Background
Brisbin, John was born on July 13, 1818 in Sherburne, New York, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Brisbin, John was born on July 13, 1818 in Sherburne, New York, United States.
He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, about 1843.
Brisbin was elected as a Democrat to the thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Chester P. Butler. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey.
He served as president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company from 1863 to 1867 and member of the board of managers and general counsel from 1867 until his death in Newark, New Jersey, aged 75.