Joseph McIlvaine

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Joseph McIlvaine (October 2, 1769 - August 19, 1826) was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death.

Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania; pursued an academic course; studied law; admitted to the bar of the supreme court of New Jersey in 1790 and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey in 1791.

He was clerk of Burlington County, New Jersey 1796-1800; clerk of the county court 1800 - 1823; United States Attorney for New Jersey 1801 - 1820; appointed judge of the superior court of New Jersey in 1818, but declined.

Elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel L. Southard and served from November 12, 1823, until his death in Burlington, New Jersey, where he was buried at Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard

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Preceded by
Samuel L. Southard		 United States Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey
November 12, 1823–August 19, 1826
Served alongside: Mahlon Dickerson		 Succeeded by
Ephraim Bateman
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United States Senators from New Jersey

Class 1: Elmer • Rutherfurd • Davenport • Schureman • Ogden • Condit • Lambert • Wilson • Southard • McIlvaine • Bateman • Dickerson • Southard • W. Dayton • R. Stockton • Thomson • Field • J. Wall • Wright • F. T. Frelinghuysen • J. Stockton • Randolph • Sewell • Blodgett • J. Smith • J. Kean • Martine • J. Frelinghuysen • Edwards • H. Kean • Moore • Milton • Barbour • Walsh • H. Smith • Williams • Brady • Lautenberg • Corzine • Menendez
Class 2: Paterson • Dickinson • F. Frelinghuysen • Richard Stockton • J. Dayton • Kitchell • Condit • Dickerson • T. Frelinghuysen • G. Wall • Miller • Wright • Ten Eyck • J. Stockton • Catell • F. T. Frelinghuysen • McPherson • Sewell • Dryden • Briggs • Hughes • Baird • Edge • Baird, Jr. • Morrow • Barbour • Smathers • Hawkes • Hendrickson • Case • Bradley • Torricelli • Lautenberg

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