey, M.D., and De Forrest Willard,
M.D., all of Philadelphia.
According to the second annual reoort of the Board of
Directors for the year ending June 4th, 1890, there were
at that date 74 children under treatment.
REPORT OF TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
Balance at last report 5578 85
From donations and inmates of Home 2(1,3(l6 00
Sundry contributions from injividuals and churches 2,1103 79'
Proceeds of note discounted 1,491 50^'
Total $24,.380 14
DISBURSEMENTS.
Expanses of Home J20,490 97
Paid two notes discounted 3,300 00
BaLnceon hand 589 17
324,380 14
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
A part of the work of the Board, as stated in the law,
is "to collect and disseminate reliable and useful infor-
mation, and to encourage a higher standard in the agri-
culture and horticulture of the State; to investigate such
subjects relating to the improvement of land and agri-
culture, in its various branches, in this State, as the Ex-
ecutive Committee may think proper; to cause to be
made experimental and practical, tests of specific reme-
dies or cures of diseases of domestic animals and poultry,
and of plants, vegetables and fruits, and of insects injuri-
ous thereto, and to employ suitable persons to lecture
before the State Board of Agriculture at its annual or
other meetings, and in the counties of the State as far as
the sum herein appropriated will allow."
The act provides, also, for the organization of County
Boards of Agriculture in the several counties. These be-
come a co-ordinate branch of the State B 'ard, and are
susceptible of doing the work of an institute for the
farmers when thus organized. The farmers of the State
348 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
can become members of the County Boards if they desire
to, and through them have representation in the State
Board.
The Executive Committee are endeavoring to carry
out the purposes of the law, as far as the appropriation
to this work will permit. There are sixteen County
Boards now organized ; also, a State Horticultural Society
and a State Poultry Association. The meetings of these
societies are assuming the institute ctiaracter — a number
of which, embracing a two days' session, have been held
during the year past — and their value as a means of prac-
tical information on all questions connected with the
improvement of the farm, siock, dairy, poultry, fruit and
market-garden interests of the State, is shown by the
increased membership and attendance.
All these societies, except the Poultry Association,
receive financial aid from the State Board, amounting to
$1,000 annually.
The well-nigh profitless condition of agriculture in the
Northern Atlantic States, and the depreciation in value
of farms which, in many cases, when sold bring but little
if any more than the mortgages placed on them a few
years ago, are compelling farmers to consider every means
to save themselves from utter ruin.
The statements made are beyond question, and call for
serious consideration on the part of our Legislature, and
the enactment of such laws as will foster this important
branch of our State industries. The same encouragement
that has attracted immigration to and aided in develop-
ing some of our Western States is needed here. New
Jersey cannot afl'ord to allow her farms to become
abandoned, as is the case in some of the New England
States.
The average value per acre of New Jersey farming
lands is placed by the Department of Agriculture at
$65 16 per acre, which is higher by $14.89 than any other
State in the Union, while the Committee of the State
Board of Agriculture, appointed at the request of the
Governor, pUce the general value of farming lands
throughr>nt the State, exclusive of waste or swamp lands,
at from $30 to $60 per acre at the present time.
The number of farms in the State is 34,307, the average
size being 85 acres. Seventy-five per cent, only of our
farms are worked by their owners, which is less in this
respect than any other Northern State except Illinois.
In the crop yields per acre New Jersey is: In corn, 31
bushels — exceeded by only nine other States ; white po-
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 349
tatoes, 76 bushels; in sweets the yield is 112 bushels per
acre, while the quality of New Jersey sweets is surpassed
by ouly two other States. Hay is 1.30 tons per acre.
GrapfS are 50 per cent, of a good crop; apples but 20 per
cent.; pears, 29 per cent., owing to the warm winter of
1888-9 ; cranberries, in marketable fruit, have produced
the largest crop in New Jersey since 1884.
In farm stock we number : Horses, 96,204, with a higher
average value than any other State in the Union ; milk
cows, oxen and other cattle, 246,655. Milk cows are
higher in value per head in New Jersey, in relation to the
United States average, thiin in any other State except
Colorado and Nevada. Other cattle have here the high-
est value of any State. Sheep, 105,276, valued at |i.00
per head, highest of any State in the United States aver-
age. Swine, 191,118; value per head, r9,67; exceeded in
the United States average by only four other States.
The forest area of New Jersey is 41.5 of the total area,
comprising 2 069,805 acres of woodland. The value of
the annual lumber product of the State is not less than
$5,000000.
The demand for the annual report of the State Board
is large. More than 5,000 copies of the last issue have
been circu'ated in this State alone. Other State Boards
and State officials, college and other libraries, and Foreign
Consuls and States, also make request for this report, and
in this way " reliableand useful information " of an agri-
cultural character is " disseminated."
OflBcers of the Board: President, Edw. Burrough, Mer-
chautville; Vice-President, Morris Bacon, Gre«^nwich;
Treasurer, D. D. Denise, Freehold ; Secretary, Franklin
Dye, Trenton. Executive Committee: Wm. R. Lippin-
cott, Fellowship; Dr. E. B. Voorhees, Prof, of Agriculture,
New Brunswick; H. F. Bodine, Locktown; also, the
President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer,
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP NEW JERSEY.
This work was authorized by the Legislature of 1864
(see Revision of Laws, page 1137,) and has been continued
since by various supplements. It is intended to complete
the surveys begun by Prof. H. D. Rogers, 1836-40; those
of Dr. Wm. Kitchen, 1854-56, and of Dr. George H. Cook,
1864-89.
lis Board of Managers are: His Excellency Leon Ab-
bett, Governor, ex-officio President of the Board. First
350 AGRI. EXPERIMENT STATION.
District, Hon. John Clement, Haddonfield ; Hon. Clement
H. Sinnickson, Salem. Second Dstrict, Emmor Roberts,
Moorestown; Hon. H. S. Little, Trenton. Tbird District,
Henry Aitken, Esq., Elizabeth; Hon. William H. Hen-
drickson, Middletown. Fourth District, Selden T. Scran-
ton, Esq., Oxford; Hon. Thomas Lawrence, Hamburg.
Fifth District, Hon. Augustus W. Cutler, Morristown;
George Richards, Epq., Dover. Sixth District, William
M. Force, Esq., Newark; Thomas T. Kinney, Esq.,
Newark. Seventh District, Lebbeus B. Ward, Jersey
City; Rev. Samuel B. Dod, Hoboken. State Geologist,
John C. Smock, Trenton.
The Survey has published "Geology of New Jersey,"
pp. xxiv. and 899 8vo., 1868, with portfolio of maps;
"Report on the Clay Deposits," pp. viii. and 381, 8vo.,
1878, with map, and Annual Reports from 1869 to 1890,
together with various geological and geographical maps;
Vol. I. of the Final Report of the Survey on the Topo-
graphy, Magnetism and Climate of New Jersey, p. 439,
8vo. ; Vol. II, in two parts, on the Mineralogy, Botany
and Zoology of New Jersey, pp. 642 and 824. The results
of the topographical survey are published in a series of
seventeen maps of 27 by 37 inches, drawn to a scale of
one mile to an inch, and a State geographic map of the
same size on a scale of five miles to an inoh. Also, of the
same size as the preceding, a State Relief Map, and a
State Geological Map. These maps, in addition to the
ordinary civil divisions and geographical details, have
the elevations above the sea-level of all parts of the State,
drawn by contour lines, and also have all the forests out-
lined. These maps are issued and may be purchased
singly or in sets, at the unif^jrm price of twenty-five
cents per sheet.
NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERI-
MENT STATION.
Established by the Legislature of 1880, and located on
the grounds of Rutgers College, New Brunswick.
Board of Managers. — Governor Leon Abbett, Trenton ;
President Austin Scott, Ph.D., New Brunswick; Professor
Edward B. Voorhees, AM., Hon. Thomas II. Dudley,
Camden; James Newell, Salem ; Wilson D. Haven, Tren-
ton ; William F. Morgan, Palmyra; David D. Denise,
Freehold; James Neilson, Treasurer, New Brunswick;
Caleb Wyckoff, Belvidere; A. V. Sargeant, Raritan;
AQRL EXPERIMENT STATION. 351
Eev. Oliver Crane, D.D., LL.D., Morristown ; Samuel R.
Demarest, Jr., Hackensack : Wm. M. Force, Newark;
Wm. R. Ward, Secretary, Newark ; Abraham W. Duryee,
President, New Durham ; James Stevens, Jersey City.
Station Staff. — James Neilson, Esq., Director ; Irving S.
Upson, A.M., Chief Clerk ; Edward B. Voorhees, A.M.,
Louis A. Voorhees, A.M., John P. Street, B.S., and
Charles Divine, Chemists.
It is established to promote agricultural improvement
by scientific investigation and experiment. It has
chemists and apparatus for analyzing fertilizers, soils,
food and agricultural products, and is intended to supply
information respecting seeds, plant-life, insects and ob-
jects which require the apparatus and work of men de-
voted to special branches of science. During the last
year it has analyzed three hundred and five samples of
fertilizers; it .has carried on numerous field experiments
of fertilizers on Indian corn, wheat, oats, sorghum, pota-
toes, tomatoes and peach trees. The results of work are
circulated in the torm of printed bulletins to every ne^^s-
paper in the State, and to all farmers in the State apply-
ing for them. It has already proved itself of much value
to the farming community, and is constantly increasing
its facilities for rendering useful assistance to this branch
of industry.
A large and commodious laboratory for the Station
has been completed. The building has been planned
"with especial reference to accomodating meetings of the
agriculturists and horticulturists of the State, as the
centering of the State scientific work in their interest
shall naUirally draw them together.
The United States, through the provision of the bill
known as the " Hatch Act," has increased the facilities
for the scientific investitration of questions bearing upon
the agricul ure of New Jersey, by the establishment of a
new Department of the State College. This College Ex-
periment Station supplements the work of the State
Station, and is undsr the same direction. It has in its
employ, beside the Director, a Biologist and Investigator
of the Food-Products of the State, Julius Nelson, Ph.D.;
a Botanist and Horticulturist, Byron D. Halsted, Sc.D. ;
an Entomologist, who investigates the insect-enemies of
agriculture in the State, John B. Smith, late of the Smith-
sonian Institution at Washington ; a consulting Chemist
and Lecturer upon Chemistry in its Applications to Agri-
culture, Peter T. Austen, Ph.D.; a Chemist, Charles S.
352 STATE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY.
Cathcart, M.S. ; and a farmer of liberal education and of
large experience in dairying, Benjamin C. Sears.
Through the publication of numerous bulletins, with
an average circulation of about 14,000, and through fre-
quent lectures and addresses, as well as by a large corres-
pondence in answer to letters of inquiry about special
points of interest to farmers, the work of these investiga-
tors is becoming well known to the people of New Jersey.
Correspondence with farmers is welcomed ; and to be
present at meetings with farmera' clubs and to give ad-
dresses upon themes of interest to farmers, the mem-
bers of the staff of workers regard as (within proper
limits) a very important part of their work.
THE STATES COLLEGE OP NEW JERSEY.
[UUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.]
(Organized uniler Act of Congress, 1862, for the promotion
of agriculture and the mechanic arts.)
Austin Scott, Ph.D., President; Louis Bevier, Ph.D.,
Secretary of the Faculty.
This institution is located at New Brunswick, and is
the Scientific Department of Rutgers College. It is in
charge of the Trustees of Rutgers College and a Board of
Visitors from the several Congressional Districts of the
State, who are appointed by the Governor and the Senate.
The United States Congress of 1862 appropriated scrip
for public lands, to the endowment and support cf ' Col-
leges where the leading object shall be, without excluding
other scientific and classical studies, and including mili-
tary tactics, to teach such brancJirs of learning as are
related to agriculture and the mechanic arts in such
manner as the Legislatures ot the States may rpspect-
ively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and prac-
tical education of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions in life." The scrip appropriated
was sold by the State, and the fund accruing, $116,000, is
held by the State, and the annual interest, amouoting to
$6,9f)0, is appropriated exciusiv^-ly toward the payment
of Professors' salaries in the Agricultural College.
The amount thus received from the United States Fund
is but a small part of the annual expenditure for this
well-equipped institution, where instruction is givt»n
to students in the Scientific Courses — 1. Agriculture.
2. Civil Engineering and Mechanics. 3. Chemistry.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 353
4. Electricity. 5. Biology. 6. Winter Lecture Course in
Apriculture.
The Trustees of Rutgers College have provided, from
their own resources, buildings, laboratories, apparatus
and all necessary appliances, and an experimental farm
of one hundred acres.
The State holds forty scholarships in the institution,
free of tuition. These scholarships are open to students
from all the counties in proportion to their representation
in the Legislative Asseiubly, and students are appointed
to them on recommendation of a County Superintendent
of Schools. In June, 1888, the Trustees of Rutgers Col-
lege voted ten additional scholarships " at large," to
young men of New Jersey.
By a law of the State, passed March 31st, 1890, pro-
vision is made for a Free Scholarship for each
Assembly District each year.
Young men of the State who desire a thorough scientific
training, should avail themselves of the opportunity thus
placed before them. Graduates of this institution now
fill positions of influence in all parts of the State and in
other States.
Lt»tters of inquiry addressed to Irving S. TJpson, A.M.,
Registrar of the Faculty, or to the President of the
College, will always receive prompt attention.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Previous to 1876 two State Commissions on Health had
made reports. The State Board was formed in 1877, and
since then the annual reports show the work accom-
plished. Its present mpmbers are as follows: Ezra M.
Hunt, M D., LL.D., Trenton ; E. A. Osborn, I.E.. Middle-
town ; Edward R. O'Reilly, M.D., Elizabeth ; Laban Den-
nis, M D., Newark ; Prof. Cyrus F. Brackett, LL.D., Prince-
ton ; Franklin Gaunt, M.D., Burlington ; Prof. A. R. Leeds,
Ph D , lloboken, with the Secretary of State, the Att.nrney-
Geiical and the State Geologist as members ex-officio.
C. F. Bracketr, is President, Ezra M. Hunt, Secretary,
and E. A. Osborn, Recording Clerk.
In addition to the duties assigned to the Board under
the con8tituting act, it has direct charge of the law as to
contagi >ua diseases of animals, adulteration of foods, the
sale of petroleum and the sanitary inspection of all State
and county institutions for the criminal and dependent
354
VITAL STATISTICS.
classes. It also indicates the methods of studying the
returns of tlie Bureau of Vital Statistics, as related to
public health. The reports of the Council of Analysts,
the Milk Inspector and the Veterinary Inspectors are
made through it. Its report includes that on Vital Statis-
tics, formerly made as a separate report. Besides its
special work, it is constantly consulted by cities and town-
ships as to health ordinances, the removal of nuisances
and plans for sanitary improvement. Investigations into
local causes of disease are conducted under its direction.
Its annual reports and its health circulars are widely dis-
tributed through the State. As the comfort of the people
and the material resources of the State depend so much
upon the health of the population, it is able to render
efficient service in various directions.
BUREAU OF ViTAL STATISTICS.
STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENOINCt JUNE SOtII, 1890.
Counties. Marriages Births. Deaths.
Atlantic 275 (tiH 5U9
Bergen 376 758 720
Burlington 409 080 85t
Camden 4821 1808 lf>92
Cape May 8i 208 17+
Cumberland 3fi2 1026 728
Essex 2006 6453 6107
Gloucester 2:i4 631 463
Hudson ]'.)I0 6706 7069
Hunterdon 302 510 522
Mercer 737 1132 1441
Middles-x 386 1185 933
Monmouth 512 1119 1095
Morris 321 808 829
Ocean 126 300 239
Passaic 1009 2538 2105
Salem 180 395 383
Somerset 173 462 441
Sussex 176 220 233
Union 470 l't-'7 1266
Warren 705 713 527
15564 30103 28530
Cities. Marriages. Births. Deaths.
Atlantic City 165 281 261
Bayonne 9i 418 387
Bordentown 39 02 93
Bridgeton 116 279 203
BurHngton 88 95 150
Camden 4631 1188 1349
Elizabeth 273 896 727
Gloucester City 59 124 124
STATE BOARD OF ASSESSORS. 355
ATarrijges.
Births.
:-l02
1408
3587
154
268
196
4902
394
456
303
19-3
214
208
214
100
85
209
846
Deaths.
237
414
....:; 1102
1116
4258
62
106
83
194
55
1573
144
4948
HO
327
175
460
S9
219
849
1714
64
165
389
129
7-t
190
09
137
63
97
120
620
239
1015
11,427
19,232
18,989
CiTir.s.
Harrison
Hoboken
■Jersey-City
Long Branch
Miilville
Morristown ,
Newark
New Brunswick.
Orange
Passaic
Paterson
Penh Amboy
Pbillipsburg
Plainfield
Rahway
Salem
Town of Union..
Trenton
STATE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
FOR TUE ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION OF RAILROAD AJS'D OTHER
CORPORATE PROPERTY.
Alexander G. Cattell, President; A. M. Reynolds, Vice
President; F. H. Wisiner; Bird W. Spencer; John J.
Van Cleef, Secietary ; Irvine E. Maguire, Assistant Secre-
tary.
This department of the State Government was created
under an act of the Legislature entitled "An act for the
taxation of railroad and canal property," approved April
10th, 1884.
The work of the Board was increased during the same
year by the passage of another act, entitled "An act to
provide for the imposition of State taxes upon certain
corporations, and for the collection thereof."
The report of the Board for the year 1890 shows that
98 companies do business within the State, representing
about 2,000 miles of railroads and 173 miles of canals.
The railroad mileage was increased but 56 during the
year.
The aggregate assessed valuation is $202,256,587, against
$197,443,818 last vear— an increase of $4,612,769.
The tax for State uses is $1,011,282.93, against $988,-
219.08 last vear— thus increasing the revenues of the State
over $23,000.
356
LABOR STATISTICS.
The tax for local purposes is $339,554.28, against $328,-
433.77— an increase of $11,120 51.
The total ta-., $1,350,837.21, is just $34,184.36 more than
it was last year.
The summary follows:
Name of System.
Aggregate
assessed
valuation
Tax for
State uses.
u =
2 °
TO —
o
Pennsylvania R. R
Central R. R ofN. J.
Phila. and Rea ing....
N. Y.,L. E. & West..
Del.. Lacka. & West..
N. Y , Susq. & West..
Lehigh Valley
S60,816,34l
44,240,830
6,3S2,043
14,120,869
38,980..503
5,531,8^9
16,018 025
16,136,087
$:i04,23l 71
221,204 15
31,910 21
70,604 34
194,902 51
27,659 45
80,090 12
80,r,80 44
$88,743 01
76,01)4 66
2,256 21
43,916 80
71,580 40
713 3s
31,818 73
24,491 09
«392,974 72
297,208 81
34,166 42
114,.521 14
266,482 91
28,372 83
111 938 85
Roads not classified...
105,171 53
8202 2.56,.'J87 $1,011,282 93
8339.554 28
Sl,350,»37 21
THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Has continued the novel but important line of investi-
gation, begun in 1889, to determine, approximately, the
inflaence of occupation upon the health and trade-life of
workmen, by a census of those now employed in the
leading State industries. This, the duration of the actual
trade or working life, is a phase of the industrial ques-
tion that, as yet, has received little attention, although
it is one of immense moment to the wage-earner. It is
one upon which the records of vital statistics, even when
comprehensive, throw but Httla light; and, therefore,
the Bureau adopted the original method of obtaining
from living workmen information respecting the age at
which they began work, present age, age of decline or
loss of activity, and of incapacity, and the total number
of years aotuailj at work. The results, so far as the glass-
blowing, hatting and pottery trades are concerned,
already have been published. During the past year
attention has been given to the mining industry and to
the building trades.
In the report for 1889, the results of the investigation
into the extent of mortgage indebtedness and foreclos-
ure executions, in this State, were given, pointing to the
emba.rasHment of a considerable portion of the owners
of encumbered farms as one of the eflfects of the gen-
STATE LIBRARY. 357
e»""lly-adinitted depressed condition of our agricultural
interests. The forthcoming report will contain the re-
turns from the local assessors and collectors of taxes,
going to show whether this depression, and especially
the falling value of farming lands, have been serious
enough to affect the payment of taxes, or cause the
abandonment of the cultivation of any farms, as has
been the case in some of the Eastern States.
In addition to this, a statistical summary of the condi-
tion of the building and loan associations doing business
in New Jersey will form a very interesting and valuable
part of the contents of the 1890 report. From 1880 to
1888, biennial returns, furnished voluntarily by the re-
spective secretaries, were published; but the legislation
of last winter made this duty compulsory on the various
associations, which are now required to send in annual
reports.
These cooperative enterprises have been in operation
in some parts of the State for over a generation ; and,
probably, even before the first act authorizing their in-
corporation, passed in 1849. But it is only recently, within
the past half dozen years, that there has been a very
gratifying progress in the building and loan association
movement, especially in the upper part of New Jersey.
For the first time one or more of these associations are
established in every county.
At present there are 251 local associations in the State,
exclusive of the so-called " Nationals," with net assets
approximating $22,000,000. Over 70,000 shareholders are
interested in tt em, and nearly 17,000 borrowers, or those
building homes with money obtained on loans. The re-
turns for 1888 showed but 210 associations, with $15,000,-
000 assets.
Last September steps were taken toward the formation
of a State League, which will meet for organization to-
wards the close of January, 1891.
STATE LIBRARY.
Morris R. Hamilton, Librarian.
The State Library, as a department of legal and miscel-
laneous reference, is devoid of novels and light literature
generally. It comprises, chiefly, standard works of his-
tory, biography, philosophy, science and art, while the
23
358 STATE LIBRARY.
completeness of its legal reports, text-books and State
laws is a matter of general commendation.
During the last year, 1,199 volumes were added to the
Library by exchange, donation and purchase, so that it
now contains 37.266 volumes — about two-thirds of which
are law books.
After impatiently waiting for three years, the Librarian
has finally succeeded in removing the Lilirary from its
contracted and insecure quarters, in the rear of the State
House, to the commodious, fire-proof, third story of the
new front of the building, where it will not only be safe,
but have a capacity for reasonable growth for many years
to come. Besides this, the appointments of, what may
really be called the new Library, in its splendid cases
and shelvings, are not surpassed by any State Library.
The Law Department was entirely removed and in
working order on the last day of December, so as to be
ready for the meeting of the Courts and the Legislature.
The removal of the Miscellaneous Department was about
ten days later.
There were 2,550 registered visitors during the year,
exclusive of members of the legal profession, State
officials and other regular attendants.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
One Handled and FifisBenlh Legiglatui'B.
SENATE.
President — Robert Adrain, Middlesex.
Secretary — John Carpenter, Jr., Hunterdon.
Assistant Secretary — Samuel C. Thompson, Warren.
Journal Clerk — William Pintard, Monmouth.
Assistant Journal Clerk — Thomas W. HurfF, Gloucester.
Engrossing Clerk — John J. Matthews, Union.
Assislant Engrossing Clerks — John P. Flynn, Salem j
James H. Mattison, Somerset.
Sergeant-at-Arms — George K. Coleman, Essex.
Assistant Sergeant at-Arms — Michael Nathan, Hudson.
President's Private Secretary — John S. McMaster,
Hudson.
Bill Clerk— Jacob Edelman, Passaic.
Assistant Bill Clerk — W. J. Lowe, Morris.
Doorkeepers — John Van Bussum, Bergen; Jacob
Hayter, Middlesex; William Beckman, Essex; Benja-
min A. Coogan, Morris.
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
Speaker — James J. Bergen, Somerset.
Clerk — Thomas F. Noonan, Jr., Hudson.
Assistant Clerk — Peter W. Stagg, Bergen.
Journal Clerk — William S. Naughright, Morris.
Assistant Journal Clerk — Frank P. Jones, Burlington.
Engrossing Clerk — John H. DeMott, Hunterdon.
Assistant Engrossing Clerk— Alexander A. Yard, Mon-
mouth.
Sergeant-at-Arms — William Harrigan, Essex.
Assistant Sergeants-at-Arms— Edward Korp, Warren;
John Fee, Jr., Middlesex.
Speaker's Private Secretary — David K. Hodge, Somerset
Bill Clerk — Joseph C. Thompson, Warren.
Assistant Bill Clerks — William C. Beecroft, Monmouth ;
James A. Malloy, Hudson.
Document Clerk — John H. Brady, Passaic.
(359)
360 LEOISLAIIYE COMMITTEES.
Doorkeepers — George Hendrickson, Monmouth ; Rob-
ert Bell, Hudson ; John Welsh, Hudson ; Matthew Falle-
hee, Hudson ; Alexander Stone, Essex ; William Pa-
menthal, Hudson; John J. Kelly, Burlington; Bernard
McGinnis, Hudson.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Senate.
Judiciary — Werts, Barrett, Gardner.
Revision of Laws — Marsh, Barrett, Cranmer.
Finance — Keys, Everitt, Rue.
Corporations — Everitt, Mallon, Carter.
Municipal Corporations — Werts, Mallon, Gardner.
Railroads and Canals — Mallon, Brown, Cranmer.
Banks and Insurance — Cornish, Winlon, Gardner.
Education — Smith, Keys, Rogers.
Militia— McDonald, Barker, Cranmer.
Game and Fisheries — Winton, Mallon, Fowler.
Riparian Rights — Werts, Brown, Learning.
Agriculture — Brown, Smith, Gardner.
Miscellaneous Business — Smith, Marsh, Learning.
Elections — McDonald, Keys, Carter.
Claims and Pensions— Marsh, Butcher, Rogers.
Unfinished Business — Winton, Keys, Carter.
Engrossed Bills — Barrett, Batcher, Rue.
Labor and Industries— Butcher, Cornish, Cranmer.
Boroughs — Barker, Cornish, Fowler.
Assembly.
Bill Revision— Nash, Kerr, White, Niece, Kyte.
Ways and Means — Ivins, Daly, Hardin, Madden, Ernst.
Judiciary — A. E. Johnston, Hardin, Daly, F. D. Smith,
Potts.
Agriculture and Agricultural College — Tine, Swartwout,
Davidson, Tappen, Sharp.
Education— MuUone, Puster, Albright, Burns, E. C.
Cole.
Elections— Kerr, Hoover, Albright, White, S. E. John-
son.
Engrossed Bills— Madden, T. Smith, Swartwout, Man-
ahan, Taylor.
Municipal CorpDrations— Trefz, Jaques, Boyle, R. Car-
roll, S. H. Smith.
LEQISLATIVE COMMITTEES. 361
Boroughs and Borough CommisBions— Zimmermann,
F. D. Smith. Usher, Tine, Kyte.
Militia— Mullone, Nieder, A. E. Johnston, Campbell,
Williams.
Claims and Revolutionary Pensions— Hagerty, Hoover,
Davidson, Stokes, Kirg.
Corporations— T. Smith, Mullone, Manahan, Lane,
Ketcham.
Banks and Insurarce— Beitram, Moylan, Perkins,
Huyler, Pollock.
Unfinished Business— Manahan, Zimmermann, Huyler,
Strimple, Mulheron.
Incidental Expenses — Hoover, Trefz, F, D. Smith,
Hagerty, Jackson.
Stationery — Boylf, Vacsyckel, Burns, Lane, S. H.
Smith.
Riparian Rights — Jaques, Rabenstein, Moylan, J.
Carrol], Engard.
Revision ( f La wc— Campbell, Ivins, Puster, Van-
syckel, Potts.
Fisheries — Perkins, Nieder, Byrne, Strimple, E. C.
Cole.
Railroads and Canals— Tappen, Peikics, Rabenstein,
Madden, W. H. Cole.
Miscellaneous Subjec's— Rabenstein, Nash, Byrte,
Bertram, Post.
Labor and Irdustries— Usher, Hagfrly, J. Carroll, R.
Carroll, Wyckofi.
JoiDt Committees.
treasurer's accounts.
Senate — Werls, Winton, Cranmer.
HouEe— Hoover, Moylan, Zimmermann, Huyler, Potts.
STATE prison.
Senate — Winton, Barrett, Leaming.
House — Huyler, Burns, Bertram, R. Carroll, Post.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
Senate — Smith, Butcher, Ropers.
House— Puster, Jgques, F. D. Smith, Taylor, S. H. Smith.
STATE LIBRARY.
Senate — Barker, Smith, Carter.
House — Nieder, Byrne, Tappen, Strimple, Mulheron.
362 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
PUBLIC GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
Senate — Mallon, Cornish, Rue.
House — Burns, Jaques, Daly, Swartwout, W. H. Cole.
Senate — Winton, Marsh, Gardner,
House — Vansyckel, Lane, T. Smith, Byrne, Wyckoflf.
PASSED BILLS.
Senate — Butcher, Brown, Rogers.
House — Hardin, Manahan, Campbell, S. E. Johnson, Niece
COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
Senate — Keys, Barker, Fowler.
House — J. Carroll, Madden, Boyle, Davidson, Kyte.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
Senate — Marsh, McDonald, Rue,
House— Hardin, Albright, Ivins, Williams, Jackson.
soldiers' home.
Senate — McDonald, Everitt, Fcwler.
Housr— MuUone, F. D. Smith, White, Pollock, Ergard.
REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Senate — Brown, Keys, Cranmer.
House — Manahan, R. Carrol), Mullone, Vansyckel,
Ketcham.
SINKING FUND.
Senate— Barrett, Mallon, Fowlf r.
House — Hagerty, Trefz, Usher, Ernst, Stokes,
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Senate — Cornish, Barker, Learning.
House — Tine, Campbell, A. E. Johnston, RabensteiD,
King.
SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES.
Senate — Everitt, Smith, ("arter.
House — Kerr, Nash, Perkins, E. C. Cole, Sharp.
LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENTS. 363
LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENTS.
William T. Hunt — New York Tribune, Newark Sunday
Call
Lawrence S. Mott — New York Mail and Express, New
York Commercial Advertiser, New York Press.
John J. Cleary — Neiv York World, Associated Press,
Philadelphia Ledger, Trenton Sunday Advertiser.
Charles H. Levy — New York Sun, New York Tribune,
Trenton Sunday Advertiser.
James Martin — Neiv York World, New Jersey Deutsche
Zeitung.
William H. Koons — Philadelphia Press, Jersey City
Argus.
Henry C. Buchanan — Paterson Press, Elizabeth Journal.
William K. Devereux — Slate Gazette, True American,
Morris Jerseyman, Paterson Call.
Charles H. Bateman — Philadelphia Telegraph, New York
Evening Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, True American.
W. Holt Apgar — Elizabeth Herald, Hoboken News,
Orange Mail.
W. E. Sackett — New York Times.
Charles A. Ransom — Jersey City Neios.
J. S. Grunow — Jersey City Journal.
Frank Connolly — Newark Evening News, New Jersey
Freie Zeitung.
James E. Burt — True American, State Gazette.
Harry C. Valentine — Philadelphia Times, Trenton Times,
Newark Press.
William S. Potter — Plainfield Daily Press, Somerset Mes-
senger.
Harry A. Donnelly — Newark Journal.
Charles Briest — Trenton Emporium.
Alexander Schlesinger — New Jersey Staats Zeitung, Jersey
City.
Joseph M. Engard, Camden Post.
William H. Cole, Camden Courier.
Thomas F. Fitzgerald — New York Herald, Philadelphia
Record, Newark Daily Advertiser, Paterson Guardian, Tren-
ton Sunday Advertiser.
INDKX.
A
PAGE
Adjutant- Generals since 1776 83
Appointments, Gubernatorial 263
Appointments, Joint Meeting 264
Assembly Officers, 1845 to 1890 110
Assembly Rules —
Bills and Joint Resolutions 71
Bills, Leave to Introduce 66
Committees 70
Committee of the Whole House 71
Decorum and Debate 67
Duties of the Speaker 65
Joint Committeep 70
Joint Rules and Orders 74
Meeting of the House 65
Motions 68
Order of Business 66
Rules 72
Assemblymen, by Counties, from 1845 to 1886 90- 106
Attorney Generals since 1704. 81
B
Biographies — Assemblymen —
Albright Morris 222
Bergen Somerset 227
Bertram Essex 207
Boyle Hudson 213
Burns Mercer 218
Byrne Hudson 210
Campbell Monmouih 221
Carroll Passaic 225
Carroll Union 229
Cole (Camden 198
Cole Cape May 200
Daly Hudson 213
Davidson Gloucester 208
Engard Camden 198
(364)
INDEX. 365
Biographies — Assemblymen — {Continued) — page
Ernst Ocean 224
Hagerty Warren 231
Hardin Essex 204
Hoover Warren 231
Huyler Bergen 195
Ivins Monmouth 222
Jackson Essex 208
Jaques Middlesex 219
Johnson Atlantic 194
Johnston Monmouth 220
Kerr Passaic 225
Ketcbam Essex 205
King Passaic 226
Kyte Union 230
Lane Union 229
Madden Hudson 212
Manahan Middlesex 219
Moylan Hudson 210
Mulheron Mercer 217
Mullone Hudson 209
Nash Camden 199
Niece Hunterdon 215
Nieder Essex 203
Perkins Burlington 197
Pollock Essex 203
Post Morris.. 223
Potts Hud on 211
Puster Hudson 212
Rabenstein Essex 202
Sharp BurliDg;on 197
Smith Essex 204
Smith Hndpon 210
Smith Morris 223
Stokes Cumberland 202
Strimple Salem 226
Swartwout Sussex 228
Tappen Middlesex 218
Taylor Essex 207
Tine Hunterdon 216
Trefz Essex 106
Usher Hudson 215
Vansyckel Cumberland 201
White Burlirgton 196
Williams Passaic 224
WyckoflF Mercer 217
Zimmermann, Bergen 195
366 INDEX.
Biographies — Congressmen— page
Bergen, C. A 173
Buchanan, James 173
Cadmus, C. A 176
English, T. D 177
Fowler, Samuel 175
Geissenhainer, J. A 174
McDonald, Edward F 177
Judiciary —
Beasiey, Chief Justice 235
Bird, Vice-Chancellor 234
Depue, Justice 236
Dixon, Justice 238
Garrison, Justice 240
Green, Vice Chancellor 234
Knapp, Justice 238
Maeie, Justice 239
McGiir Chancellor 233
Pitney, Vice-Chancellor 234
Reed, Justice 239
Soudder, Justice 237
Van Fleet, Vice-Chancellor 233
Van Syckel, Justice 237
State Officers—
Abbett, Governor 169
Anderson, Comptroller 246
Cat tell. State Assessor 259
Chapman, Sup't Public Instruction 256
Donnelly, Quartermaster-General 251
Ford, Sup't State House 262
Hamilton, State Librarian 258
Kelsey, Secretary of State 244
Lee, Clerk Supreme Court 253
McDermott. Clerk in Chancery 254
Patterson, State Prison Keeper 257
Plume, General 249
Reynolds, State Assessor 260
Spencer, State Assessor 261
Stockton, Attorney-General 248
Strvker, Adjutant-General 250
Toffey, State Treasurer 245
Wismer, State Assessor 261
Senators —
Adrain Middlesex 187
Barker Gloucester 185
Barrett Essex 184
Brown Monmouth 188
INDEX. 367
Biographies — Senatobs— ( Co«<mit^d) — page
Butcher Salem 191
Carter Burlington 181
Cranmer Ocean 189
Cornish Warren 193
Everitt Hunterdon 186
Fowler Cumberland 184
Gardner ..Atlantic 180
Keys Somerset 191
Leaming Cape May 183
Mallon Passaic 190
Marsh Union.... 192
McDonald Hudson 177, 185
Rogers Camden 183
Rue Mercer 187
Smith Sussex 192
Werts Morris 189
Winton Bergen 181
United States Officials for New Jersey —
Deacon, Marshal 243
Green, Judge 232
Oliphant, Clerk Circuit Court 241
Rowe, (;ierk District Court 242
White, District Attorney 240
United States Senators—
Blodgett, Rufup 172
McPherson, John R 171
Censits of New Jersey 323
Census of United States 325
Chancellors since 1845 80
Chief Justices since 1704 80
Clerks in Chancery SINCE 1831 81
Clerks of Supreme Court SINCE 1776 81
Classification, Counties, Cities and Boroughs 135
Committees, Legislative 360
Congress, Continental 75
Congressmen, Biographies of 173
Congressmen, List of 270
Congressmen from 1789 to date 75
Constitution, State 37 to 56
Constitution, United States 17 to 36
Constitutional Commission, 1873 115
Constitutional Convention, 1844 113
Correspondents of Press, List op 363
368 INDEX.
County Officials — page
Atlantic 273
Bergen 273
Burlington 274
Camden 274
Cape May 275
Cumberland 275
Essex 276
Gloucester 276
Hudson 276
Hunterdon 277
Mercer 277
Middlesex 278
Monmouth 278
Morris 279
Ocean 279
Passaic 280
Salem 280
Somerset 281
Sussex 281
Union 281
Warren 282
Courts —
(Circuits 283
Chancery, Court Judges of. 268
County Courts {See County Officials).
District Court Judges 270
Errors and Appeals, Judges of 269
Pardors, Court of. Members of. 269
Supreme Court, Members of. 269
Terms of County Courts 273 to 2^2
Terms of State Courts 283
United States Circuit, Officials of. 267
United States District, Officials of 267
D
Debts of Cities 327
Declaration OF Independence 13
E
Election Precincts, Number of, by Counties 318
Election Returns, 1890 284 to 320
Election, Special on Constitutional Amendments,
1890 322
INDEX. 369
PAGE
Electoral College (old) 126
Electoral College (new) 328
Electoral Vote of New Jersey since 1789 127
G
Governor, Vote for, 1889 320
Governor, Vote FOR, SINCE 1859 Ill
Governor's Appointments 263
Governors, List of, since 1665 10
Governor's Prerogatives 133
Governor's Staff 334
H
History of New Jersey 7
J
Joint Meeting Appointments 264
Judiciary, Members of, since 1704 80
Justices of Supreme Court since 1704 80
L
Legislature —
Members of, 1887-88 137
Members of, 1889-90 140
Officers, 1891 359
Political Complexion since 1857 Ill
Sessions of, since 1845 84
M
Map of New Jersey opp. 112
Military Officers 334
N
Nbwspapers, List of New Jersey 151
370 INDEX.
P
PAGE
Platform, State Democratic , 144
Platform., State Prohibition 149
Platform, State Republican 146
Population of New Jersey, by Counties 323
Population OF Pities and Towns 324
Population of United States 325
Presidential Elections since 1852 128
Presidential Vote, 1880 and 1884 131
Presidential Vote, 1888 132, 321
Presidents of the Senate since 1845 109
Presidents and Vice-Presidents, List of, since 1789,
329, 330
Q
Quartermaster- Generals since 1776 83
s
Secretaries of State since 1776 82
Senate Officers, 1845 to 1890 109
Senate Rules —
Bills and Joint Resolutions 59
Committees 58
Disorder 63
Executive Session 64
Joint Rulesand Orders 74
Members 62
Messages 62
Motions and their Precedence 61
Order of Business 57
President 57
Quorum 57
Secret Session 63
Special Orders 63
Rules 64
Senatorial Elections, when they occur 194
Speakers of the House, 1776 to date 108
State Boards, Institutions, &c., Managers, Mem-
bers, Trustees, Reports, &c. —
Agricultural College, Board of Visitors to 272
Agricultural College Fund Commissioners 271
Agricultural Experiment Station, Managers of... 350
INDEX. 371
State Boards, Institutions, &c.—(Con<mMed) — page
Agriculture, State Board, Officers and Report 347
Assessors, State Board, Members 271
Assessors, State Board, Report 355
Asylum, Morris Plains, Managers, &c .. 269
Asylum, Morris Plains, Report 344
Asylum, Trenton, Managers, &c 269
Asylum, Trenton, Report 344
Charities and Corrections, Board of, Members.... 270
College, State Agricultural, Officers and Sketch .. 352
College, State Agricultural, Visitors to 272
Deaf-Mutes School, Trustees 270
Deaf-Mutes School, Report 332
Dentistry, State Bnard of 271
Education, State Board of. Members 269
Factories and Workshops, Inspectors and Depu-
ties 268
Feeble-minded Children, Home 346
Feeble minded Women, Home Managers 272
Fish Commissioners and Wardens 272
Geological Survey, Managers and Sketch 349
Health, State Board of, Members 271
Health, State Board of. Report 353
Industrial School for Girls, Trustees 270
Industrial School for Girls, Report 343
Insurance Commissioner 271
Labor Statistics, Chief of Board 268
Labor Statistics, Report 356
Library, State Commissioners 271
Library, State, Report 357
Medical Examiners, State Board of. 271
National Guard, List of Officers, &c 334
Normal and Model Schools, Trustees 269
Pharmacy, State Board of. 271
Pilotage, Commissioners of. 271
Public Instruction, County and City Sup'ts 331
Public Instruction, Report of Superintendent 331
Quartermaster-General's Department, Sketch 337
Reform School for Boys, Trustees 270
Reform School for Boys, Report 341
Riparian Commissioners, List of. 271
School Fund Trustees 269
Sinking Fund Commissioners 271
Soldiers' Home, Managers 271
Soldiers' Home, Officers and Report 345
State Board of Education 269
State Prison, Inspectors and Officers 270
372 INDEX.
State Boards, Institutions, &c — {Continued) — page
State PrisoD, Report 341
State Treasurer's Report 339
State Treasurers since 1776 82
Statistics, Vital 354
State Buildings, &c.. Sketches of —
Arsenal, State 119
Asylum, Trenton 120
Asylum, Morris Plains 121
Camp Grounds, Sea Girt 335
Deaf-Mutes School 124
Industrial School for Girls 122
Library, State 118
Normal and Model Schools 121
Reform School for Boys 122
Rifle Range 335
Soldiers' Home 124
State Capitol 116
State Prison 123
State Comptrollers SINCE 1865 82
State Executive Committees 143
State Officers from 1776 to date 82
State Officers, List of 268
State Prison Keepers since 1829 83
State Senatorial Elections, When occur 194
State Senators, by Counties, since 1845 86-89
u
U. S. Court Officials, 1891 267
U. S. Court Officials since 1789.. 267
U. S. Government 266
U. S. Population 325
U. S. Senators since 1789 12
V
Vice-Presidents of Council, 1776 to 1844 107
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