Johnston Cornish

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Johnston Cornish
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by Samuel Fowler (D)
Succeeded by Mahlon Pitney (R)
Born June 13, 1858
Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, USA
Died June 26, 1920
Washington, New Jersey, USA
Political party Democratic
Profession Politician

Johnston Cornish (June 13, 1858 - June 26, 1920) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the U.S. Representative from 1893-1895.

Born in Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, Cornish attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Washington, New Jersey, in 1870. He was graduated from the Easton (Pennsylvania) Business College, and engaged in the manufacture of pianos and organs.

Cornish was elected mayor of Washington, New Jersey, in 1884, and reelected in 1885 and 1886. He declined renomination in 1887 and in 1888. He served as member of the New Jersey Senate from 1891-1893.

Cornish was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894.

After leaving Congress, he was again a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1900-1902 and 1906-1911. He served as president of the Cornish Piano Co. in 1910. He served as member of the Democratic State Committee. He served as president of the First National Bank, the Washington Water Co., and the Warren County Bankers' Association at the time of his death in Washington, New Jersey, June 26, 1920. He was interred in the Cornish family plot in Washington Cemetery.

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Preceded by
Samuel Fowler		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1893–March 3, 1895		 Succeeded by
Mahlon Pitney