- Leon Abbett
Leon Abbett (
October 8 ,1836 ndashDecember 4 ,1894 ) was an American Democratic Partypolitician , who served two separate terms as the 26th Governor ofNew Jersey , from 1884-1887 and from 1890-1893.He was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the son of Ezekiel and Sarah (Howell) Abbett. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1858. On his 26th birthday, in 1862, he married Mary Briggs. He shortly thereafter became a corporate attorney inHoboken, New Jersey .A lawyer, he soon entered politics in
New Jersey and was elected as a Democrat to theNew Jersey General Assembly , where he served from 1864-1866 and 1869-1870. He also served one term in theNew Jersey Senate from 1875-1877. Active in New Jersey Democratic politics, he was elected Governor of New Jersey (defeating Civil War hero E. Burd Grubb), and served two non-consecutive terms from 1884-1887 and again from 1890-1893.Following his service as Governor, he became an Associate Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court from 1893 until his death the following year. He is buried inGreen-Wood Cemetery inBrooklyn ,New York .References
"Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896." Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
For further reading
* Richard A. Hogarty, "Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor", Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 243, 2002. ISBN 0-87169-243-0
External links
* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GABBE.pdf Biography of Leon Abbett (PDF)] ,
New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=6a7d2a7b22e89010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Leon Abbett] ,National Governors Association
* [http://members.bellatlantic.net/%7Evze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html#Abbett Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for George C. Ludlow]
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