The Road to Civil War

Nehemiah Perry

(30 March, 1816 -- 1 November, 1881) Perry was an American businessman and politician. Born in Fairfield County, Conn., Perry moved to New Jersey in 1836. Perry worked within the clothing business and was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses. After a failed renomination, he continued in the manufacturing of textiles. Additionally, Perry served as the mayor of Newark in 1873. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

Member of New Jersey Delegation - United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65 , New Jersey Delegation - The Road to Civil War [this display].

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