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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn HART
(17131779)
HART, John,
(great-great-great grandfather of John Hart Brewer), a Delegate
from New Jersey; born in Stonington, Conn., about 1713; moved with
his parents to Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, N.J.; attended
private school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the
Provincial Assembly of New Jersey 1761-1771; judge of Hunterdon
County courts 1768-1775; member of the New Jersey Provincial
Congress from May 23, 1775, to June 22, 1776, and was elected vice
president on June 16, 1776; member of the committee of safety from
August 17 to October 4, 1775, and again from October 28, 1775, to
January 31, 1776; Member of the Continental Congress from June 22
to August 30, 1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence;
elected to the first State general assembly under the State
constitution in August 1776 and reelected in 1777 and 1778; served
as speaker 1776-1778; chairman of the New Jersey Council of Safety
in 1777 and 1778; died on his estate near Hopewell, Hunterdon
County, N.J., on May 11, 1779; interment in the Old School Baptist
Meeting House Burial Ground, Hopewell, N.J.
Bibliography
Hammond, Cleon E. John Hart: The Biography of a Signer of the
Declaration of Independence. Newfane, VT: Pioneer Press,
1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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