James Bishop (politician)

James Bishop (born May 11, 1816 in New Brunswick , New Jersey , †  May 10, 1895 in Morristown , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Bishop attended Spaulding School and Rutgers College Preparatory School in New Brunswick and then worked in commerce. He later began a political career and became a member of the short-lived Opposition Party . In 1849 and 1850 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In the congressional election of 1854 , Bishop was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Samuel Lilly on March 4, 1855 . Since he was not confirmed in 1856, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1857 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Bishop worked in New York City as a successful rubber trader. Between 1878 and 1893 he headed the New Jersey state agency for compiling labor statistics. He spent the last years of his life in Trenton . He died on May 10, 1895 near Morristown.

Web links

• James Bishop (politicians) in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Bishop in the database of Find a Grave (English)