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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyNathan Taylor STRATTON
(1813-1887)
STRATTON, Nathan Taylor, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Pilesgrove Township, Salem
County, N.J., near Swedesboro, March 17, 1813; attended the common
schools; moved to Mullica Hill, N.J., in 1829 and clerked in a
store, becoming a partner of his employer in 1835; conducted his
own business 1840-1886; member of the State general assembly
1843-1844; justice of the peace 1844-1847; also engaged in the real
estate business and in agricultural pursuits; held several local
offices; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and
Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855) was not a
candidate for renomination in 1854; again engaged in mercantile
pursuits; elected as a member of the Harrison Township committee in
1865; served as State tax commissioner; trustee of the State reform
school for boys at Jamesburg, N.J., 1865-1887; delegate to the
Union National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1880 to the Forty-seventh
Congress; died in Mullica Hill, N.J., March 9, 1887; interment in
the Baptist Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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