Nathan Taylor Stratton (March 17, 1813 – March 9, 1887) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented

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for two terms from 1851 to 1855.

Early life and education

Stratton was born in

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, on March 17, 1813, where he attended the common schools.

Career

He moved to

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(within Harrison Township) in 1829 and clerked in a store, becoming a partner of his employer in 1835. He conducted his own business from 1840 to 1886. He was a member of the

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from 1843 to 1844, and was a Justice of the Peace from 1844 to 1847. He also engaged in the real estate business and in agricultural pursuits, and held several local offices.

Congress

Stratton was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1855, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.

After Congress

He again engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected as a member of the Harrison Township committee in 1865. He served as State tax commissioner and as a trustee of the State reform school for boys at

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, from 1865 to 1887. He was a delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives at

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in 1866. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

Death

He died in Mullica Hill on March 9, 1887, and was interred in the Baptist Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stratton, Nathan Taylor 1813 births 1887 deaths Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly People from Harrison Township, New Jersey Politicians from Gloucester County, New Jersey Politicians from Salem County, New Jersey Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature