Isaiah Dunn Clawson (March 30, 1822 – October 9, 1879) was an American

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politician who represented

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's 1st congressional district in the

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from 1855 to 1859. Born in

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, (

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) and

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, and graduated from

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in 1840 and from the

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in 1843. He commenced the practice of medicine in Woodstown. He served as a member of the

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in 1854. He was elected as an

candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a

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to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1859, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of medicine in Woodstown, where he died on October 9, 1879. Interment in the Baptist Cemetery.

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* 1822 births 1879 deaths People from Woodstown, New Jersey Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Politicians from Salem County, New Jersey Lafayette College alumni Princeton University alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni {{NewJersey-politician-stub