| Rufus Blodgett | |
| Jr/Sr: | United States Senator |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1887 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1893 |
| Predecessor: | William J. Sewell |
| Successor: | James Smith Jr. |
| Office2: | Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Term Start2: | 1893 |
| Term End2: | 1898 |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1834 |
| Birth Place: | Dorchester, New Hampshire |
| Death Place: | Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Signature: | Signature of Rufus Blodgett (1834–1910).png |
Rufus Blodgett (October 9, 1834October 3, 1910) was a United States senator from New Jersey and Superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years. He served as the Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey on five occasions.[1] [2]
He was the only person in either house of Congress to vote against the Sherman Antitrust Act.[3]