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Brevet Brig-Gen Theodore Runyon. NJ State Militia, Measures
4” x 6 ½.” $250.00
Theodore Runyon was born in New Jersey of Huguenot descent
and graduated from Yale University, where he helped found
Scroll and Key Society. Runyon entered the New Jersey bar in
1846 and began the practice of law in Newark, New Jersey.
As a brigadier general in the Union Army, Runyon led the
Fourth Division of the Army of Northeastern Virginia in the
First Battle of Bull Run. Fort Runyon, named in his honor, was
a timber and earthwork fort constructed by the Union Army
following the occupation of northern Virginia in order to defend
the southern approaches to the Long Bridge as part of the
defenses of Washington, D.C. during that war.[1]
From 1864 to 1866, Runyon served as mayor of Newark as a
Democrat. He had previously been city attorney and city
counsel. Runyon was appointed Major General in charge of the
New Jersey National Guard and served in this post until 1873.
He was the first president of the Manufacturers' National Bank
of Newark until he became chancellor of New Jersey, an office
he held for 14 years.
In 1893, Runyon became envoy and later ambassador to
Germany where he died in 1896. He is buried at Mount
Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey.
4” x 6 ½.” $250.00
Theodore Runyon was born in New Jersey of Huguenot descent
and graduated from Yale University, where he helped found
Scroll and Key Society. Runyon entered the New Jersey bar in
1846 and began the practice of law in Newark, New Jersey.
As a brigadier general in the Union Army, Runyon led the
Fourth Division of the Army of Northeastern Virginia in the
First Battle of Bull Run. Fort Runyon, named in his honor, was
a timber and earthwork fort constructed by the Union Army
following the occupation of northern Virginia in order to defend
the southern approaches to the Long Bridge as part of the
defenses of Washington, D.C. during that war.[1]
From 1864 to 1866, Runyon served as mayor of Newark as a
Democrat. He had previously been city attorney and city
counsel. Runyon was appointed Major General in charge of the
New Jersey National Guard and served in this post until 1873.
He was the first president of the Manufacturers' National Bank
of Newark until he became chancellor of New Jersey, an office
he held for 14 years.
In 1893, Runyon became envoy and later ambassador to
Germany where he died in 1896. He is buried at Mount
Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey.
