Hedge Thompson (January 28, 1780 - July 23, 1828), a Representative from New Jersey. Thompson was born in
Salem, New Jersey
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University of Pennsylvania
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at
Philadelphia
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in 1802 and practiced his profession in Salem; member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...
in 1805; served in the
New Jersey Legislative Council
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History
The Legislative Council replaced ...
(now the
New Jersey Senate
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) in 1819; appointed associate judge of Salem County, N.J., in 1815 and again in 1824; served as collector for Salem County from 1826 to 1828; elected to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1827, until his death in Salem, N.J., on July 23, 1828; interment in
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard.
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See also
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External links
Hedge Thompsonat
The Political Graveyard
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1780 births
1828 deaths
Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Members of the New Jersey Legislative Council
People from Salem, New Jersey
Politicians from Salem County, New Jersey
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
Burials at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Salem, New Jersey
19th-century American legislators