Ebenezer Tucker (November 15, 1758 – September 5, 1845) was in the

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from New Jersey where he was elected to both the Nineteenth and the

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. He was in Congress from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829. Tucker served in the

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under General

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at the

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and other engagements. He was a judge of the

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, justice of Court Of Quarter Sessions and judge of the Orphans Court of Burlington County from 1820 to 1825. He moved to what is now

Tuckerton, New Jersey Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, named for founder Ebenezer Tucker (1758–1845), and was a port of entry, but not the third Port of Entry in the United States, as is often described.Stemmer, Peter H"The Port ...

, which was named after him, where he engaged in business and shipbuilding. He was the postmaster of Tuckerton from 1806 to 1825, when he resigned to take up his duties in Congress. After Congress, he was again the postmaster of Tuckerton from 1831 until his death in there in 1845. His grave is marked by a most prominent obelisk. Tucker was the first collector of revenue of the port of Tuckerton. Tuckerton became the third port of entry of the United States, after

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and

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. Tucker's commission as collector bears the date March 21, 1791, and was signed by George Washington,

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, and

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, Secretary of State.

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Tuckerton, New Jersey, web site history page
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