Joshua S. Salmon was an American

United States

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 Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

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 politician who represented from 1899 to 1902.

Biography

Salmon was born in Mount Olive Township, New Jersey

Mount Olive Township, New Jersey

-Transportation:The major roads that pass through include U.S. Route 46 through the center, U.S. Route 206 in the east and northeast part and Interstate 80 in the north .-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,193 people, 9,068 households, and 6,374 families residing in the...

 on February 2, 1846, and at an early age moved with his parents to the community of Bartley in Mount Olive. He attended the district school and taught school for two years. He completed an academic course at the Charlotteville Seminary (in Summit, New York

Summit, New York

Summit is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,123 at the time of the 2000 census. The name is derived from a peak Summit is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,123 at the time of the 2000 census. The name is derived...

) and at Schooley's Mountain Seminary (in Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey

Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey

Schooley's Mountain is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, named for the Schooley family who owned a considerable amount of land there in the 1790s, is on Schooley's Mountain, a mountain with an elevation of about directly north of Long Valley. It...

), where he afterward became an instructor. He graduated from the Albany Law School

Albany Law School

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 in 1873, was admitted to the New York bar in 1873, to the New Jersey bar in 1875, and commenced practice in Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey

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. He moved to Boonton, New Jersey

Boonton, New Jersey

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, and practiced there and in Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown, New Jersey

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. He held several county offices in Morris County

Morris County, New Jersey

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. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly

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 in 1877 and 1878, and was prosecuting attorney of Morris County from 1893-1898. He was a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention

1900 Democratic National Convention

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Salmon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

 and Fifty-seventh

57th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....

 Congresses and served in office from March 4, 1899, until his death in Boonton on May 6, 1902. He was interred in Boonton's Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery, Boonton

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External links

• Joshua S. Salmon at The Political Graveyard
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• Joshua S. Salmon at Find A Grave
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