Elias P. Seeley

Infobox Governor
name = Elias P. Seeley


caption =
order = 11^th
office = Governor of New Jersey
term_start = February 27, 1833
term_end = October 23, 1833
predecessor = Samuel L. Southard
successor = Peter Dumont Vroom
spouse = Jane E. Champney
birth_date = birth date|1791|11|10|mf=y
birth_place = Bridgeton, New Jersey
death_date = death date and age|1846|8|23|1791|11|10
death_place = Trenton, New Jersey
party = Whig

Elias P. Seeley (November 10, 1791, Bridgeton, New Jerseyndash August 23, 1846) was an American Whig Party politician who served as the 11th Governor of New Jersey in 1833. Seeley was named to serve as governor after Samuel L. Southard stepped down from office to take a seat in the United States Senate. Seeley served in the New Jersey Senate both before and after his term as Governor.

Seeley died on August 23, 1846, and was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton, New Jersey. [ [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=86744fc0d5049010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Elias Pettit Seeley] , National Governors Association. Accessed August 20, 2007.]

ee also

*List of Governors of New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GSEEL.pdf Biography of Elias P. Seeley (PDF)] , New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=86744fc0d5049010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Elias Pettit Seeley] , National Governors Association
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6940123 Find-A-Grave for Elias P. Seeley]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeley.html Elias P. Seeley] , The Political Graveyard