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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyElias BOUDINOT
(1740-1821)
BOUDINOT, Elias, a
Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1740; received a classical education;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1760 and commenced practice
in Elizabethtown, N.J.; member of the board of trustees of
Princeton College 1772-1821; member of the committee of safety in
1775; commissary general of prisoners in the Revolutionary Army
1776-1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778, 1781, 1782
and 1783, serving as President in 1782 and 1783, and signing the
treaty of peace with England; resumed the practice of law; elected
as a Pro-Administration candidate to the First, Second, and Third
Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1795); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1794 to the Fourth Congress; Director of the Mint
from October 1795 to July 1805, when he resigned; elected first
president of the American Bible Society, in 1816; died in
Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 24, 1821; interment in
St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery.
Bibliography
Boyd, George Adams. Elias Boudinot: Patriot and Statesman,
1740-1821. 1952. Reprint, Westwood, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing
Group, 1969.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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