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Garnett Adrain

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American politician

Garnett Bowditch Adrain


Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's3rd district
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	James Bishop
Succeeded by	William G. Steele

Personal details
Born	December 15, 1815 New York City,New York, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1878(1878-08-17) (aged 62) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Profession	Politician

Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 inNew Brunswick, New Jersey) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromNew Jersey from 1857 to 1861.

Early life and education

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Adrain was born toRobert Adrain and Ann Pollock in a family of seven children. He moved with his parents toNew Brunswick, New Jersey where he attended public schools before he graduated fromRutgers College, New Brunswick, in 1833. He went on to study law in his brother's office. Adrain was licensed as an attorney in 1836 and as a counselor in 1839.

He married Mary Smith Griggs (1817–1886).

U.S. House of Representatives

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He was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-fifth Congress and as anAnti-Lecompton Democrat to theThirty-sixth Congress, serving in Congress from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861, where he representedNew Jersey's 3rd congressional district. He was chairman of theEngraving Committee in both congresses.

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1860 and went back to his profession as an attorney.

Death

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He died in New Brunswick on August 17, 1878, and was buried inVan Liew Cemetery,North Brunswick, New Jersey.

Quotes

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Secession—peaceable secession, as it is called ... in fact rebellion.
Nothing but a rope of sand, of no strength whatever to hold the States together, and which may be broken at any moment.^[1]

Name

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The name Bowditch in his name originates fromNathaniel Bowditch, a prominent author who worked with his father.^[2]

References

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^Garnet Adrain to George Butler, February 10, George Bancroft MSS, Massachusetts Historical Society; Newton Herald, December 12, 1857.
^Richard William Farebrother,Fitting Linear Relationships: A History of the Calculus of Observations 1750-1900 (New York, 1998), 83,ISBN 0-387-98598-0.