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| Keywords: Alexander G. Cattell - Brady-Handy.jpg Cattell Senator Alexander G of N J Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 04835 CALL NUMBER LC-BH832- 2095 <P P>P P between 1865 1880 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 04835 February 12 1816 April 8 1894 was a United States Senator from New Jersey Born in Salem he received an academic education and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem until 1846 He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1840 and served as clerk from 1842-1844 He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1844 and moved to Philadelphia in 1846 where he engaged in business and banking He was a member of the Philadelphia Common Council from 1848 to 1854 organized the Corn Exchange Bank and was its president from 1858 to 1871 He moved to Merchantville in 1863 and was elected as a Republican to the U S Senate to succeed John P Stockton whose seat was declared vacant and served from September 19 1866 to March 3 1871 He was not a candidate for reelection While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on the Library Forty-first Congress This summary was created using Commons SumItUp en Alexander_G _Cattell PD-Brady-Handy Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Cattell Alexander Senators of the United States from New Jersey Cattell Alexander | ||||
