Salmon was born in Mount Olive Township , New Jersey on February 2 , 1846 , and at an early age moved with his parents to the community of Bartley in Mount Olive . He attended the district school and taught school for two years . He completed an academic course at the Charlotteville Seminary ( in Summit , New York ) and at Schooley 's Mountain Seminary ( in Schooley 's Mountain , New Jersey ) , where he afterward became an instructor . He graduated from the Albany Law School in 1873 , was admitted to the New York bar in 1873 , to the New Jersey bar in 1875 , and commenced practice in Jersey City , New Jersey . He moved to Boonton , New Jersey , and practiced there and in Morristown , New Jersey . He held several county offices in Morris County . He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1877 and 1878 , and was prosecuting attorney of Morris County from 1893-1898 . He was a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention
1900 Democratic National Convention
1900 Democratic National Convention
Joshua S. Salmon