John L. Blake
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John L. Blake | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Baldwin Peddie |
Succeeded by | Phineas Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts | March 25, 1831
Died | October 10, 1899 West Orange, New Jersey | (aged 68)
Political party | Republican |
John Lauris Blake (March 25, 1831, in Boston, Massachusetts – October 10, 1899, in West Orange, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881.
Early life and education
Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 25, 1831. He received a classical education and moved to Orange, New Jersey, in 1846. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Orange.
He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1857 and was a delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention.
Congress
Blake was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1881, but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1880.
After leaving Congress, he resumed his law practice in Orange, and became president of the Citizens' Gas Light Co. of Newark, New Jersey, in 1893.
Death
He died in West Orange, New Jersey, on October 10, 1899, and was interred in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange.
External links
- United States Congress. "John L. Blake (id: B000532)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- John Lauris Blake at The Political Graveyard
- John L. Blake at Find a Grave
- 1831 births
- 1899 deaths
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Politicians from Boston
- People from West Orange, New Jersey
- People from Orange, New Jersey
- New Jersey Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Burials at Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, New Jersey)
- 19th-century American politicians