Moses Bloomfield was a surgeon and an abolitionist who represented Middlesex County in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey.

He attained the rank of major on November 28, 1776, and was appointed judge advocate of the northern army.

He resigned from the Continental Army on October 28, 1778, after he was elected clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly.

In 1794, Bloomfield led Federal and New Jersey state troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular uprising conducted by Appalachian settlers who resisted the excise tax on liquor and distilled drinks, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[1] At the start of the War of 1812 Bloomfield was commissioned as a brigadier general in the United States Army on March 13, 1812.

He also previously ran in the 1795 and 1797 elections for the at-large seat, both of in which the top 5 would win; he finished 7th both times.