Rufus Blodgett | |
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United States Senator from New Jersey | |
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 | |
Preceded by | William J. Sewell |
Succeeded by | James Smith Jr. |
Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey | |
In office 1893–1898 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dorchester, New Hampshire | October 9, 1834
Died | October 3, 1910 Long Branch, New Jersey | (aged 75)
Political party | Democratic |
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Rufus Blodgett (October 9, 1834 – October 3, 1910) was a United States senator from New Jersey and Superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years. He served as the Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey on five occasions.[1][2]
He was the only person in either house of Congress to vote against the Sherman Antitrust Act.[3]
About 46 years ago Rufus Blodgett came to New Jersey and sought employment in the New Jersey Southern Railroad Company, which still has a franchise along the coast. ...
Only one member of Congress voted against the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He was Rufus Blodgett...