John LN Stratton

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John LN Stratton

John Leake Newbold Stratton (born November 27, 1817 in Mount Holly , Burlington County , New Jersey , †  May 17, 1889 there ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1863 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Stratton attended private schools in his home country and then studied at Princeton College . After studying law and becoming a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. He later embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1858 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded George R. Robbins on March 4, 1859 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1863 . These had been shaped by the events of the civil war since 1861 .

In 1862 Stratton declined to run again; four years later he was a delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives in Philadelphia . In 1875 he became president of the Farmers' National Bank of Mount Holly . He died on May 17, 1889 in his native Mount Holly.

Web links

  • John LN Stratton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stratton, John LN
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stratton, John Leake Newbold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Holly , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1889
Place of death Mount Holly , New Jersey