Daniel Haines

Daniel Haines (born January 6, 1801 in New York City , † January 26, 1877 in Hamburg , New Jersey ) was an American politician and governor of the state of New Jersey from 1843 to 1845 and between 1848 and 1851 .

Early years and political advancement

Daniel Haines studied at Princeton University after elementary school until 1820 . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1826. Then he practiced his new profession in Newton and Hamburg.

Daniel Haines was a supporter of the future President Andrew Jackson , whom he supported in 1824 in his still unsuccessful presidential election campaign. He later became a member of Jackson's Democratic Party . Between 1839 and 1841 he was a member of the New Jersey Senate . In 1843 he was elected to this office by the legislature as the last New Jersey governor.

Governor of New Jersey

Haines took up his new office on October 27, 1843. During his tenure, the state constitution of New Jersey was revised. From now on the governor was elected by the people for three years. The beginning of the term of office was also moved from October to January. Haines' first term therefore ended on January 21, 1845. After a three-year hiatus, during which Charles C. Stratton held the office of governor, Haines was re-elected to this office in 1847. So he was again between January 18, 1848 and January 20, 1851 governor of his state. During these three years he campaigned for a reform of the school system and the prison system.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Haines returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1852 and 1866 he was an associate judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court . In the presidential election in 1860 he supported Stephen A. Douglas . Until the outbreak of civil war in April 1861, he campaigned for a peaceful solution to the problems. After the outbreak of war, he sided with the Union, but remained loyal to his Democratic Party, whose presidential candidates he supported in 1864 and 1868. Haines couldn't make friends with Republican politics . In 1868, Haines became a member of a commission to reform the prison system in New Jersey and other states.

Daniel Haines died in January 1877. He was married twice and had at least two sons, one of whom died in the Civil War, and three daughters. Haines was also a great-nephew of former New Jersey governor Aaron Ogden .

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SURNAME	Haines, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1877
Place of death	Hamburg , New Jersey