George Dayton (senator)

George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician.

George Dayton
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office
1875 – 1877
Personal details
BornOctober 2, 1827
Troy, New York[1]
Died1902 (aged 74–75)
Closter, New York

Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant.[2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877.[3][4][2] Dayton "dropped out of sight after his term in the Senate",[2] moving to Closter, New Jersey, in 1890 and becoming the clerk of Harrington Township, New Jersey.[1]

George Dayton was the great grandson of Jonathan Dayton and great great grandson of Elias Dayton. Dayton had a brother, Jesse C. Dayton, who happened to serve in the New York State Senate at the same time as his own service in the New Jersey Senate.[5]

Dayton died in 1902, at the age of 75, after an illness of several months.[2] He was buried in Brookside Cemetery on November 20, 1902.[5]

References
  1. Van Valen, James M. "History of Bergen County", published New Jersey pub. and engraving co., 1900, p. 689. Accessed January 16, 2009.
  2. "Jersey Jottings of General Interest", The Camden Morning Post (December 30, 1902), p. 6.
  3. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#0031E06G9The Political Graveyard. Accessed January 16, 2009.
  4. 1876 A.H. Walker Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey, p. 159.
  5. "Another Old-Timer Gone", The Hackensack Record (November 28, 1902), p. 4.
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