Rodman M. Price- Governor of New Jersey, U.S. House of Representatives-ALS-1859

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Rodman M. Price- Governor of New Jersey, U.S. House of Representatives-ALS-1859:
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Rodman M. Price, (1816-1894), New Jersey Governor & U.S. Congressman. ALS, headed Trenton, March 4, 1859. To a Dr. Wm. Stone regarding a real estate purchase. On one side of a 7.5\" x 10\" sheet. Rodman M. PriceFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRodman McCamley Price17thGovernor of New JerseyIn office
January 17, 1854– January 20, 1857Preceded byGeorge F. FortSucceeded byWilliam A. NewellMember of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromNew Jersey\'s 5th districtIn office
March 4, 1851– March 3, 1853Preceded byJames G. KingSucceeded byAlexander C.M. PenningtonPersonal detailsBornMay 5, 1816
Newton, New JerseyDiedJune 7, 1894 (aged 78)
Oakland, New JerseyNationalityAmericanPolitical partyDemocraticSpouse(s)Matilda TranchardReligionPresbyterian

Rodman McCamley Price(May 5, 1816– June 7, 1894) was an AmericanDemocratic Partypolitician, who representedNew Jersey\'s 5th congressional districtin theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1851–1853, and served as the17thGovernor of New Jersey, from 1854 to 1857.

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Price was born inNewton, inSussex Countyon May 5, 1816. He attended the public schools of New York City and the Lawrenceville Academy (a predecessor to today\'sLawrenceville School). Price pursued classical studies atPrinceton College, but did not graduate. He studied law and was admitted to the bar.

Price was appointed purser in theUnited States Navyin 1840 and was stationed in San Francisco; during theMexican-American War, he served as an officer of the Navy; prefect and alcalde of Monterey in 1846 and the first American to exercise judicial functions in California; naval agent 1848–1850. In 1849 he was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of California and unsuccessful in the election for the state\'s first representatives in Congress. On returning to New Jersey he was elected as a Democrat to the32nd United States CongressfromNew Jersey\'s 5th congressional districtand served from March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. He was electedGovernor of New Jerseythe following year, serving from 1854–1857, where he became the father of the public school system of New Jersey. He established a ferry fromWeehawkento New York and engaged in the quarrying business and in the reclamation of lands along theHackensack River. Price was a delegate to thePeace conference of 1861held in Washington, D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impendingCivil War.

Price died inOakland, New Jerseyon June 7, 1894.[1]He was buried in the Reformed Cemetery, inMahwah, New Jersey.