John T. Bird

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(August 16, 1829 — May 6, 1911) Bird was an American politician and lawyer. John Taylor Bird was born in Bloomsbury, New Jersey. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. Bird practiced law until being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1869. He served in Congress from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. Bird later served was a member of the New Jersey constitutional convention in 1876. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000478]

Member of New Jersey Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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