Leon Abbett

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Leon Abbett (October 9 1835 – December 4 1894) was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served two separate terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey from 1884 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey Senate a democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate and a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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active years end date

1887-01-18, 1893-01-17

active years start date

1884-01-15, 1890-01-21

birth date

1836-10-08, 1837-10-08

birth place

Philadelphia

death date

1894-12-04

death place

Jersey City New Jersey

order in office

Governor of New Jersey, 26th

party

Democratic Party (United States)

successor

Robert Stockton Green, George Theodore Werts