Johnston Cornish

Johnston Cornish (June 13, 1858 – June 26, 1920) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the U.S. representative for one term from 1893 to 1895.

Johnston Cornish
From 1895's History of Trenton, New Jersey: The Record of its Early Settlement and Corporate Progress.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded bySamuel Fowler
Succeeded byMahlon Pitney
Member of the
New Jersey Senate
from Warren County
In office
1891–1893
Preceded byMartin Wyckoff
Succeeded byChristopher F. Staates
In office
1900–1902
Preceded byIsaac Barber
Succeeded byIsaac Barber
In office
1906–1911
Preceded byIsaac Barber
Succeeded byThomas Barber
Mayor of Washington, New Jersey
In office
1884–1887
Personal details
BornJune 13, 1858
Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, USA
DiedJune 26, 1920 (aged 62)
Washington, New Jersey, USA
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician

Early life and career

Born in Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, Cornish attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Washington, New Jersey, in 1870. He was graduated from the Easton (Pennsylvania) Business College, and engaged in the manufacture of pianos and organs.

Political career

Cornish was elected Mayor of Washington, New Jersey, in 1884, and reelected in 1885 and 1886. He declined renomination in 1887 and in 1888. He served as member of the New Jersey Senate from 1891 to 1893, representing Warren County.

Congress

Cornish was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 and lost again in 1896. He accompanied William Jennings Bryan on his whistle stop tour through New Jersey, pausing in Washington on September 23, 1896.[1]

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, Cornish again served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from Warren County from 1900 to 1902 and 1906 to 1911.

He served as president of Cornish Piano in 1910. He served as member of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. He served as president of the First National Bank, Washington Water, and the Warren County Bankers' Association at the time of his death in Washington, New Jersey on June 26, 1920. He was interred in the Cornish family plot in Washington Cemetery.

References
  1. Bryan, William J. (1896). The First Battle. A Story of the Campaign of 1896. Chicago: W. B. conkey Co. pp. 479.
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