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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyDudley Sanford GREGORY
(1800-1874)
GREGORY, Dudley Sanford, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Redding, Fairfield County,
Conn., February 5, 1800; moved with his father to Albany, N.Y., in
1805; attended the public schools; was a member of the guard of
honor to receive General Lafayette on his visit to the United
States in 1824; moved to New York City in 1824 and to Jersey City
in 1834; served three terms as a freeholder of Hudson County;
elected first mayor of Jersey City in 1838 and held the office
three terms; was at one time a director of sixteen different
railroads; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4,
1847-March 3, 1849); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1848; engaged in banking; died in Jersey City, N.J., December 8,
1874; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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