Musconetcong County was a proposed county in New Jersey , which was to be created from parts of Hunterdon and Warren counties.
16-700: Musconetcong may refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Musconetcong County, New Jersey , a proposed county in the 19th Century Musconetcong Mountain , a ridge in the Highlands region Musconetcong River , a tributary of the Delaware River Lake Musconetcong , in Sussex County [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
32-602: A Democrat from Middlesex County (before the formation of Mercer County ). In 1851 he succeeded Charles Smith Olden as a member of the New Jersey Senate from Mercer County, serving as president of that body for four terms. In 1856 he was drafted to run as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey . He lost to the Republican candidate William A. Newell by less than 3,000 votes. Alexander
48-777: A biblical scholar. Alexander's father was president of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia before being called to serve as minister of the Third Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1807. The family then moved to Princeton, New Jersey when Archibald Alexander was named the first professor of the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1812. Alexander graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University ) in 1824 and
64-541: A point in the south branch of the Raritan river at the village of Clinton ; thence following the course of the lines dividing the townships of Bethlehem, Clinton and Franklin, in the said county of Hunterdon, to a point in the Musconetcong river , forming the division line between the counties of Hunterdon and Warren; thence following the courses of the said Musconetcong river, dividing the township of Bethlehem, in
80-684: The New Jersey State Senate and as President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society . Alexander was born in 1806 in Prince Edward County, Virginia , the second son of noted Presbyterian theologian Archibald Alexander and his wife Janetta Waddel. His elder brother James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859) would also become a Presbyterian theologian and minister. Another brother, Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), would become
96-489: The county seat . As in all counties in New Jersey, the governing body was to be the board of chosen freeholders . Musconetcong was to have its own sheriff , county clerk , surrogate and county prosecutor . Judicial functions were to have been performed by a circuit court , court of common pleas , court of quarter sessions and court of oyer and terminer . The following five municipalities were to be included in
112-402: The proposed Musconetcong County: Municipalities later subdivided from the original five include: 40°54′34″N 74°42′51″W / 40.90952°N 74.71406°W / 40.90952; -74.71406 William Cowper Alexander William Cowper Alexander (May 20, 1806 – August 23, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of
128-493: The proposed county as follows: Beginning at a point in the middle of the river Delaware dividing the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the Nishisakawick Creek empties into the said river, in the county of Hunterdon, and state of New Jersey, and running thence in the courses of the lines dividing the townships of Alexandria , Kingwood , Franklin and Bethlehem , in the said county of Hunterdon, to
144-404: The said county of Hunterdon, from the township of Washington , in the said county of Warren, to the line dividing the township of Franklin and Washington, in the said county of Warren, and running thence in the courses of the said lines dividing the said townships of Franklin and Washington, to a point in the township lines dividing the townships of Franklin, Washington, Oxford and Harmony , in
160-409: The said county of Warren; thence by the courses of the lines dividing the townships of Franklin, Harmony, Greenwich and Phillipsburg , in the said county of Warren to a point in the middle of the said river Delaware; thence following the courses of the said river Delaware to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate county, to be called "The County of Musconetcong," and
176-481: The said lines shall hereafter be the division lines between the counties of Hunterdon, Warren and Musconetcong. Introduced by Senator William Cowper Alexander ( D - Mercer County ) on February 18, 1852, Bill No. S97 received its first reading that day and was referred to the Judiciary Committee, from which it was reported without amendment the following day. Considered for second reading on March 4, it
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#1732780896688192-524: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musconetcong&oldid=560433695 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Musconetcong County, New Jersey The 1852 New Jersey Senate Bill No. 97 describes
208-589: Was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention and at the second Convention in Baltimore he received one vote for the Vice Presidency. He was a delegate to the Peace Conference of 1861 , after which time he withdrew from political life and devoted himself to a career as a life insurance executive. Alexander was chosen President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society when it
224-626: Was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in 1828. He opened an office in Princeton and attended to his professional business there for about thirty years. He also joined the militia company known as the Princeton Blues and achieved the rank of colonel. Alexander never obtained his license as counsellor and took a greater interest in politics than law. He entered the New Jersey General Assembly in 1836 as
240-631: Was amended and postponed to the next day, where the amendments were taken up by section, the bill ordered engrossed and a third reading ordered. On March 10 the Committee on Engrossed Bills reported its finding that the bill was correctly engrossed. On March 11, however, the Senate voted to postpone the bill to the next Legislature; it was never taken up again. The proposed legislation designated Bloomsbury , then within Bethlehem Township, as
256-557: Was organized in 1859. His brother, Presbyterian minister James Waddel Alexander , had become the patron of Equitable founder Henry Baldwin Hyde , and many of the company's original directors were members of Alexander's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church . Alexander did not assume an active role in management of Equitable business, leaving that to the much younger Hyde, who was named vice president and manager. Alexander served as president until his death at his New York City residence in 1874 at
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