He was Supervisor of Jefferson County in 1816, Trustee of the Village of Watertown in 1816, and one of the incorporators of the Jefferson County National Bank. He was First Secretary of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society in 1817, President of the Village of Watertown in 1820, and was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.[2] He was First Judge of the Jefferson County Court, serving from 1820 to 1829.[8]
In November 1824, Ten Eyck was elected to the 18th,[9] and declared re-elected as a Jacksonian to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to December 15, 1825, when his election was successfully contested by Daniel Hugunin, Jr. The House unseated Ten Eyck and seated Hugunin, because a correction of the returns showed that the omission of the word ‘‘junior’’ in certain returns had deprived Hugunin of enough votes actually cast for him to secure his election.
Afterwards Ten Eyck resumed the practice of law.[2]
He married Rebecca Pearce (1788–1850), the daughter of Pierce and Lydia Pierce. Her brother was Olney Pierce (1770–1839), who married Elizabeth Van Deusen, and her sister was Lydia Pierce (1777–1839), who married Elias Ticknor (1769–1843). Olney and Egbert were both early settlers of Champion, New York.[10] Together, they were the parents of:[11][3]
Anthony Ten Eyck (1811–1867), who married Harriet Elizabeth Fairchild (1815–1846), daughter of Rev. Joy Hamlet Fairchild,[12] in 1836.[11][13]
Catherine Ten Eyck (1813–1863), who married Jacob Foster in 1836.[11]
Robert Ten Eyck (1832–1873), who married Catharine Greene.[11]
He died on April 11, 1844, the same day as Micah Sterling who had preceded him in Congress, and both were buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Watertown.
^"A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Original Election Returns: Utica Patriot (Utica, NY). June 2, 1812. The Albany Register (Albany, NY). June 12, 1812.[permanent dead link]
^"A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Manuscript Depositions relating to the contested election of Daniel Hugunin, Jr. and Egbert Ten Eyck. The National Archives, Washington, DC. Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY). November 13, 1824. Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY). November 20, 1824. Madison Observer (Morrisville, NY). November 24, 1824. The Albany Argus (Albany, NY). December 14, 1824.[permanent dead link]
