Abbett, Leon
lawyer, legislator, jurist, governor, was born Oct. 8, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he settled in Hoboken, N. J., in the practice of law; and in 1863 was appointed corporation attorney. In 1864 he was elected a representative in the New Jersey legislature; was re-elected in 1865; was again elected to the same position in 1868, and was chosen speaker of the house. He was reelected to both positions in 1869; was corporation counsel for Bayonne City and the town of Union; and in 1872 was a delegate to the democratic national convention. In 1874 he was elected a state senator; and in 1876 became corporation counsel of Jersey City, to which place he had removed in 1866. In 1883 he was elected governor of New Jersey for the term of three years; and in 1893 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court.