John T. Bird

John T. Bird

John Taylor Bird (born August 16, 1829 in Bloomsbury , Hunterdon County , New Jersey , †  May 6, 1911 in Trenton , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1873 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bird attended his home public schools and an academic school in Hackettstown . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1855, he began to work in Bloomsbury in this profession. In 1858 he moved his residence and practice to Clinton . Between 1862 and 1867, Bird was a Hunterdon County prosecutor. From 1865 he lived in Flemington . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1868 Bird was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Charles Sitgreaves on March 4, 1869 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1873 . The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified there in 1870 .

In 1872 Bird decided not to run again for Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1876 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the New Jersey Constitution. Between 1882 and 1896 he held the office of Vice Chancellor of New Jersey ; from 1900 to 1909 he was a lawyer ( Master in Chancery ). John Bird died on May 6, 1911 in Trenton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John T. Bird in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John T. Bird in the database of Find a Grave (English)