Ocean-Burlington County NJ Archives Biographies.....TUCKER, Ebenezer 1758 - 1845
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Author: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present

TUCKER, Ebenezer, (1758 - 1845)

TUCKER, Ebenezer, a Representative from New Jersey; born at Tuckers Beach, 
Burlington County, N.J., November 15, 1758; attended the common schools; 
served in the Revolution under General Washington at the Battle of Long Island 
and other engagements; judge of the court of common pleas, justice of the 
court of quarter sessions, and judge of the orphans’ court of Burlington 
County from 1820 to 1825; moved to what is now Tuckerton, N.J., which was 
named after him, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and shipbuilding; 
postmaster of Tuckerton from 1806 to 1825, when he resigned to take up his 
duties in Congress; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 
4, 1825-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for renomination; first collector 
of revenue of the port of Tuckerton; again postmaster of Tuckerton from 1831 
until his death in Tuckerton, N.J., September 5, 1845; interment in the Old 
Methodist Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present


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