Background
Hornblower, Joseph Coerten was born on May 6, 1777 in Belleville, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Kingsland) Hornblower.
Hornblower, Joseph Coerten was born on May 6, 1777 in Belleville, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Kingsland) Hornblower.
A.M. (honorary), Princeton, 1823, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1841.
Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1803. Elected to New Jersey Legislature, 1829. Chief justice New Jersey, 1834-1846.
1st president New Jersey History Society, 1845-1864. Professor of law Princeton, 1847-1855. President New Jersey Electoral College, 1860.
Married Mary Burnet, April.; married second, Mary Ann Kinney, March 9, 1840.