Jonathan Elmer, U.S. Senator

Continental Congressman. Served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey. Also served as a State Court Judge, and United States Senator from New Jersey from 1789 to 1791.

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Jonathan Elmer (November 29, 1745 – September 3, 1817) was an American politician, of the Pro-Administration (Federalist) Party.

Elmer was born in Cedarville, New Jersey in 1745. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1769 after studying medicine. He practiced medicine in Bridgeton, New Jersey until he became sheriff of Cumberland County in 1772. Physically frail, during the American Revolutionary War he was a militia officer but apparently did not see active duty.

Elmer was a delegate to the Continental Congress three times: 1777 to 1778, 1781 to 1783, and 1787 to 1788. In 1780 and 1784 he represented Cumberland County in the New Jersey Legislative Council. The College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) made Elmer a trustee in 1782. He served in that position until 1795. The New Jersey Legislature appointed Elmer to the United States Senate for the term of March 4, 1789 to March 4, 1791. His health declined after that, and Elmer died in 1817, and he was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton.

Elmer's younger brother, Ebenezer Elmer, and Ebenezer's son Lucius Elmer were members of the United States House of Representatives.

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Born Nov. 29, 1745 in Cedarville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA.

Death Sep. 3, 1817 Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA.

Continental Congressman, US Senator. He was elected and served as a Delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress on three separate occasions (1777 to 1778, 1781 to 1783, 1787 to 1788).

When the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789, he was elected along with William Paterson as New Jersey's first two Senators to the United States Senate. He served in that office from 1789 to 1791.

He was the older brother of New Jersey Congressman Ebenezer Elmer, and the the uncle of New Jersey Congressman Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer.

Family links: Spouse: Mary Seeley Elmer (1746 - 1819)*

Children: Elizabeth Elmer (1772 - 1823)* Sarah Elmer Shute (1775 - 1814)* William Ramsay Elmer (1780 - 1784)* Jonathan Elmer (1785 - 1804)* William Elmer (1788 - 1836)*

• Calculated relationship Burial: Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA.