Elias Petty Seeley was an American Whig Party

Whig Party (United States)

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 politician who served as the 11th Governor of New Jersey

Governor of New Jersey

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 in 1833. Seeley was named to serve as governor after Samuel L. Southard

Samuel L. Southard

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 stepped down from office to take a seat in the United States Senate

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. Seeley represented Cumberland County

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 in the New Jersey Legislative Council

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 from 1829 through 1833.

Seeley died on August 23, 1846, and was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton, New Jersey

Bridgeton, New Jersey

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Named after Elias Petty, the brother of his grandmother, Naomi (Petty) Seeley. She was the daughter of Israel and Naomi Petty of Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ.

External links

• Biography of Elias P. Seeley (PDF), New Jersey State Library
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• New Jersey Governor Elias Pettit Seeley, National Governors Association
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• Find-A-Grave for Elias P. Seeley
• Elias P. Seeley, The Political Graveyard
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