John Rodman (1775 – February 1847 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He married Harriet Fenno, daughter of John Fenno. Harriet Rodman died in 1808, and was buried in

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. Their only child was Anna Eliza Rodman (ca. 1801–1881) who married Major General Harvey Brown. During the

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, he was a major of

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. In 1814, he published in New York his translation of the ''Commercial Code of France''. He was

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from 1815 to 1817. In May 1821, expecting the cessation of

by the

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to take effect in July, Rodman was appointed by President

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the first Collector of the Port of

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. Rodman was re-appointed several times, and remained in office until 1842. During his tenure as Collector, he also held other local offices (at times acting as Mayor), and practiced law in the local courts. North Carolina Supreme Court Justice

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was his nephew.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 369; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Niles' Register''
(issue of June 2, 1821)
''Genealogy of the Rodman Family 1620-1886''
by Charles Henry Jones (p. 53ff) tates erroneously that he was U.S. District Attorney of the Southern D. of NY {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodman, John 1775 births 1847 deaths New York County District Attorneys People from St. Augustine, Florida Politicians from New Brunswick, New Jersey Mayors of places in Florida