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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles SKELTON
(1806-1879)
SKELTON, Charles, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Buckingham Township, Bucks
County, Pa., April 19, 1806; moved to Trenton, N.J., about 1829;
attended the country schools and Trenton Academy; engaged in
mercantile pursuits; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1835; was
graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1838
and commenced the practice of his profession in that city; returned
to Trenton, N.J., in 1841; superintendent of the public schools of
Trenton in 1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and
Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); member of
the common council 1873-1875; died in Trenton, N.J., May 20, 1879;
interment in City Cemetery, Hamilton Square, Mercer County,
N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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