- Johnston Cornish
Infobox Congressman
name = Johnston Cornish
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state =New Jersey
district = 4th
party = Democratic
term =March 4 ,1889 –March 3 ,1893
preceded = Samuel Fowler (D)
succeeded =Mahlon Pitney (R)
date of birth =June 13 ,1858
place of birth =Bethlehem Township, New Jersey , USA
date of death =June 26 ,1920
place of death =Washington, New Jersey , USA
spouse =
profession =Politician
religion =
footnotes =Johnston Cornish (
June 13 ,1858 -June 26 ,1920 ) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented ushr|New Jersey|4 in the U.S. Representative from 1893-1895.Born in
Bethlehem Township, New Jersey , Cornish attended the common schools. He moved with his parents toWashington, New Jersey , in 1870. He was graduated from the Easton (Pennsylvania) Business College, and engaged in the manufacture of pianos and organs.Cornish was elected mayor of Washington, New Jersey, in 1884, and reelected in 1885 and 1886.He declined renomination in 1887 and in 1888. He served as member of the
New Jersey Senate from 1891-1893.Cornish was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving in office from
March 4 ,1893 toMarch 3 ,1895 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894.After leaving Congress, he was again a member of the
New Jersey Senate from 1900-1902 and 1906-1911. He served as president of the Cornish Piano Co. in 1910. He served as member of the Democratic State Committee. He served as president of the First National Bank, the Washington Water Co., and the Warren County Bankers' Association at the time of his death in Washington, New Jersey,June 26 ,1920 . He was interred in the Cornish family plot in Washington Cemetery.External links
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#R9M0ITIUO Johnston Cornish] at
The Political Graveyard
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