James Linn

James Linn (1749 – January 5, 1821) was an American lawyer, politician and Revolutionary War veteran who served as a United States representative from New Jersey, serving one term from 1799 to 1801.

Early life Linn was born in Bedminster Township (now Far Hills) in the Province of New Jersey in 1749. He was the son of Margaret (née Kirkpatrick) and Judge Alexander Linn, An uncle, Joseph Linn, was a prominent landowner and paymaster during the Revolution.

He pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Princeton College in 1769.

He returned to Somerset County and was judge of the Court of Common Pleas; he was a member of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1776.

Congress Linn was elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1800 to the Seventh Congress.

Administration posts He was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson to be supervisor of the revenue and served from 1801 to 1809, and from 1809 to 1820 he served as the Democratic-Republican Secretary of State of New Jersey, They were the parents of:

Evelina Belmont Linn (1803–1886), who married Rev. Dr. Daniel Veech McLean (1801–1869), a Presbyterian minister and the fifth president of Lafayette College, in 1830.

Upon his father's death in 1776, he inherited his family's 664-acre estate, which included 20 slaves, in Mine Brook Valley. In 1871, McLean served a term in the West Virginia State Legislature.