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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJonathan Dickinson SERGEANT
(1746-1793)
SERGEANT, Jonathan
Dickinson, (father of John Sergeant), a Delegate from New
Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., in 1746; moved with his parents to
Princeton, N.J., in 1758; completed preparatory studies; was
graduated from Princeton College in 1762 and from the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1763; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1767 and commenced practice in Princeton, N.J.;
surrogate of Somerset County, N.J., in 1769; secretary of the state
provincial convention in 1774; member of the New Jersey Provincial
Congress, 1775 and 1776; secretary from May 24 to May 30, 1775,
treasurer from August 17 to October 3, 1775, and member of the
committee of safety from August 17 to October 3, 1775; appointed as
a member of the committee that drafted the first constitution of
New Jersey in 1776; Member of the Continental Congress from
February 14 to June 22, 1776, when he resigned; again elected a
Member of the Continental Congress on November 30, 1776, and served
until his resignation on September 6, 1777, to accept the office of
attorney general of Pennsylvania; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., in
1777; member of the council of safety of Pennsylvania in 1777;
attorney general of Pennsylvania 1777-1780; counsel for the state
in the Wyoming land controversy with Connecticut in 1782; died in
Philadelphia, Pa., October 8, 1793; interment in the Presbyterian
Churchyard, then located at Fourth and Pine Streets; reinterment in
Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1878.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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