Joseph D. Bedle
Joseph D. Bedle | |
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| 23rd Governor of New Jersey | |
| In office January 19, 1875 – January 15, 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Joel Parker |
| Succeeded by | George B. McClellan |
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| Born | January 5, 1831 Matawan, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 1894 (aged 63) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Joseph Dorsett Bedle, Sr. (January 5, 1831 – October 21, 1894) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 23rd Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.
Biography[]
Bedle was born in Middletown Point on January 5, 1831[1][2] (now Matawan). He was educated in the local schools and attended State and National Law School in Ballston Spa, New York, was admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey, and established himself in practice. He married Althea Fitz Randolph (c. 1830–1926).[3] They had four sons, Joseph Dorsett Bedle, Jr. (1864-1917), Bennington Fitz Randolph Bedle (1862-1917), Thomas Francis Bedle (1865-1922), and Randolph Bedle (1875-1880), and two daughters, Mary Howell Bedle (1873-1880) and Althea Fitz Randolph Bedle (1871-1957).[4]
He served as a delegate to 1864 Democratic National Convention. In 1865, Governor Joel Parker appointed Bedle as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he served until 1875. Bedle was elected Governor of New Jersey, and served a single term, from 1875–1878. Bedle died at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City on October 21, 1894 from complications from surgery.[5] He was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Freehold Township.[6]
Bedle was an Honorary Member of the Society of the Cincinnati.[7]
See also[]
- List of Governors of New Jersey
References[]
- ^ Annual Report of the American Bar Association
- ^ The New Jersey Law Journal
- ^ "Widow of Former New Jersey Governor Succumbs to Pneumonia". The New York Times. March 25, 1926. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
Mrs. Althea Fitz Randolph Bedle, widow of Joseph D. Bedle, one-time Governor of New Jersey, did yesterday in her apartment at the Fairmont Hotel in ...
- ^ "Joseph D. Bedle, Ex-Member of Jersey Assembly, Keyport Civic Leader, 66". The New York Times. December 26, 1942. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
Former State Assemblyman Joseph D. Bedle died today in his home here at the age of 66. He represented Monmouth County in the ...
- ^ "Ex-Gov. Joseph D. Bedle Is Dead. Succumbs Under the Effects of a Surgical Operation". Chicago Tribune. October 24, 1894. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
Joseph Dorsett Bedle, ex-Governor of New Jersey, died this evening at St. Luke's Hospital, this city, where he underwent a surgical operation Saturday afternoon. His body will be removed tomorrow to his late home in Jersey City.
- ^ "William A. Newell is the Eldest ex-Governor, and Next to Him Is George C. Ludlow, Who Was Elected Twenty-four Years After Mr. Newell Retired. Leon Abbett and Robert S. Green Complete This List of Historic Figures". The New York Times. October 28, 1894. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
It is an interesting historical coincidence that on the same day that ex-Gov. Joseph D. Bedle was buried, a sister Commonwealth was paying its tribute to the heroic deeds of a distinguished Jerseyman by unveiling an equestrian statue to commemorate the bravery of George B. McClellan, the thirtieth Governor of New-Jersey after the adoption of the Constitution.
- ^ Cincinnati, Society of the (1889). The Cincinnati in the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of the United States Under the Constitution, and of George Washington as President. April, 1889. Press of Exchange printing Company.
External links[]
- Biography of Joseph Dorsett Bedle (PDF), New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey Governor Joseph Dorsett Bedle, National Governors Association
- Joseph D. Bedle at Find a Grave
- Joseph Dorsett Bedle, The Political Graveyard
- Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Joel Parker
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