词条 | James Henderson Imlay |
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James Henderson Imlay (November 26, 1764 – March 6, 1823) was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Imlaystown, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Princeton College in 1786, where he was also a tutor. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1791, and practiced; he was a major in the Monmouth County Militia and served in the Revolutionary War. He was a counselor in 1796, and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1793 to 1796, serving as speaker in the latter year. Imlay was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801. While in the House, he was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against U.S. Senator William Blount of Tennessee. In 1804 and 1805, Imlay was postmaster of Allentown, New Jersey, and resumed the practice of law there; he died in Allentown in 1823. Interment was in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. References{{CongBio|I000011}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=New Jersey | district=AL | before=Aaron Kitchell | after=Ebenezer Elmer | years=March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=New Jersey | district=4 | before=None | after=Littleton Kirkpatrick | years=March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 }}{{s-end}}{{Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Imlay, James Henderson}}{{NewJersey-politician-stub}} 14 : 1764 births|1823 deaths|People from Allentown, New Jersey|Princeton University alumni|Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly|Members of the New Jersey General Assembly|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey Federalists|American postmasters|Burials in New Jersey|People of New Jersey in the American Revolution|New Jersey militiamen in the American Revolution|People of colonial New Jersey|Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives |
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