James Matlack

James Matlack (January 11, 1775 - January 16, 1840) a Representative from New Jersey; born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., January 11, 1775; attended the common schools; interested in various business enterprises; owned slaves;[1] justice of the peace in 1803, 1808, 1813, 1816, and 1820; surrogate in 1815; chairman of the township committee; judge of the court of common pleas of Gloucester County 1806-1817; member of the board of freeholders 1812-1815, 1819–1821, and 1828; member of the New Jersey Legislative Council in 1817 and 1818; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825); was not a candidate for renomination in 1824; affiliated with the Whig Party when it was formed; resumed business interests; died in Woodbury, N.J., January 16, 1840; interment in Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J.

References

  1. ↑ "Webst Jersey History Project". Gloucester County Slavery Records. Gloucester County Historical Society. Retrieved 2011.
  • public domain website of Bioguide of US Congress.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Henry Southard		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's at-large congressional district
1821–1825 		Succeeded by
Ebenezer Tucker
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