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Post Office Politicians in New Jersey

John Insley Blair (1802-1899) — also known as John I. Blair — of Blairstown, Warren County, N.J. Born in Warren County, N.J., August 22, 1802. Republican. Merchant; postmaster; manufacturer; railroad builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860, 1868; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1868. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in Blairstown, Warren County, N.J., December 2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102 days). Interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married, September 20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma Elizabeth Blair.   The township of Blairstown, New Jersey, is named for him.  — The city of Blair, Nebraska, is named for him.  — The city of Blairstown, Iowa, is named for him.  — Blair Hall, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: King's Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899   William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847-1919) — also known as William H. F. Fiedler — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 25, 1847. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1878-79, 1882; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1880-82; defeated, 1904; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1883-85; postmaster; real estate business. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 1, 1919 (age 71 years, 129 days). Entombed at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   W. Burtis Havens (b. 1872) — also known as Burt Havens — of Toms River, Ocean County, N.J. Born May 11, 1872. Republican. Postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Charles Bartolette Havens; first cousin of Horatio Ely Havens.   Political family: Havens family of Laurelton, New Jersey.   James Henderson Imlay (1764-1823) — also known as James H. Imlay — of Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Imlaystown, Monmouth County, N.J., November 26, 1764. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1793-96; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1796; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801); postmaster. Died in Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J., March 6, 1823 (age 58 years, 100 days). Interment at Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Allentown, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Imlay and Catherine (Henderson) Imlay; first cousin four times removed of Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr. and Edward Lawrence Katzenbach; first cousin five times removed of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III and Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach.   Political family: Katzenbach family of New Jersey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert W. Kidd (d. 1963) — of Penns Grove, Salem County, N.J. Banker; postmaster; mayor of Penns Grove, N.J., 1950. Died in 1963. Burial location unknown.   Ebenezer Tucker (1758-1845) — of Tuckerton, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Burlington County, N.J., November 15, 1758. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; shipbuilder; postmaster; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1825-29. Died in Tuckerton, Ocean County, N.J., September 5, 1845 (age 86 years, 294 days). Interment at Old Methodist Cemetery, Tuckerton, N.J.   Relatives: Great-grandfather of John Howell Carroll.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York; Carroll family of Maryland; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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