Jonathan Dayton was an American Founding Father and politician from the US state of New Jersey.
19 Facts About Jonathan Dayton
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Jonathan Dayton left the House in 1799 after being elected to the US Senate, where he served one term.
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Jonathan Dayton was exonerated by a grand jury and never tried, but his national political career never recovered.
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Jonathan Dayton was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
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Jonathan Dayton was the son of Elias Dayton, a merchant who was prominent in local politics and had served as a militia officer in the French and Indian War, and his wife the former Hannah Rolfe.
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Jonathan Dayton graduated from the local academy, run by Tapping Reeve and Francis Barber, where he was classmates with Alexander Hamilton.
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Jonathan Dayton then attended the College of New Jersey.
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Jonathan Dayton left college in 1775 to fight in the American Revolutionary War and received an honorary degree in 1776.
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Jonathan Dayton was 15 at the outbreak of the war in 1775 and served under his father in the 3rd New Jersey Regiment as an ensign.
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Jonathan Dayton saw service under General George Washington, fighting in the battles of Brandywine Creek and Germantown.
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Jonathan Dayton remained with Washington at Valley Forge and helped push the British from their position in New Jersey into the safety of New York City.
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Jonathan Dayton again served under his father in the New Jersey Brigade.
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At the close of the Revolutionary War, Jonathan Dayton was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey.
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Jonathan Dayton was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1789, but he did not take his seat until he was chosen again in 1791.
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Jonathan Dayton served as speaker for the Fourth and Fifth Congresses.
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Jonathan Dayton supported the Louisiana Purchase and opposed the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801.
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Jonathan Dayton was exonerated, but his association with Burr effectively ended his political career.
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Jonathan Dayton married Susan Williamson in 1779 and had two daughters.
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Jonathan Dayton was interred in an unmarked grave that is under the St John's Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which replaced an original church in 1860.