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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Anderson SCUDDER
(1759-1836)
SCUDDER, John Anderson, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Freehold, Monmouth County,
N.J., March 22, 1759; completed preparatory studies, and was
graduated from Princeton College in 1775; studied medicine and
commenced practice in Monmouth County, N.J.; during the
Revolutionary War served as surgeon’s mate in the First
Regiment of Monmouth County, in 1777; secretary of the New Jersey
Medical Society in 1788 and 1789; member of the State general
assembly 1801-1807; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Cox and
served from October 31, 1810, to March 3, 1811; was not a candidate
for renomination to the Twelfth Congress; resumed the practice of
medicine; moved to Kentucky after 1810 and to Daviess County, Ind.,
in 1819; died in Washington, Daviess County, Ind., November 6,
1836; interment in the Old City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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