Jacob Reynier Wortendyke (November 27, 1818 – November 7, 1868) was an American
Democratic Party politician who represented in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1857 to 1859.
Wortendyke was born in
Chestnut Ridge, New Jersey (in present-day
Montvale) on November 27, 1818. He completed preparatory studies under a private tutor, and graduated from
Rutgers College
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in 1839. He taught school for ten years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in
.
Wortendyke was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress.
After leaving congress, he resumed the practice of law. He was a trustee of Rutgers College from 1862 to 1868, and was president of the Jersey City water board from 1860 to 1868. He was president of the Riparian Commission of New Jersey from 1865 to 1868, and was a delegate to the
1868 Democratic National Convention
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. He died in Jersey City on November 7, 1868, and was interred in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in
Park Ridge, New Jersey
Park Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,883, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 238 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census co ...
.
The Jacob Wortendyke House in
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Woodcliff Lake is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,128, an increase of 398 (+6.9%) from the 2010 census count of 5,730, which in turn reflected a d ...
, has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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since 1983 (as Reference #: 83001593).
New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Bergen County
, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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, Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed September 24, 2007.
References
External links
Jacob Reynier Wortendyke
at The Political Graveyard
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1818 births
1868 deaths
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Lawyers from Bergen County, New Jersey
People from Montvale, New Jersey
People from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Rutgers University alumni
American politicians of Dutch descent
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives