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Alexander G. Cattell. Library of Congress description: "Cattell, Senator Alexander G. of N.J."
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04835. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 2095
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between 1865 and 1880
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Mathew Brady or Levin Handy
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English: Alexander Gilmore Cattell ( February 12, 1816 – April 8, 1894) was a United States Senator from New Jersey. Born in Salem, he received an academic education, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem until 1846. He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1840, and served as clerk from 1842-1844. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1844 and moved to Philadelphia in 1846, where he engaged in business and banking. He was a member of the Philadelphia Common Council from 1848 to 1854, organized the Corn Exchange Bank, and was its president from 1858 to 1871. He moved to Merchantville in 1863 and was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to succeed John P. Stockton, whose seat was declared vacant, and served from September 19, 1866, to March 3, 1871. He was not a candidate for reelection. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the Library (Forty-first Congress).
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