John L. Blake

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John L. Blake

John Lauris Blake (born March 25, 1831 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  October 10, 1899 in West Orange , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Blake had a good education. In 1846 he came to Orange , New Jersey. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1852, he began to work in this profession in his new hometown. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1857 Blake was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly . In June 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati , where Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1878 Blake was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Thomas Baldwin Peddie on March 4, 1877 . Since he refused to run again in 1880, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1881 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Blake practiced as a lawyer again. In 1893 he became President of the Citizens' Gas Light Co. in Newark . He died in West Orange on October 10, 1899.

Web links

  • John L. Blake in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Blake, John L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blake, John Lauris (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1899
Place of death West Orange , New Jersey