Thomas Bines (died April 9, 1826) was an American politician who served briefly as a
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
New Jersey
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from 1814 to 1815.
Biography
Born in
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.[Salem County
Salem County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western boundary is formed by the Delaware River and its eastern terminus is the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which connects the county with New Castle, Delaware. Its cou ...]
on October 16, 1802.
Bines was elected sheriff of Salem County in 1808 and served until 1810.
Congress
Bines was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
to the
Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Jacob Hufty (November 2, 1814 – March 3, 1815).
He was not a candidate for renomination to the Fourteenth Congress in 1814.
Later career
Bines was elected
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
of
Lower Penns Neck Township, New Jersey, in 1822 and served in this capacity until 1826.
Death
He died in Lower Penns Neck Township, Salem County, April 9, 1826.
References
18th-century births
1826 deaths
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Year of birth unknown
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