Ephraim Bateman represented New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 in the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from 1815-1823.

Born in Cedarville, New Jersey

Cedarville, New Jersey

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, an area within Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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; attended the local schools and Nathaniel Ogden's Latin

Latin

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 school; apprenticed as a tailor

Tailor

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 in 1796; taught in the local school 1799-1801; studied medicine with a physician in 1801 and at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 in 1802 and 1803; practiced in Cedarville

Member of the New Jersey General Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly

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 1808-1809, 1811, and 1813, serving as speaker in 1813; elected to the Fourteenth United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1815 - March 4, 1823).

Member, New Jersey Legislative Council

New Jersey Legislative Council

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 1826 and served as president

Vice-President of Council

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; elected to the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/013Ephraim_Bateman.htm to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph McIlvaine

Joseph McIlvaine

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 and served from November 10, 1826 to January 12, 1829, when he resigned because of failing health.

He died in Cedarville, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, aged 48; interred in the Old Stone Church Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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External links

• Ephraim Bateman at The Political Graveyard
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• Ephraim Bateman at Find A Grave
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