Jacob Hufty | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from New Jersey's At-Large district | |
In office March 4, 1809 –May 20, 1814 | |
Member of the New Jersey Legislative Council | |
In office 1804–1804 | |
In office 1806–1807 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1750 New Jersey |
Died | May 20,1814 63–64) Salem,New Jersey | (aged
Occupation | Blacksmith |
Jacob Hufty (1750 - May 20,1814) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey,serving three terms from 1809 to 1814. [1]
Born in New Jersey in 1750, [2] Hufty was a blacksmith by trade. He served as a private in the State militia. Freeholder for Salem Township,New Jersey,1792. [1]
Hufty was elected overseer of the poor and collector of Salem Township,1793. County justice of Salem County,New Jersey,1797,county judge in 1798,and county justice and judge,1804. He served as sheriff 1801–1804. Freeholder of Salem Township 1800–1804. He was a director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders,1801. He served as a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate) in 1804,1806,and 1807. He was a county collector from 1805 to 1808. He served as judge of Orphans Court from 1805 to 1808. He also served as surrogate in 1808. [1]
Hufty was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses and as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4,1809 –May 20,1814). [1]
He died on May 20,1814,in Salem,New Jersey. He was interred in St. John's Episcopal Cemetery,Salem. [1] [2]
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