James Bishop (Congressman)

Infobox Congressman
name = James Bishop


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state = New Jersey
district = 3rd
party = Opposition
term = March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
preceded = Samuel Lilly (D)
succeeded = Garnett Adrain (D)
date of birth = May 11, 1816
place of birth = New Brunswick, New Jersey
date of death = May 10, 1895
place of death = Morristown, New Jersey
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profession = Politician
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James Bishop (May 11, 1816 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – May 10, 1895 in Morristown, New Jersey) was an American Opposition Party politician, who represented ushr|New Jersey|3 in the United States House of Representatives from 1855-1857.

Bishop was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on May 11, 1816. He attended Spaulding School and Rutgers College Preparatory School in New Brunswick. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Brunswick, and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1849 and 1850.

Bishop was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress.

Bishop House, located at 115 College Avenue in New Brunswick, is a 42-room mansion that constitutes a fine representation of the Italianate style of architecture, was built for Bishop. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (Reference #76001162). [ [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/middlesex.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Middlesex County] , New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office. Accessed September 1, 2007.]

After leaving Congress, he was prominent in the rubber trade in New York City. He was chief of the bureau of labor statistics of New Jersey from 1878-1893 and was a resident of Trenton. He died at Kemble Hall, near Morristown, New Jersey on May 10, 1895, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery in New Brunswick.

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External links

*CongBio|B000487
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bishop.html#R9M0IPKAS James Bishop] at The Political Graveyard
*findagrave|5989059|James Bishop