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Brigham was born in New York Mills, New York on January 2 , 1831 . He attended the district schools and Whitestown Seminary in Whitesboro, New York . He graduated from Hamilton College in 1849. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in New York City . He was superintendent of public schools, Bergen, New Jersey, from 1866-1870. He was a member of the board of police commissioners of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1874-1876, and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1877. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress, serving in office from March 4 , 1879 - March 3 , 1881 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-eighth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in New York City. He died in Jersey City on February 19 , 1885 , and was interred in Old Bergen Church Cemetery. NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS
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