George Dayton (politician)
George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician.
George Dayton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County | |
| In office 1875 – 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelius Lydecker |
| Succeeded by | Cornelius S. Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1827 Troy, New York[1] |
| Died | 1902 (aged 74–75) Closter, New Jersey |
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. Dayton had a brother, Jesse C. Dayton, who happened to serve 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 on November 20, 1902.[5]
References
- Van Valen, James M. "History of Bergen County", published New Jersey pub. and engraving co., 1900, p. 689. Accessed January 16, 2009.
- "Jersey Jottings of General Interest", The Camden Morning Post (December 30, 1902), p. 6.
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#0031E06G9The Political Graveyard. Accessed January 16, 2009.
- 1876 A.H. Walker Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey, p. 159.
- "Another Old-Timer Gone", The Hackensack Record (November 28, 1902), p. 4.