Joseph McIlvaine
Joseph McIlvaine | |
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| United States Senator from New Jersey | |
| In office November 12, 1823 – August 19, 1826 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel L. Southard |
| Succeeded by | Ephraim Bateman |
| United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office 1804–1824 | |
| President | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe |
| Preceded by | William Sanford Pennington |
| Succeeded by | Lucius Elmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1769 Bristol, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 19, 1826 (aged 56) Burlington, New Jersey |
| Political party | National Republican |
Joseph McIlvaine (October 2, 1769 – August 19, 1826) was a
United States senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death. He served as the Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey
, from 1816 to 1823.
Biography
McIlvaine was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Col. Joseph Mcllvaine (1749–1787) and Catherine Swan. His father's sister, Mary McIlvaine (1752–1818), married Joseph Bloomfield, later Governor of New Jersey.[1]
After pursuing an academic course and studying law, he was
admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1790 and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey
in 1791.
He was clerk of
U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1804 to 1820. He was appointed as a judge to the New Jersey Superior Court
in 1818, but declined.
He was elected to the
Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard
.
Family
On September 19, 1793, McIlvaine married Maria Reed, daughter of
Governor of Pennsylvania. They had three children:[2]
- Bowes Reed McIlvaine b: 1794
- Joseph McIlvaineIII b: c. 1796 in Burlington, New Jersey
- Reverend Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1798–1873), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio
- Bloomfield McIlvaine b: c. 1799 d-1826 in Burlington, New Jersey
- Henry McIlvaine: c. 1805 in Burlington, New Jersey
- William McIlvaine b: c. 1806
- Emerson McIlvaine b: c. 1807
- Edward McIlvaine b: c. 1808
- Mary McIlvaine b: c. 1809
- Ellen McIlvaine b: c. 1810
See also
References
- ISBN 9780967229300.
- ^ William Nelson, ed. (1906). Documents Relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 3. New Jersey Historical Society. p. 416.
External links
- United States Congress. "Joseph McIlvaine (id: M000475)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Joseph McIlvaine at The Political Graveyard
- Joseph McIlvaine at Find a Grave
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