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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn HUYLER
(1808-1870)
HUYLER, John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City April 9,
1808; attended the common schools at Tenafly, N.J.; apprenticed as
a mason and later engaged in contracting and building in New York
City until 1846; moved to New Jersey and engaged in agricultural
pursuits at Pollifly, Lodi Township; settled in the village of
Hackensack, N.J., about 1855; engaged in the mercantile and lumber
business; president of the board of freeholders of Bergen County;
member of the State house of assembly 1849-1851, and served as
speaker in 1851; judge of the court of appeals 1854-1857; elected
as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3,
1859); unsuccessful candidate as a Lecompton Democrat for
reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the lumber
business; assassinated in Hackensack, N.J., January 9, 1870;
interment in New York Cemetery at Hackensack.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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