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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Elias Dayton (1737-1807)</b> — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>), N.J. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1737/05-01.html">May 1, 1737</a>. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1778; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1791-92, 1794-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/elizabeth.html#3">mayor of Elizabethtown, N.J.</a>, 1795-1805. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-22.html">October 22, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-buried.html#cms03457">First Presbyterian Churchyard</a>, Elizabeth, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#956.87.91">Jonathan Dayton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10396.html">Dayton family</a> of Elizabeth, New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000164">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403296">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias Dayton">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824)</b> — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>), N.J. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/10-16.html">October 16, 1760</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790, 1814-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1787-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1791-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1795-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1799-1805. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in 1807 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of conspiring with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">treasonable projects</a>; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-09.html">October 9, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 359 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-buried.html#cms01818">St. John's Churchyard</a>, Elizabeth, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#286.20.73">Elias Dayton</a>; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#306.28.36">William Lewis Dayton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10396.html">Dayton family</a> of Elizabeth, New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-names.html">Dayton, Ohio</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403297">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan Dayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4714">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Lewis Dayton (1807-1864)</b> — also known as <b>William L. Dayton</b> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Born in Basking Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/02-17.html">February 17, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stcn.html">New Jersey State Council</a>, 1837; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1842-51; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html">New Jersey state attorney general</a>, 1857-61; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1861-64, died in office 1864. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/12-01.html">December 1, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-buried.html#cms00536">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Trenton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joel Dayton; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#460.75.52">William Lewis Dayton Jr.</a>; distant relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#956.87.91">Jonathan Dayton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10396.html">Dayton family</a> of Elizabeth, New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000166">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403298">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William L. Dayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dayton-william-lewis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Lewis Dayton Jr. (1839-1897)</b> — also known as <b>William L. Dayton</b> — of New Jersey. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1882-85. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/index.html">1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#306.28.36">William Lewis Dayton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10396.html">Dayton family</a> of Elizabeth, New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dayton-william-lewis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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