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Hedge Thompson (January 28, 1780 - July 23, 1828), a Representative from New Jersey. Thompson was born in
Salem, New Jersey Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146,
on January 28, 1780. He graduated from the medical department of the
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at
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in 1802 and practiced his profession in Salem; member of the
New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. 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 The New Jersey Legislative Council was the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature under the New Jersey Constitution of 1776 until it was replaced by the New Jersey Senate under the Constitution of 1844. History The Legislative Council replaced ...
(now the
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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. ''Information found on public domain website of the Bioguide of the US Congress.''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Hedge 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