Education and Politics
John attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and studied law. He practiced law in New York City for several years, and then moved to a farm straddling Sussex and Warren Counties in New Jersey in 1787. He entered politics, serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1788 to 1790. He was then elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate from New Jersey and served in the Senate from 1791 to 1798. He was reelected in 1796 but resigned in December 1798, for reasons that are unclear.
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