Aaron Kitchell (July 10, 1744June 25, 1820) was a blacksmith and politician from
Hanover Township, New Jersey
Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 13,712, reflecting an increase of 814 (+6.3%) from the 12,898 counted in the 2000 Census, which had i ...
. He represented
New Jersey
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in both the
United States House of Representatives
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and the
Senate.
Early life and education
Born in
Hanover
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in the
Province of New Jersey
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, he attended the common schools and became a blacksmith.
Political career
He was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
in 1781–1782, 1784, 1786–1790, 1793–1794, 1797, 1801–1804, and 1809.
He was elected to the
Second Congress (March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793) and to the
Third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Abraham Clark
Abraham Clark (February 15, 1726 – September 15, 1794) was an American Founding Father, politician, and Revolutionary War figure. He was a delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and ...
and was reelected to the
Fourth Congress, serving from January 29, 1795, to March 3, 1797.
He resumed his former business activities and was elected to the
Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801). He was then elected as a
Democratic Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1805, to March 12, 1809, when he resigned
Kitchell died in Hanover on June 25, 1820, and was interred there in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church.
External links
Aaron Kitchellat
The Political Graveyard
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1744 births
1820 deaths
Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
People from Hanover Township, New Jersey
United States senators from New Jersey
New Jersey Federalists
Democratic-Republican Party United States senators
Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
People of colonial New Jersey
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