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Leon Abbett

Leon Abbett

Former Governor of New Jersey
Leon Abbett was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey from 1884 to 1887 and 1890 to 1893. Wikipedia
Born: October 8, 1836, Philadelphia, PA
Died: December 4, 1894 (age 58 years), Jersey City, NJ
Spouse: Mary Briggs (m. 1862)
Previous offices: Governor of New Jersey (1890–1893), Governor of New Jersey (1884–1887), New Jersey State Senator (1875–1878), and more