Joseph Bloomfield
| Joseph Bloomfield | |
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painting by Charles Willson Peale
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| 4th Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office October 29, 1803 – October 29, 1812 |
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| Preceded by | John Lambert as Acting Governor |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Ogden |
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In office October 31, 1801 – October 28, 1802 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Howell |
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John Lambert as Acting Governor |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Ezra Baker |
| Succeeded by | George Cassedy |
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October 18, 1753 Woodbridge Township, New Jersey |
| Died | October 3, 1823 (aged 69) Burlington, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary McIlvaine (1752–1818) Isabella Ramsey (1779–1871) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753 – October 3, 1823) was the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.
Joseph Bloomfield was born in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey to Moses Bloomfield, a physician, and Sarah Ogden on October 18, 1753. Moses Bloomfield was a surgeon and an abolitionist.
Joseph was educated at Reverend Enoch Green’s school in Deerfield Township, New Jersey, where Enoch was the pastor of the local Presbyterian Church. Bloomfield studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1775 and began his law practice in Bridgeton, New Jersey. He entered the Continental Army as captain of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment on February 9, 1776. He attained the rank of major on November 28, 1776, and was appointed judge advocate of the northern army. He was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777. He resigned from the Continental Army on October 28, 1778, after he was elected clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly.
In 1794, he led Federal and New Jersey state troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular uprising conducted by Appalachian settlers who resisted the excise tax on liquor and distilled drinks, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 1795 to 1800 he served as Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey.
At the start of the War of 1812 he was commissioned as a brigadier general in the United States Army on March 13, 1812. He served until June 15, 1815 along the Canada–US border.
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