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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyAaron OGDEN
(1756-1839)
Senate Years of Service:
1801-1803Party: FederalistOGDEN, Aaron, a Senator
from New Jersey; born in Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown), N.J.,
December 3, 1756; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University) in 1773; tutor in Barber’s Grammar
School 1773-1775; served in the Revolutionary Army as a lieutenant,
captain, and brigade major; studied law; admitted to the bar in
1784 and commenced practice in Elizabeth, N.J.; presidential
elector in 1796; clerk of Essex County 1785-1803; elected as a
Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of James Schureman and served from February 28,
1801, to March 3, 1803; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1802; elected trustee of the College of New Jersey in 1803 and
served until his death; Governor of New Jersey in 1812; nominated
by President James Madison as major general of the Army in 1813,
but declined the appointment; became engaged in steamboat
navigation in 1813; moved to Jersey City in 1829 and continued the
practice of law; appointed in 1830 as collector of customs and
served until his death in Jersey City, N.J., April 19, 1839;
interment in the First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground,
Elizabeth, N.J.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Baxter, Maurice G. The
Steamboat Monopoly: Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1972; Ogden, Aaron. Autobiography of Col. Aaron Ogden, of
Elizabethtown. Paterson, NJ: Press Printing & Publishing
Co., 1893.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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