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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyEphraim BATEMAN
(1780-1829)
Senate Years of Service:
1826-1829Party: AdamsBATEMAN, Ephraim, a
Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Cedarville,
N.J., July 9, 1780; attended the local schools and Nathaniel
Ogden’s Latin school; apprenticed as a tailor in 1796; taught
in the local school 1799-1801; studied medicine with a physician in
1801 and at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1802
and 1803; practiced in Cedarville; member, State house of assembly
1808-1809, 1811, and 1813, serving as speaker in 1813; elected to
the Fourteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1815-March 3, 1823); member, State council 1826 and served as
president; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Joseph McIlvaine and served from November
10, 1826, to January 12, 1829, when he resigned because of failing
health; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twentieth Congress);
died in Cedarville, Cumberland County, N.J., January 28, 1829;
interment in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Fairfield Township,
N.J.
Bibliography
Sheppard, Charles E., ed. “Journal of Ephraim Bateman of
Fairfield Township, Cumberland County.” Vineland
Historical Magazine 13 (July 1928): 55-64; (October 1928):
80-89; 14 (January 1929): 106-14; (April 1929): 127-35; (July
1929): 154-62; (October 1929): 174-82; 15 (January 1930): 210-17;
(April 1930): 235-46.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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