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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJacob Reynier WORTENDYKE
(1818-1868)
WORTENDYKE, Jacob Reynier,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Chestnut Ridge, near
Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., November 27, 1818; completed
preparatory studies under a private tutor; was graduated from
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., 1839; taught school for ten
years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced
practice in Jersey City, N.J.; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress;
resumed the practice of law; trustee of Rutgers College 1862-1868;
president of the water board, Jersey City, 1860-1868; president of
the Riparian Commission of New Jersey 1865-1868; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1868; died in Jersey City, N.J.,
November 7, 1868; interment in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery,
Park Ridge, Bergen County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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