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Joseph Bloomfield
painting by Charles Peale
4th Governor of New Jersey
In office 1793 – 1801
Preceded by	Acting Governor John Lambert
Succeeded by	Acting Governor John Lambert
Born	October 18, 1753 Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Died	October 3, 1823 Burlington, New Jersey
Spouse	Mary McIlvaine (1752-1818) Isabella Ramsey (1779-1871)

Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey – October 3, 1823, Burlington, New Jersey) was a Governor of New Jersey.

The Township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.

Contents 1 Birth 2 Education and Military Service 3 First marriage 4 Public Life 5 Second marriage 6 Death 7 External links

Joseph Bloomfield was born on October 18, 1753 in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey to Moses Bloomfield, a physician; and Sarah Ogden. Moses Bloomfield was a surgeon and an abolitionist.

Joseph was educated at Reverend Enoch Green’s school in Deerfield, New Jersey, where Enoch was the pastor of the local Presbyterian Church. Bloomfield studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1775 and began his law practice in Bridgeton, New Jersey. He entered the Continental Army as Captain of the Third New Jersey Regiment on February 9, 1776. He attained the rank of Major on November 28, 1776, and was appointed judge advocate of the northern army. He was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in September of 1777. He resigned from the Continental Army on October 28, 1778, after he was elected Clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly. However, in 1794, he led Federal and New Jersey state troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion (a popular uprising conducted by Appalachian settlers who resisted the excise tax on liquor and distilled drinks), near Pittsburgh.

At the start of the War of 1812 he was commissioned as a Brigadier General on March 13, 1812, and served until June 15, 1815 along the Canadian border.

Joseph married Mary McIlvaine (1752-1818), the daughter of William McIlvaine, a physician from Burlington, New Jersey. They had no children.

He practiced law in Burlington, New Jersey and was the registrar of the admiralty court from 1779 to 1783. He served as the New Jersey Attorney General from 1783 to 1792 and as a trustee of Princeton College from 1793 until his death. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as a Democratic-Republican and served from 1801-1802 and 1803-1812.

Bloomfield was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth United States Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress from March 4, 1817 through March 3, 1821, where he represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Bloomfield ran for, but was not elected to, the Seventeenth Congress.

After the death of his first wife, he married Isabella Ramsey (1779-1871). She was the daughter of John Ramsey.

Bloomfield died in Burlington, New Jersey on October 3, 1823, and was buried in Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington.

• New Jersey State Library biography of Joseph Bloomfield
• Congressional biography

Preceded by Unknown	New Jersey Attorney General 1783–1792	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Richard Howell	Governor of New Jersey 1801–1802	Succeeded by Acting Governor John Lambert
Preceded by Acting Governor John Lambert	Governor of New Jersey 1803–1812	Succeeded by Aaron Ogden
Preceded by Ezra Baker Ephraim Bateman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1817 — March 3, 1821 alongside Ephraim Bateman	Succeeded by At-large Ephraim Bateman George Cassedy Lewis Condict George Holcombe James Matlack Samuel Swan

Governors of New Jersey

Livingston • Paterson • Howell • Bloomfield • Ogden • W.S. Pennington • M. Dickerson • Williamson • Vroom • Southard • Seeley • P. Dickerson • W. Pennington • Haines • Stratton • Fort • Price • Newell • Olden • Parker • Ward • Randolph • Bedle • McClellan • Ludlow • Abbett • Green • Werts • Griggs • Voorhees • Murphy • Stokes • Fort • Wilson • Fielder • Edge • Edwards • Silzer • Moore • Larson • Hoffman • Edison • Driscoll • Meyner • Hughes • Cahill • Byrne • Kean • Florio • Whitman • DiFrancesco • McGreevey • Codey • Corzine