- Aaron Ogden
Infobox Governor
name = Aaron Ogden
caption =
order = 5th
office = Governor of New Jersey
term_start =October 29 ,1812
term_end =October 29 ,1813
predecessor =Joseph Bloomfield
successor =William Sanford Pennington
office2 =United States Senator Class 1
term_start2 =February 28 ,1801
term_end2 =March 3 ,1803
predecessor2 =James Schureman
successor2 =John Condit
birth_date = birth date|1756|12|3|mf=y
birth_place =Elizabeth, New Jersey
death_date = death date|1839|4|19|mf=y
death_place =Jersey City, New Jersey
spouse = Elizabeth Chetwood
party = FederalistAaron Ogden (
December 3 ,1756 -April 19 ,1839 ) was a United States Senator and the 5th Governor ofNew Jersey .Early life
Ogden was born in
Elizabeth, New Jersey (formerly Elizabethtown). He graduated from the College of New Jersey (nowPrinceton University ) in 1773, and served as a grammar school tutor from 1773 to 1775.In the
American Revolutionary War , Ogden was appointed a lieutenant in the1st New Jersey Regiment ; his older brotherMatthias Ogden was the lieutenant colonel. Aaron Ogden served in various roles through the war, seeing action and rising to the rank of brigade major. He was wounded at thesiege of Yorktown in 1781.Political career
After the war, Ogden studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1784. He commenced practice in Elizabeth. He served as a presidential elector in the 1796 electoral college that elected
John Adams . He was clerk of Essex County from 1785-1803, and was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJames Schureman and served fromFebruary 28 ,1801 , toMarch 3 ,1803 . He lost his bid for reelection to the Senate in 1802. In 1803, Ogden was elected to theNew Jersey General Assembly , where he served until 1812. Ogden was elected trustee of the College of New Jersey (later to becomePrinceton University ) in 1803, a post in which he served until his death. Ogden was elected asGovernor of New Jersey in 1812.Ogden was nominated by President
James Madison as major general of the Army in 1813, but declined the appointment. He became engaged in steamboat navigation in 1813, and was defendant in the historic "Gibbons v. Ogden " case that deniedNew York State's attempted monopoly on steamboat operation between New York and New Jersey. Ogden moved to Jersey City in 1829 and resumed the practice of law. In 1830, he was appointed as collector of customs and served until his death in Jersey City. Ogden's body is interned at the First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground in Elizabeth.Family
Ogden's nephew
Daniel Haines later also served as Governor of New Jersey.See also
*
List of Governors of New Jersey ources
*"Dictionary of American Biography"; Baxter, Maurice G.
*"The Steamboat Monopoly: Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824". New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972;
*Ogden, Aaron. "Autobiography of Col. Aaron Ogden, of Elizabethtown". Paterson, NJ: Press Printing & Publishing Co., 1893.
*Purcell, L. Edward. "Who Was Who in the American Revolution". New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 0-8160-2107-4.External links
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* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GODGE.pdf Biography of Aaron Ogden (PDF)] ,New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=a2eb4fc0d5049010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Aaron Ogden] ,National Governors Association
* [http://members.bellatlantic.net/%7Evze2rdt7/DGovs/deadgovernorsnj.html#ogden Dead Governors of New Jersey bio for Aaron Ogden]
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