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Abbett was born on October 8, 1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of Ezekiel and Sarah (Howell) Abbett.
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Abbett was born on October 8, 1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of Ezekiel and Sarah (Howell) Abbett.
After graduating from the Central High School of Philadelphia in 1853, Abbett entered a law office and was admitted to the bar in 1858.
In 1866 Abbett moved to Jersey City, where he resided until his death.
He began his political career in 1863, being appointed corporation attorney of Hoboken. The next year he was elected to the New Jersey Assembly, serving two terms, during both of which he was chairman of the Democratic caucus.
In 1869 and again in 1870, he represented Jersey City in the Assembly. Elected Speaker both terms, he gave great satisfaction to the Democratic majority by his rulings.
Senator from Hudson County 1875-1877, and chosen as president of the Senate in 1877, he became a prominent candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1877. He was defeated, however, by the tactics of his bitter political rival, Orestes Cleveland, who had the name of Gen. McClellan brought forward at the last minute, thereby stampeding the convention. Abbett retaliated three years later, preventing the nomination of Cleveland for governor by his audacious, if not unscrupulous, manipulation of the machinery of the convention from his vantage point of chairman.
His fidelity to his party and the recognition of his services in the struggle to subject the railroad corporations to their share of the public tax burdens, led to his nomination for governor in 1883. His party platform contained among other things the proposal for equal taxation "on all properties within the state, whether that of individuals or corporations. " Abbett was elected by a plurality of 6, 800 and in his inaugural message struck out boldly at the railroads. Public opinion was aroused by the inaugural, and the legislature, in the face of bitter opposition, passed the famous tax laws, which imposed a state tax on railroad and other corporations, and to some extent equalized the burden of taxation.
On retiring from the governorship Abbett was nominated for the United States Senate by the Democratic caucus. The Democrats had a majority on joint ballot, so his election seemed certain. In one of the stormiest legislative sessions in the history of the state, however, the railroad lobby worked its revenge on Abbett. Four Democrats united with the Republicans to elect Rufus Blodgett, the superintendent of the Long Branch Railroad. Although defeated, Abbett came out of the contest stronger than ever, many Democrats feeling that he had been deprived of a reward justly due him. A mark of his popularity was shown in 1889 when he was again nominated for governor by acclamation, no other name being mentioned. He was elected by the unprecedented majority of 14, 253.
Abbett accepted a second term as governor with the view of winning the United States senatorship in 1893 and undoubtedly would have done so, had he not alienated the stanchest of his party supporters by his veto of a bill which would have legalized the combination of the Port Reading Company and the Jersey Central.
Abbett's career was practically ended with this second defeat of his lifelong ambition. Appointed to the supreme court in 1893 by Governor Werts, he served till his death a year later.
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Abbett was a member of the Democratic Party.
Quotations: "Our tax laws demand immediate and radical reform. They impose unequal burdens. The only true rule in taxation is equality. "
On October 8, 1862, Abbett married Mary Briggs of Philadelphia, moving immediately to Hoboken, New Jersey.