James Walter Wall

James Walter Wall

James Walter Wall (born May 26, 1820 in Trenton , New Jersey , † June 9, 1872 in Elizabeth , New Jersey) was an American politician . In 1863 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US Senate .

Career

James Wall was the son of US Senator Garret D. Wall (1783-1850). He was privately tutored in Flushing , a borough of New York . In 1838 he graduated from the College of New Jersey , now Princeton University . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1841, he began to work in Trenton in this profession. He also worked as a bankruptcy administrator ( Commissioner in Bankruptcy ). Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1847 he moved to Burlington , where he was elected mayor in 1850. In the same year he was nominated by his party for the congressional elections. However, he did not accept this nomination. In 1854 he ran for Congress , but unsuccessfully .

In the presidential elections of 1860 Wall supported John C. Breckinridge . After the civil war began , he became involved in an incident with the New York Daily News in August 1861 , which was suppressed by the government as a peace organ. Wall was imprisoned for some time and only released after an oath of allegiance to the Union. After the death of US Senator John Renshaw Thomson , Richard Stockton Field was initially appointed as his successor. The actual by-election was won by James Wall, who was then able to take up his seat on January 14, 1863. But since he was not re-elected in the regular congressional elections of 1862, he could only exercise his office until March 3, 1863. On that day he left the Congress.

After his brief stint in Congress, he practiced as a lawyer in Burlington. He also dealt with literary matters. From 1869 he lived in the city of Elizabeth, where he died on June 9, 1872.

Web links

• James Walter Wall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

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