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Abraham Browning (July 16, 1808 – August 22, 1889) was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1845 to 1850 and a prominent citizen of Camden County New Jersey .
==Biography==
Browning was born near Camden in 1808 and entered the New Jersey bar in 1834. He was a delegate at the New Jersey Constitutional Convention in 1843, and later was appointed was Attorney General under Governor Charles C. Stratton and stayed on during second tenure of Governor Daniel Haines.〔http://www.nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_1845-1850_browning_bio.htm〕 He would later serve as a delegate to 1864 Democratic National Convention.
Browning is often credited with coining the term "the Garden State", the official nickname of New Jersey, however there is evidence that the term goes back to the colonial period.〔http://njbmagazine.com/monthly_articles/why-the-title-the-garden-state-still-prevails/〕 Browning owned a farm in Camden county which he called "Cherry Hill Farm", that name was popularized by developers in the area after WWII, and when Delaware County was required to change its name so not to be confused with the other NJ Township Cherry Hill was voted as its new name.〔http://www.dvrbs.com/People/CamdenPeople-AbrahamBrowning.htm〕
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