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John Thompson Nixon was born on August 31, 1820 in Fairton, New Jersey, United States. He was the son of Jeremiah S. Nixon and his wife Mary Shaw (Thompson). The Nixon family was one of the leading families of the county.
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John Thompson Nixon was born on August 31, 1820 in Fairton, New Jersey, United States. He was the son of Jeremiah S. Nixon and his wife Mary Shaw (Thompson). The Nixon family was one of the leading families of the county.
After the usual preliminary education, John entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1837, graduating in 1841.
About 1843 Nixon went to Staunton, Virginia, as a tutor in the family of Judge Isaac S. Pennybacker of the United States court for the western district of that state. The retirement from practice of a prominent lawyer of Bridgeton, New Jersey, brought him back to his native county as a partner of Charles E. Elmer. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar at the October term 1845 as an attorney and at the July term 1849 as a counselor.
In 1838 Lucius Q. C. Elmer rendered a great service to the bar and people of the state by compiling and publishing A Digest of the Laws of New Jersey, a compendium of the general statutory law then in force which came to be known as "Elmer's Digest. "
In 1852 Elmer was appointed to the state supreme court, and since the new constitution of 1844 had intervened and the arrangement of the revised statutes of 1847 was unsatisfactory, Nixon undertook the preparation of a second edition of Elmer's Digest. It appeared in 1855 with Elmer's name above Nixon's on the title-page, but was generally known as "Nixon's Digest. " A third edition appeared in 1861, and a fourth in 1868, all compiled by Nixon but continuing to bear Elmer's name. Meanwhile Nixon had diligently pursued the practice of his profession and had also entered the field of politics. He served in the New Jersey Assembly in 1849 and 1850, and in the latter year was speaker. In 1858 he was elected a representative in Congress from his district, and served for two terms, until March 3, 1863.
His judicial career began in April 1870 when President Grant appointed him judge of the district court of the United States for the district of New Jersey; and for nearly twenty years he handled the difficult specialties of admiralty, bankruptcy, and patents in a manner which caused his court to be sought out as a forum for important litigation, particularly in the field of patent law.
He carried an increasing load of work until failing eyesight in 1887 forced him to permit others to aid him.
In the summer of 1889 he went to Maine for his vacation, but on the way home died at Stockbridge, Massachussets, September 28.
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Nixon's outstanding characteristics were indefatigable industry, thorough and profound knowledge of the law, sturdy honesty, a keen and delicate sense of honor, and a geniality without undue familiarity which endeared him to the bar and drew to his court a volume of business which ultimately wore him out.
On September 24, 1851 he married Mary H. Elmer.