John T. Nixon

John T. Nixon
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office April 28, 1870 – September 28, 1889
Appointed by	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	Richard Stockton Field
Succeeded by	Edward T. Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 1st district
In office March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1863
Preceded by	Isaiah D. Clawson
Succeeded by	John F. Starr
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1849-1850
Personal details
Born	John Thompson Nixon August 31, 1820 Fairton, New Jersey
Died	September 28, 1889(1889-09-28) (aged 69) Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Profession	Lawyer, Politician

John Thompson Nixon (August 31, 1820 – September 28, 1889) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863.

Born in Fairton in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, Nixon attended private schools and graduated from Princeton College in 1841. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, New Jersey. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly 1849-1850 and served as speaker in the latter year.

Nixon was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Bridgeton, New Jersey from 1863 to 1870. He was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on April 28, 1870, and served until his death at his summer home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, September 28, 1889. He was interred in the Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, New Jersey.

References

• United States Congress. "John Thompson Nixon (id: N000115)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 
• John Thompson Nixon at The Political Graveyard
• John Thompson Nixon at Find a Grave

External links

• Works by or about John T. Nixon at Internet Archive
• Works by or about John T. Nixon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)