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United States Fifteenth Amendment

New Jersey Delegation

This is one of the 45 delegations in the convention, accounting for 7 of 329 people who took part.

Members (7):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
Alexander G. Cattell Visualize "(February 12, 1816 -- April 8, 1894) Alexander Gilmore Cattell was a(n) merchant, public servant, clerk, banker, organizer and president of a bank, financial agent, member of a state board of education, and American politician. He was born in Salem, New Jersey. Alexander was elected to the New Jersey general assembly (1840), clerk (1842-1844), member of the State constitutional convention (1844), member of the Philadelphia Common Council (1848 - 1854), organized Corn Exchange Bank, President of Corn Exchange Bank (1858-1871), appointed by President Grant a member of the 1st United States Civil Service Commission, United States Financial agent in London (1873 - 1874), member of New Jersey Board of tax assessors (1884 - 1891), president of board of tax assessors (1889 - 1891), and a member of the state board of education (1891 - 1894). Alexander was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to succeed John P. Stockton, whose seat was declared vacant (September 19, 1866 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected. During his time on the Senate, he served as chairman for the Committee on the Library (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000254]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Visualize "(August 4, 1817 -- May 20, 1885) Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen was a(n) lawyer, member of a city council, trustee of a college, public servant, secretary of state, and American politician. He was born in Millstone, New Jersey. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. Frederick was a city attorney of Newark (1849), member of the city council (1850), trustee of Rutgers College (1851 -1885), member of the peace convention of 1861 in Washington D.C. to devise a means to prevent the impending war, attorney general of New Jersey (1861 - 1866). He was also appointed as a United States Minister to England by President Grant (July 1870) but declined, appointed a member of the Electoral Commission (1877) to decide contests in various States in the presidential election, and appointed Secretary of State by President Arthur (1881 -1885). Frelinghuysen was appointed and elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill vacancy caused by the death of William Wright (November 12, 1866 - March 3, 1869). He was also elected again the the United States Senate (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1877) and was not reelected. He was not reelected in 1868. During his time on the Senate, He served as chairman on the Committee on Agriculture (42nd -44th Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=F000369]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
Charles Haight Visualize "(January 4, 1838 -- August 1, 1891) Charles Haight was a(n) lawyer, public servant, general, and American politician. He was born in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Charles studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He was a member of the state house of assembly (1860 -1862), served as speaker of house (1861 and 1862), delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1872), served as chairman of the State delegation, appointed prosecutor of the pleas, and appointed prosecuting attorney of Monmouth County (1873 - his death August 1, 1891). Haight was also commissioned as a brigadier general (May 27, 1861) and was in command of Camp Vredenburgh (August 22,1862 - the end of the war). Haight was elected as a Democrat to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000020]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
George A. Halsey Visualize "(December 7, 1827 -- April 1, 1894) George Armstrong Halsey was a(n) manufacturer of leather, public servant, assessor of internal revenue, president of an insurance company, and American politician. He was born in Springfield, Union County, New Jersey. George was a member of the State house of assembly of New Jersey (1861 & 1862) and United States Assessor of Internal Revenue (1862 -1866). He was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 & March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873) and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1868 and 1872. During Halsey's time on Congress, he served as chairman on the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (42nd Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000087]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
John Hill Visualize "(June 10, 1821 -- July 24, 1884) John Hill was a(n) bank clerk, bookkeeper, paymaster, merchant, postmaster, member of a township committee, justice of the peace, public servant, and American politician. He was born in Catskill, Greene County, New York and moved to Boonton, New Jersey in 1845. He was a postmaster (November 1849 - May 1853), member of the township committee (1852 -1856 & 1863 -1867), justice of the peace (1856 -1861), member of the state house of assembly (1861, 1862, & 1866), speaker of the state house of assembly (1866), and took an active part in raising troops in the Civil War. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention (1868), was member of the State senate (1875-1877), and was not a successful candidate for state senate (1862). Hill was elected as a Republican to the 40th, 41st, 42nd and 47th Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1873 & March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883) and served as chairman on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He was not a successful candidate (1882). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000596]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
William Moore Visualize "(December 25, 1810 -- April 26, 1878) William Moore was a(n) merchant, iron worker, builder of ships, judge, public servant, and American politician. He was born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and moved to New Jersey in 1845. William served as judge of the court of common pleas for Atlantic County (1855- 1865), was one of the founders of the Republican Party, delegate to the Republican Convention (1856), and served in the state senate (1872 - 1875). Moore was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and was not elected in 1870. During his time on Congress, he served as chairman on the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=M000922]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
Charles Sitgreaves Visualize "(April 22, 1803 -- March 17, 1878) Charles Sitgreaves was a lawyer, public servant, soldier, member of a town council, mayor, president of a bank and railroad, and American politician. Sitgreaves was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and moved to New Jersey in 1806. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He was a member of Phillipsburg, New Jersey State General Assembly from 1831 to 1833 and a member of the town council in 1834 and 1835. He served as a member in the State senate (1851 - 1854) and was Mayor of Phillipsburg in 1861 and 1862. Charles was also a major commandant in the State militia from 1828 to 1838 and was president of the Belvidere & Delaware Railroad Company and National Bank of Philipsburg (1856 - 1878). Sitgreaves was elected as a Democrat to the 39th and 40th Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1869), was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000458]" New Jersey Delegation (This negotiation) , New Jersey Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)