John Lambert, U.S. Senator

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John Lambert (February 24, 1746 – February 4, 1823), was a New Jersey politician who served as a Representative, a U.S. Senator and as Acting Governor of New Jersey.

Born in what is now Lambertville, New Jersey, he pursued an academic course and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Lambert was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1780–1785, and in 1788. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1790–1804, and served as vice president from 1801 to 1804. Lambert was the Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1802 and 1803. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth United States Congress and Tenth United States Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1805-March 4, 1809. Lambert was elected to the United States Senate and served a single term, from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1815.

What is now the city of Lambertville was named in his honor in 1814 when the community's first post office was established.

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"I have long been interested in this John Lambert, and have already begun publishing his letters written to his granddaughter during the time he served in the U. S. Senate."

"In 1765, two years after the death of his father, John Lambert started a family. He was only 19 years old when he married a neighbor, Susannah Barber (1744-1779), daughter of John and Magdalen Barber.15 Although their first child, born in 1766, died an infant, they had seven children altogether. It is likely that in 1779 a serious illness struck the household, for on July 12th, his six-year-old son Gershom died, and a week later, on July 18th, so did his wife Susannah, age 35."

"John Lambert did not serve in the military during the Revolution. In 1780, he was serving both as Amwell township assessor and as a member of the General Assembly, which may have been sufficient to absolve him of military duties. On October 6, 1781, Lambert married his second wife, Hannah Little, the widow of war hero Maj. Benjamin Dennis, who was killed in August 1779. John Lambert brought four children to the new family, and Hannah Dennis brought five. They added three more of their own to make a total of twelve children."
~• source: https://goodspeedhistories.com/two-lambert-farms/

Lambert owned and managed a plantation. He died near Lambertville, and was interred in Barber's Burying Ground, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.