Selected officials of Essex County

(not intended to be complete)

Fillmore Condit (County Freeholder) Herbert W. Taylor (County Attorney, 1918-21) Bernard Rabinowitz (County Freeholder) Anthony Giuliano (County Clerk, 1955) James W. Treffinger (County Executive)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Essex County

• Private or family graveyards
• Belleville Christ Church Burying Ground
• Belleville Dutch Reformed Churchyard
• Bloomfield Bloomfield Cemetery
• Bloomfield Glendale Cemetery
• Caldwell Prospect Hill Cemetery
• East Orange Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
• East Orange Rosedale Cemetery
• Irvington Clinton Cemetery
• Montclair Unknown location
• Montclair Mt. Hebron Cemetery
• Newark Fairmount Cemetery
• Newark First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Newark First Presbyterian Churchyard
• Newark Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Newark Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
• Newark Weequhaic Park
• Orange Old Burying Ground
• Orange Old Graveyard
• Orange Rosedale Cemetery
• Orange St. John's Cemetery
• West Orange Unknown location

Politicians buried here:

• Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hanover, Morris County, N.J., April 17, 1825. Democrat. Member of New York state senate 5th District, 1858-59; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1871-73, 1875-76; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1877-78. Died in Livingston, Essex County, N.J., July 1, 1911. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
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• John Rutherfurd (1760-1840) — of New Jersey. Born in New York, 1760. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1791-98. Died in 1840. Entombed at Christ Church Burying Ground.
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• Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) — of New Jersey. Born in Staffordshire, England, February 23, 1729. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1779-80; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; county judge in New Jersey, 1789-1809. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 21, 1809. Interment at Dutch Reformed Churchyard.
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• John Franklin Fort (1852-1920) — also known as J. Franklin Fort — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born March 20, 1852. Nephew of George Franklin Fort; father of Franklin William Fort. Republican. Governor of New Jersey, 1908-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1917-19; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1919. Died November 17, 1920. Interment at Bloomfield Cemetery.
  • See also Fort family of New Jersey
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• Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) — also known as Franklin W. Fort — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., March 30, 1880. Grandnephew of George Franklin Fort; son of John Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort; married, January 25, 1904, to Emita H. Ryan. Republican. Lawyer; Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928. Presbyterian. Died in 1937. Interment at Bloomfield Cemetery.
  • See also Fort family of New Jersey
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• Albert Lincoln Vreeland (1901-1975) — also known as Albert L. Vreeland — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in East Orange, Essex County, N.J., July 2, 1901. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1939-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died in Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 3, 1975. Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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• Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) — of Verona, Essex County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Roseland, Essex County, N.J., September 5, 1855. Grocer; invented and manufactured the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex County Freeholder; real estate business; New York representative for Union Oil Company of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital 1924; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27. Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 6, 1939. Cremated; ashes interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
  
  

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• James Smith, Jr. (1851-1927) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1851. Democrat. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1893-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Died in 1927. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• Frank Joseph McNulty (1872-1926) — also known as Frank J. McNulty — of New Jersey. Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), August 10, 1872. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 26, 1926. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• Edward Francis McDonald (1844-1892) — also known as Edward F. McDonald — of Hudson County, N.J. Born in Ireland, September 21, 1844. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1875; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1890-91; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1891-92; died in office 1892. Died in Harrison, Hudson County, N.J., November 5, 1892. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• Paul John Moore (1868-1938) — also known as Paul J. Moore — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., August 5, 1868. Democrat. Fire fighter; fire chief; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1927-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928. Died in 1938. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• Cornelius Augustine McGlennon (1878-1931) — also known as Cornelius A. McGlennon — of East Newark, Hudson County, N.J. Born in East Newark, Hudson County, N.J., December 10, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1917-18; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1920; state court judge in New Jersey, 1924. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 13, 1931. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• Edward Leo O'Neill (1903-1948) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1903. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944. Died in 1948. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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• William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known as William H. Wiley — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1842. Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley; married, June 1, 1870, to Joanna King Clarke. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer; publisher of scientific works; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1925. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
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• Amos Jay Cummings (1841-1902) — also known as Amos J. Cummings — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Conklin, Broome County, N.Y., May 15, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1889-94, 1895-1902 (6th District 1887-89, 9th District 1889-93, 11th District 1893-94, 10th District 1895-1902); died in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Received Medal of Honor in 1894 for action at Salem Heights, Va., May 4, 1863. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 2, 1902. Interment at Clinton Cemetery.
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• Alexander J. Matturri (1913-1992) — also known as Alex Matturri; "Mr. Clean" — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 24, 1913. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1952; member of New Jersey state senate, 1968-72; candidate for mayor of Newark, N.J., 1970; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1977-83. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., January 14, 1992. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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• Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) — also known as Albert W. Hawkes — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 20, 1878. Republican. Business executive; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis; Newcomen Society. Died in Palm Desert, Riverside County, Calif., May 9, 1971. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
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• Frederick Reimold Lehlbach (1876-1937) — also known as Frederick R. Lehlbach — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 31, 1876. Nephew of Herman Lehlbach. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1915-37 (10th District 1915-33, 12th District 1933-37); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924, 1928. Died August 4, 1937. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Fred Allan Hartley, Jr. (1902-1969) — also known as Fred A. Hartley, Jr. — of Kearny, Hudson County, N.J.; Pittstown, Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Harrison, Hudson County, N.J., February 22, 1902. Son of Fred Allan Hartley and Frances Alice Hartley; married, January 30, 1921, to Hazel Lorraine Roemer. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1929-49 (8th District 1929-33, 10th District 1933-49); candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1954. Protestant. Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1946. Died in Linwood, Atlantic County, N.J., May 11, 1969. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847-1919) — also known as William H. F. Fiedler — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 25, 1847. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1878-79, 1882; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1880-82; defeated, 1904; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1883-85; postmaster; real estate business. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 1, 1919. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Herman Lehlbach (1845-1904) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Germany, July 3, 1845. Uncle of Frederick Reimold Lehlbach. Republican. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1884; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1885-91. Died January 11, 1904. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Peter Angelo Cavicchia (1879-1967) — also known as Peter A. Cavicchia — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Italy, May 22, 1879. Son of Dominic Cavicchia and Maria Josephine (Lombardi) Cavicchia; married, December 15, 1909, to Annabella Auger (died 1936). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1931-37 (9th District 1931-33, 11th District 1933-37). Presbyterian. Italian ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Freemasons; Sons of Italy. Died in 1967. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Thomas Dunn English (1819-1902) — also known as Thomas D. English — of Bergen County, N.J. Born in Pennsylvania, 1819. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1863-64; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1891-95. Died in 1902. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Le Gage Pratt (1852-1911) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Massachusetts, 1852. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1907-09. Died in 1911. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
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• Henry Meade Doremus — also known as Henry M. Doremus — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Republican. Mayor of Newark, N.J., 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904, 1916, 1920. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
  
  

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• Thomas Ward (c.1759-1842) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1813-17. Died in 1842. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Thomas M. Woodruff (1804-1855) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, 1804. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1845-47. Died in 1855. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Silas Condit (1778-1861) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 18, 1778. Son of John Condit. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1831-33. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 29, 1861. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• William Burnet (1730-1791) — of New Jersey. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 2, 1730. Father of Jacob Burnet; grandfather of David Gouverneur Burnet. State court judge in New Jersey, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780. Died October 7, 1791. Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard.
  • See also Burnet family of New Jersey
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• John Thomas Dunn (1838-1907) — of New Jersey. Born in Ireland, June 4, 1838. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1879; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1893-95. Died February 22, 1907. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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• Charles P. Gillen (1876-1956) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J.; North Arlington, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Roscommon, Ireland, August 6, 1876. Son of Thomas Gillen and Mary A. (Conry) Gillen; married 1923 to Margaret Carey. Democrat. Real estate business; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Eagles. Died June 30, 1956. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  

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• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) — also known as Frederick T. Frelinghuysen — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Millstone, Somerset County, N.J., August 4, 1817. Nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; uncle of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; grandfather of Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen 'Bessie' Davis (daughter-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge); great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., John Davis Lodge and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr.; great-great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860; New Jersey state attorney general, 1861-66; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77; U.S. Secretary of State, 1881-85. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 20, 1885. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
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• George Opdyke (d. 1880) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1859; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1862-64. Christian Reformed. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 12, 1880. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  
  
• William Pennington (1796-1862) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, May 4, 1796. Son of William Sandford Pennington; cousin of Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington. Governor of New Jersey, 1837-43; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1859-61; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1860-61. Died February 16, 1862. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Pennington family of New Jersey
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• Theodore Runyon (1822-1896) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., October 25, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1864-66; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1865; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1893; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1893-96, died in office 1896. French Huguenot ancestry. Died, of heart failure, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 1896. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  
  
• William Wright (1794-1866) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Clarksville, Rockland County, N.Y., November 13, 1794. Democrat. Mayor of Newark, N.J., 1840-43; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1843-47; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1847; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1853-59, 1863-66; died in office 1866; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 1, 1866. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Marcus Lawrence Ward (1812-1884) — also known as Marcus L. Ward — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, November 9, 1812. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860, 1868; Speaker, 1868; Governor of New Jersey, 1866-69; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1866-68; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1866-68; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1873-75. Died April 25, 1884. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) — also known as John F. Dryden — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Temple, Franklin County, Maine, August 7, 1839. Grandfather of Dryden Kuser. Republican. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 24, 1911. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 3, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish manufacturer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900, 1904; Governor of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 24, 1920. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic Park.
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• Joseph P. Bradley (1813-1892) — Born in Berne, Albany County, N.Y., March 14, 1813. Son of Philo Bradley and Mercy (Gardiner) Bradley; married, October 23, 1844, to Mary Hornblower; grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley. Lawyer; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892. Christian Reformed. Died in Washington, D.C., January 22, 1892. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
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• Nehemiah Perry (1816-1881) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., March 30, 1816. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1855-56; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1856; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1861-65; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1873. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 1, 1881. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• George Armstrong Halsey (1827-1894) — also known as George A. Halsey — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Springfield, Union County, N.J., December 7, 1827. Son of Samuel Halsey. Republican. Leather business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1867-69, 1871-73; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1874. Member, Union League. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 1, 1894. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808-1889) — also known as Thomas B. Peddie — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, February 11, 1808. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1864-65; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1866-69; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1877-79. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 16, 1889. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (1830-1889) — also known as Augustus A. Hardenbergh — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., May 18, 1830. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1854; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1875-79, 1881-83. Died October 5, 1889. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) — also known as Charles B. Ward — of DeBruce, Sullivan County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 27, 1879. Son of Elias Sayre Ward and Anna Dickerson (Bonnell) Ward; married, December 11, 1905, to Annchen Katherin Heller. Republican. Newspaper editor; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1946. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington (1810-1867) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1810. Cousin of William Pennington. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1853-57. Died in 1867. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  • See also Pennington family of New Jersey
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• Frederick Halstead Teese (1823-1894) — also known as Frederick H. Teese — of Essex County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1823. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1860-61; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1875-77. Died in 1894. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Edward Winthrop Gray (1870-1942) — also known as Edward W. Gray — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., August 18, 1870. Son of Edward Gray and Elizabeth (Beggs) Gray; married, September 29, 1898, to Altha R. Hay. Republican. Newspaper publisher; secretary of New Jersey Republican Party, 1908-13; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1915-19; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1918. Dutch Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 10, 1942. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 14, 1867. Son of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise (Wilson) Farrand; married, February 1, 1901, to Margaret K. Carleton. Physician; anthropologist; psychologist; university professor; president, University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the American Red Cross, 1919-21; president, Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not serve. French Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Public Health Association; American Psychological Association. Died, of pneumonia, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 8, 1939. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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• J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) — also known as Harry Bacheller — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 1, 1869. President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05. Baptist. English, Scottish, and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart disease, in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 12, 1939. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  
  

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• Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 3, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish manufacturer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900, 1904; Governor of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 24, 1920. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic Park.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Isaac Pierson (1770-1833) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 15, 1770. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-31. Died September 22, 1833. Original interment at Old Burying Ground; reinterment in 1840 at Rosedale Cemetery.
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• John Condit (1755-1834) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., July 8, 1755. Father of Silas Condit. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1799-1803, 1819; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1803-09, 1809-17. Died in Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 4, 1834. Interment at Old Graveyard.
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• Charles Edison (1890-1969) — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 3, 1890. Son of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931; inventor) and Mina (Miller) Edison (1865-1947); married, March 27, 1918, to Carolyn Hawkins (died 1963). Democrat. U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1940; Governor of New Jersey, 1941-44. Member, Delta Psi; Newcomen Society. Died, of heart failure, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1969. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
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• Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) — also known as Francis Hallett Johnson — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 26, 1888. Son of J. Augustus Johnson and Fannie V. (Matthews) Johnson; married, May 20, 1920, to Katherine Steward (niece of Robert Livingston Beeckman); father of Hallett Johnson, Jr. (son-in-law of Jay Cooke). Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi. Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1968. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Isaac Pierson (1770-1833) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 15, 1770. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-31. Died September 22, 1833. Original interment at Old Burying Ground; reinterment in 1840 at Rosedale Cemetery.
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• John Lauris Blake, Jr. (1831-1899) — also known as John L. Blake — of Essex County, N.J. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 25, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1876; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1879-81. Died in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., October 10, 1899. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Austen Colgate — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Republican. Member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1912-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920, 1924. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  
• George John Seabury (1844-1909) — of New Jersey. Born November 10, 1844. Republican. Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1908. Died February 13, 1909. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Daniel Francis Minahan (1877-1947) — also known as Daniel F. Minahan — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, August 8, 1877. Democrat. Mayor of Orange, N.J., 1914-19; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1919-21, 1923-25; defeated, 1920, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928. Died April 29, 1947. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Politicians buried here:

• Charles E. Lobdell, Sr. (1861-1949) — of Kansas. Born in Osawatomie, Miami County, Kan., September 21, 1861. Member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1893-99; Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1895-97; district judge in Kansas 33rd District, 1902-11. Died in Allendale, Bergen County, N.J., January 29, 1949. Interment somewhere.
  
  

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872