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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyIsaac Williamson SCUDDER
(1816-1881)
SCUDDER, Isaac Williamson,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now
Elizabeth), N.J., in 1816; completed preparatory studies; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in
Elizabeth, N.J.; moved to Jersey City; prosecutor of the pleas of
Hudson County 1845-1855; appointed as a member of the first police
commission of Jersey City, in 1866; elected director and counsel of
the New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Co. May 14, 1866, and
director of the United New Jersey Railroad & Canal Co. May 21,
1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4,
1873-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for reelection in 1874;
appointed solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for Hudson
County, N.J., June 23, 1875; died in Jersey City September 10,
1881; interment in St. John’s Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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