Member of the New Jersey Senate from Hudson County
In office 1875–1878
Preceded by
John R. McPherson
Succeeded by
Rudolph F. Rabe
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from Hudson County
In office 1865–1867 1869–1870
Personal details
Born
(1836-10-08)October 8, 1836 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
December 4, 1894(1894-12-04) (aged 58) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mary Briggs
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Leon Abbett (October 8, 1836 – December 4, 1894) was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey from 1884 to 1887 and 1890 to 1893. His official state biography refers to Abbett as "undoubtedly the most powerful person in New Jersey in the late nineteenth century" and "the first urban-oriented governor" of New Jersey.[1] He was popularly known as the "Great Commoner" for his advocacy on behalf of ordinary citizens.[1] He failed in two attempts to win election to the United States Senate.[1]
^ abcHogarty, Richard A. "Biography of Leon Abbett" (PDF). New Jersey State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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1867: G. W. N. Curtis, Camden 1868: Augustus O. Evans, Hudson 1869-70: LeonAbbett, Hudson 1871: Albert P. Condit, Essex 1872: Nathaniel Niles, Morris 1873:...
of New Hampshire: Moody Currier (Republican) Governor of New Jersey: LeonAbbett (Democratic) Governor of New York: David B. Hill (Democratic) Governor...
Moody Currier (Republican) (starting June 4) Governor of New Jersey: LeonAbbett (Democratic) Governor of New York: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) (until...
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Governor of New Jersey: George C. Ludlow (Democratic) (until January 15), LeonAbbett (Democratic) (starting January 15) Governor of New York: Grover Cleveland...
of New Jersey: Robert Stockton Green (Democratic) (until January 21), LeonAbbett (Democratic) (starting January 21) Governor of New York: David B. Hill...
New Hampshire: Hiram A. Tuttle (Republican) Governor of New Jersey: LeonAbbett (Democratic) Governor of New York: Roswell P. Flower (Democratic) (starting...
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1972) November 15 – Vincent Astor, philanthropist (died 1959) November 20 – Leon Cadore, baseball pitcher (died 1958) December 14 Katherine MacDonald, silent...
bar on November 29, 1859. He practiced law briefly alongside classmate LeonAbbett, a future governor of New Jersey, but abandoned his legal career because...
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