George Dayton (politician)

George Dayton
Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County
In office
1875 – 1878
Preceded byCornelius Lydecker
Succeeded byCornelius S. Cooper
Personal details
BornOctober 2, 1827
Troy, New York[1]
Died1902 (aged 74–75)
Closter, New Jersey

George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician.

Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant.[2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877.[3][4][2] Dayton "dropped out of sight after his term in the Senate",[2] moving to Closter, in 1890 and becoming the clerk of Harrington Township, New Jersey.[1]

George Dayton was the great grandson of Jonathan Dayton and great-great-grandson of Elias Dayton.[citation needed] Dayton had a brother, Jesse C. Dayton, who served in the New York State Senate at the same time as his own service in the New Jersey Senate.[5]

Dayton died in 1902, at the age of 75, after an illness of several months.[2] He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey, on November 20, 1902.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Van Valen, James M. "History of Bergen County", published New Jersey pub. and engraving co., 1900, p. 689. Accessed January 16, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jersey Jottings of General Interest", The Camden Morning Post (December 30, 1902), p. 6.
  3. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#0031E06G9The Political Graveyard. Accessed January 16, 2009.
  4. ^ 1876 A.H. Walker Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey, p. 159.
  5. ^ a b "Another Old-Timer Gone", The Hackensack Record (November 28, 1902), p. 4.


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