- John Huyler
Infobox Congressman
name = John Huyler
width =
state =New Jersey
district = 4th
party = Democratic
term =March 4 ,1857 –March 3 ,1859
preceded =George Vail (D)
succeeded =Jetur R. Riggs (Anti-Lecompton Democrat )
date of birth =April 9 ,1808
place of birth =New York City
date of death =January 9 ,1870
place of death =Hackensack, New Jersey
spouse =
profession =Politician
religion =
footnotes =John Huyler (
April 9 ,1808 -January 9 ,1870 ) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented ushr|New Jersey|4 in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1857-1859.Born in
New York City onApril 9 ,1808 , Huyler attended the common schools atTenafly, New Jersey . He apprenticed as a mason and later engaged in contracting and building in New York City until 1846. He moved to New Jersey and engaged in agricultural pursuits at Pollifly, Lodi Township. He settled in the village ofHackensack, New Jersey , about 1855, and engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. He served as president of the Bergen CountyBoard of Chosen Freeholders . He served as member of theNew Jersey General Assembly from 1849-1851, and served as its speaker in 1851. He served as judge of the court of appeals 1854-1857.Huyler was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving in office from
March 4 ,1857 -March 3 ,1859 . He was an unsuccessful candidate as a Lecompton Democrat for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress.After leaving Congress, he resumed the lumber business. He was assassinated in Hackensack on
January 9 ,1870 , and was interred in New York Cemetery at Hackensack.External links
*CongBio|H001020
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#R9M0J1LG3 John Huyler] atThe Political Graveyard
*Findagrave|6938257|John Huyler
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