Daniel Haines
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Daniel Haines was an American attorney, jurist, and politician who served as the 14th Governor of New Jersey in nonconsecutive terms in office from 1843 to 1845 and 1848 to 1851. During his first term
Haines c. 1870
The 1844 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1844. Whig nominee Charles C. Stratton defeated Democratic nominee John Renshaw Thomson with 50.94% of the vote.
Daniel Haines
…be a tax upon the time and service of the citizen without any corresponding benefit." Haines peremptorily declined to be nominated for Governor in the 1844 election, the first under the new Constitution he had championed. It was won narrowly by Charles C. Stratton, a Whig; Haines left office on January 21, 1845…
J. R. Thomson