Rodman M. Price

Rodman McCamley Price
17th Governor of New Jersey
In office
January 17, 1854 – January 20, 1857
Preceded by George F. Fort
Succeeded by William A. Newell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by James G. King
Succeeded by Alexander C.M. Pennington
Personal details
Born May 5, 1816
Newton, New Jersey
Died June 7, 1894 (aged 78)
Oakland, New Jersey
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Matilda Tranchard
Religion Presbyterian

Rodman McCamley Price (May 5, 1816 – June 7, 1894) was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1851–1853, and served as the 17th Governor of New Jersey, from 1854 to 1857.

Biography

Price was born in Newton, in Sussex County on May 5, 1816. He attended the public schools of New York City and the Lawrenceville Academy (a predecessor to today's Lawrenceville School). Price pursued classical studies at Princeton College, but did not graduate. He studied law and was admitted to the bar.

Price was appointed purser in the United States Navy in 1840 and was stationed in San Francisco; during the Mexican-American War, he served as an officer of the Navy; prefect and alcalde of Monterey in 1846 and the first American to exercise judicial functions in California; naval agent 1848–1850. In 1849 he was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of California and unsuccessful in the election for the state's first representatives in Congress. On returning to New Jersey he was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd United States Congress from New Jersey's 5th congressional district and served from March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. He was elected Governor of New Jersey the following year, serving from 1854–1857, where he became the father of the public school system of New Jersey. He established a ferry from Weehawken to New York and engaged in the quarrying business and in the reclamation of lands along the Hackensack River. Price was a delegate to the Peace conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending Civil War.

Price died in Oakland, New Jersey on June 7, 1894.[1] He was buried in the Reformed Cemetery, in Mahwah, New Jersey.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rodman M. Price. Lawyer, Naval Officer, Pioneer, Alcalde, and New-Jersey's Governor". New York Times. June 8, 1894. Retrieved March 10, 2010. Ex-Gov. Rodman M. Price of New-Jersey died at the home of his daughter, at Oakland, at 12:20 o'clock this morning.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James G. King		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 5th congressional district
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 		Succeeded by
Alexander C.M. Pennington
Political offices
Preceded by
George F. Fort		 Governor of New Jersey
January 17, 1854 – January 20, 1857 		Succeeded by
William A. Newell
Party political offices
Preceded by
George F. Fort		 Democratic Nominee for Governor of New Jersey
1853 		Succeeded by
William C. Alexander
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