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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles Creighton STRATTON
(1796-1859)
STRATTON, Charles
Creighton, (uncle of Benjamin Franklin Howey), a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., March 6, 1796; attended the common schools; was
graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1814;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State general
assembly in 1821, 1823, and again in 1829; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); presented
credentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-sixth Congress, but the
House declined to seat him; reelected to the Twenty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1842; member of the State constitutional convention
in 1844; Governor of New Jersey from January 21, 1845, to January
17, 1848; resumed agricultural pursuits; resided in Europe in 1857
and 1858; died in Swedesboro, N.J., March 30, 1859; interment in
the Episcopal Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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