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Charles Creighton Stratton
In office Preceded by Daniel Haines Succeeded by Daniel Haines In office Preceded by Daniel B. Ryall Succeeded by District eliminated In office Preceded by Ferdinand S. Schenck Succeeded by Daniel B. Ryall In office
Born (1796-03-06 ) March 6, 1796Swedesboro, New Jersey , USDied March 30, 1859(1859-03-30) (aged 63 )Swedesboro, New Jersey , US Political party Whig Spouse Sarah Taggart Education Rutgers College
Charles Creighton Stratton (March 6, 1796 – March 30, 1859) was an American farmer and politician who served as the 15th Governor of New Jersey from 1845 to 1848. He was the first popularly elected governor following the adoption of the 1844 New Jersey Constitution .
He also served in the New Jersey legislature during the 1820s and represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839 and 1841 to 1843. Between his House terms, he became embroiled in the Broad Seal War , a legal contest over the results of the 1838 New Jersey elections.
Biography
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Charles Creighton Stratton was born on March 6, 1796 in Swedesboro , Gloucester County , New Jersey .[1]
He graduated from Rutgers College in 1814, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1821, 1823, and again in 1829. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth United States Congress (1837–1839); presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-sixth Congress , but the House declined to seat him ; reelected to the Twenty-seventh United States Congress (1841–1843). He chose not to run again in 1842.
Stratton served as a member of the 1844 constitutional convention that created a revised New Jersey State Constitution .[1] Democratic candidate was Pennsylvania -born John R. Thomson , who was a stockholder in the railroad and a vigorous advocate of internal improvements.[2]
Stratton won, and served as governor from January 21, 1845, to January 17, 1848. After his term he resumed agricultural pursuits.
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He married Sarah Taggart of Philadelphia in 1854.
Although he had no children, Stratton had two notable nephews:
Death and legacy
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Because of ill health, he resided in Europe in 1857 and 1858. He died on March 30, 1859, in Swedesboro. He is interred at Trinity Church Cemetery in Swedesboro.
His home in Woolwich Township, New Jersey , the Gov. Charles C. Stratton House , was built in 1791 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1973.[3]
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^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Gloucester County Archived October 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, October 27, 2015. Accessed November 8, 2015.
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Philemon Dickerson , Samuel Fowler , Thomas Lee , James Parker , Ferdinand Schureman Schenck , William Norton Shinn , and William Chetwood on a General ticket
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives New Jersey's at-large congressional district John Bancker Aycrigg , William Halstead , John Patterson Bryan Maxwell , Joseph Fitz Randolph , and Thomas Jones Yorke on a General ticket Succeeded by
Joseph Fitz Randolph , William Raworth Cooper , Philemon Dickerson , Joseph Kille , Daniel Bailey Ryall , and Peter Dumont Vroom on a General ticket
Preceded by
Joseph Fitz Randolph , William Raworth Cooper , Philemon Dickerson , Joseph Kille , Daniel Bailey Ryall , and Peter Dumont Vroom on a General ticket
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives New Jersey's at-large congressional district John Bancker Aycrigg , William Halstead , John Patterson Bryan Maxwell , Joseph Fitz Randolph , and Thomas Jones Yorke on a General ticket Succeeded by
Lucius Q.C. Elmer , George Sykes , Isaac G. Farlee , Littleton Kirkpatrick , William Wright in separate districts
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