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Jonas Phillips Phoenix
Birth: 1-14-1788
Death: 5-4-1859
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Jonas Phillips Phoenix was born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 14, 1788. He was "elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1844; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; and elected to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); renominated in 1850 but declined to be a candidate." He died in New York City May 4, 1859.
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Jonas Phillips Phoenix was born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 14, 1788. He was "elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1844; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; and elected to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); renominated in 1850 but declined to be a candidate." He died in New York City May 4, 1859.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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