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Joseph Bloomfield war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1801 bis 1802 sowie zwischen 1803 und 1812 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates New Jersey. Zwischen 1817 und 1821 vertrat er seinen Staat im US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington.
Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753 – October 3, 1823) was the fourth governor of New Jersey. He also served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1821. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.
5. Nov. 2017 · Major Joseph Bloomfield write in his journal on September 11, 1777, describing his experiences during the hard-fought battle of Brandywine.
Perhaps best known as the 4th Governor of the State of New Jersey, and the namesake of the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Joseph Bloomfield served with distinction as an officer in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
An 1804 newspaper accused New Jersey’s Governor, Joseph Bloomfield, of bringing “all the females in his house entitled to vote” to the polls.
Bloomfield first won election to the governorship in 1801, after which John Lambert succeeded him. He was again chosen governor in 1803, winning reelection annually until 1812. During his tenure, the New Jersey Gradual Emancipation Act was approved; and the state militia was restructured.
Joseph Bloomfield was a lifelong opponent of slavery, and he served as president of the New Jersey Society for the Abolition of Slavery. His father, Moses Bloomfield, was also an activist for abolition; he held anti-slavery meetings in his Woodbridge home where Joseph was born .
