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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn BEATTY
(1749-1826)
BEATTY, John, a Delegate
and a Representative from New Jersey; born in Neshaminy, Bucks
County, Pa., December 10, 1749; was graduated from the College of
New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1769; studied medicine in
Philadelphia and practiced in Bucks County; entered the
Revolutionary Army in 1775 and had attained the rank of major when
he was made prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington; after his
exchange was appointed commissary general of prisoners with the
rank of colonel May 28, 1778; resigned March 31, 1780, and resumed
the practice of medicine in Princeton, N.J.; member of the State
council 1781-1783; Member of the Continental Congress in 1784-1785;
appointed by President Lee as one of the special committee to
receive and take leave of General Lafayette in the name of the
Continental Congress while it was in session at Trenton on December
11, 1784; member of the State convention that adopted the Federal
Constitution in 1787; member of the State general assembly in 1789
and 1790, serving as speaker; elected as a Pro-Administration
candidate to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795);
brigadier general of the Somerset Militia 1793-1796; secretary of
state of New Jersey 1795-1805; served as trustee of the College of
New Jersey from 1787 until 1802; president of the Trenton Banking
Co., from 1815 to 1826; died in Trenton, N.J., May 30, 1826;
interment in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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