George Dayton | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County | |
In office 1875 – 1878 | |
Preceded by | Cornelius Lydecker |
Succeeded by | Cornelius S. Cooper |
Personal details | |
Born | October 2, 1827 Troy, New York [1] |
Died | 1902 (aged 74–75) Closter, New Jersey |
George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician.
Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant. [2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877. [3] [4] [2] Dayton "dropped out of sight after his term in the Senate", [2] moving to Closter, in 1890 and becoming the clerk of Harrington Township, New Jersey. [1]
George Dayton was the great grandson of Jonathan Dayton and great-great-grandson of Elias Dayton.[ citation needed] Dayton had a brother, Jesse C. Dayton, who served in the New York State Senate at the same time as his own service in the New Jersey Senate. [5]
Dayton died in 1902, at the age of 75, after an illness of several months. [2] He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey, on November 20, 1902. [5]