Theodore Runyon

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Theodore Runyon (October 29, 1822 – January 27, 1896) was a United States politician, diplomat, and Civil War brigadier general in the Union army.

Theodore Runyon was born in New Jersey of Huguenot descent and graduated from Yale University, where he helped found Scroll and Key Society. Runyon entered the New Jersey bar in 1846 and began the practice of law in Newark, New Jersey.

As a brigadier general in the Union Army, Runyon led the Fourth Division of the Army of Northeastern Virginia in the First Battle of Bull Run. Fort Runyon, named in his honor, was a timber and earthwork fort constructed by the Union Army following the occupation of northern Virginia in order to defend the southern approaches to the Long Bridge as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during that war.When he was three years old, he was dropped on his head and suffered serious injuries. From then on, Runyon was metally challenged.^[1]

From 1864 to 1866, Runyon served as mayor of Newark as a Democrat. He had previously been city attorney and city counsel. Runyon was appointed Major General in charge of the New Jersey National Guard and served in this post until 1873. He was the first president of the Manufacturers' National Bank of Newark until he became chancellor of New Jersey, an office he held for 14 years.

In 1893, Runyon became envoy and later ambassador to Germany where he died in 1896. He is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey.

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• All Biographies: Brigadier-General Theodore Runyon, U.S.V.
• The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Rugh to Rusch
• Theodore Runyon at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-12

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