| 词条 | Thomas Baldwin Peddie |
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|name = Thomas Baldwin Peddie |image = Thomas Baldwin Peddie - Brady-Handy.jpg |caption = |state1 = New Jersey |district1 = {{ushr|New Jersey|6|6th}} |term_start1 = March 4, 1877 |term_end1 = March 3, 1879 |predecessor1 = Frederick Halstead Teese |successor1 = John L. Blake |office2 = 14th Mayors of Newark |term_start2 = 1866 |term_end2 = 1870 |predecessor2 = Theodore Runyon |successor2 = Frederick William Ricord |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1808|2|12}} |birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland |death_date = {{Death date and age|1889|1|16|1808|2|12}} |death_place = Newark, New Jersey |party = Republican }} Thomas Baldwin Peddie (February 12, 1808 – February 16, 1889) was an American Republican politician who represented {{ushr|New Jersey|6}} in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879. Earlier he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1864 to 1865 and the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1866 to 1869. BirthHe was born on February 12, 1808, in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was a Baptist exhorter, working at trunk-making during the week and preaching on Sundays. The elder Peddie died in 1832, leaving his wife and six children in moderate financial circumstances and whose support then depended mainly upon Thomas. Seeing little chance in Scotland of earning a living for so many dependent ones, and hearing of America as the land of opportunity, he emigrated in 1833; after studying the advantages offered by several towns, he concluded to make Newark, New Jersey, his home. For two years he worked at the bench in a saddlery establishment and then, in a basement on Broad Street in Newark, began to manufacture trunks, not having, as he said, enough money to pay for the iron on his first trunk. When he died, his factory and warehouses covered nearly a block, his employees were numbered in the hundreds, and his name stood at the head of this branch of industry in the United States. Public affairsIn addition to his public service described earlier, Peddie helped to found the Essex National Bank and was its vice president; he founded the Security Savings Bank and was its only president; he was president of the Board of Trade; manager of various city institutions; and director of insurance companies and charitable organizations. The money for the Newark First Baptist Church was given by Peddie. H. J. Latham wrote:
U.S. Patent"This invention has for its object to improve the construction of trunks, valises, portmanteaus, pellesiers, traveling bags, etc., so as to adapt them to receive and carry a portfolio in such a way that while carrying it safely, it may be conveniently removed when required for use." {{US patent|98104}} (1870). DeathHe died in Newark on February 16, 1889, and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark. LegacyThe Peddie School in Hightstown, where he was a generous benefactor, and the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church in Newark are named after him. See also
References{{PD-old-text|title= God in business |year=1889|author= Henry J. Latham}}}} External links{{CongBio|P000181}}
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