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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn DE HART
(1728-1795)
DE HART, John, a Delegate
from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., in
1728; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to
the bar and practiced; was made a sergeant-at-law on September 11,
1770; was one of the signers of the Articles of Association in
1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; member of the
committee who prepared the draft for the New Jersey State
constitution in June 1776; elected chief justice of the State
supreme court September 4, 1776, and served until February 5, 1777;
mayor of Elizabethtown under the revised charter and served from
November 1789 until his death; died in Elizabethtown, N.J., June 1,
1795; interment in St. John’s Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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