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Isaac Wildrick (March 3, 1803 in
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– March 22, 1892 in
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) was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented in the
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from 1849 to 1853. Wildrick was born in Marksboro (in
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) on March 3, 1803. He attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Blairstown. He was constable from 1827 to 1832, coroner from 1829 to 1831, Justice of the Peace from 1834 to 1839, judge in 1839, sheriff from 1839 to 1841 and director of the county poorhouse from 1842 to 1848. He was a member of the
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from 1845 to 1848. Wildrick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1852. After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He was again a freeholder from 1856 to 1859, and was a member of the
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from 1882 to 1885. He died in Blairstown on March 22, 1892, and was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery in the Marksboro section of Frelinghuysen Township.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wildrick, Isaac 1803 births 1892 deaths Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey County commissioners in New Jersey American coroners New Jersey sheriffs New Jersey state court judges People from Blairstown, New Jersey People from Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey Politicians from Warren County, New Jersey 19th-century New Jersey state court judges 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature