The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . pt. Bloomfield was appointed Judge Advocate oft that part of it detailed for service in the Northern Colonies. He left the active [ Q\j \ service in 1778, and became Clerk of the Assembly. When William Patter- son resigned his office of Attorney General, Joseph Bloomfield349 succeededhim. In i^-^*-, he was elected Governor as a Republican over Howell, knownas a Federalist, and held the office until 1812, with the exception of the year(/^ 1802, when there was
The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . pt. Bloomfield was appointed Judge Advocate oft that part of it detailed for service in the Northern Colonies. He left the active [ Q\j \ service in 1778, and became Clerk of the Assembly. When William Patter- son resigned his office of Attorney General, Joseph Bloomfield349 succeededhim. In i^-^*-, he was elected Governor as a Republican over Howell, knownas a Federalist, and held the office until 1812, with the exception of the year(/^ 1802, when there was a tie in the vote for that office and no election. He was K^ succeeded in 1812 by Gov. Aaron Ogdensis. He served in the War of 1812 as Brig. General. Joseph Bloomfields349 action as Chancellor cannot be appreciated,as there is no record of any of his decisions. The business in the Court ofChancery increased materially during his term of office, and some few of hisopinions were reported several years after his retirement. He was undoubt-edly a man of considerable ability, of unquestionable probity, and of greatbenevolence. 88 %l^^*. Gov. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELDNo. 349 fiftl^ (feneration He became successively Vice-President and President of the Societyof the Cincinnati. Gov. Bloomfield349 took a very active interest in publicaffairs, not only in politics, but in many benevolent associations. He wasalways a prominent citizen in whatever community he lived, and his influencewas ever exerted for the right. A singular circumstance is related of him,in connection with his office as Chancellor. When he first took his seat, it isreported that he requested that he should not be addressed by the title ofYour Excellency. A very eccentric lawyer was then a practitioner in thecourt, and with great solemnity addressed the Chancellor almost immediatelyafter this announcement, in these words: May it please your Excellency:Your Excellencys predecessors were addressed by the title of Excellency,and if
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