Jacob Reynier Wortendyke (November 27, 1818 – November 7, 1868) was an American
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politician who represented in the
United States House of Representatives 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
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...
in 1839. He taught school for ten years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.[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.
The Jacob Wortendyke House in
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places since 1983 (as Reference #: 83001593).
New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Bergen County
, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 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
New Jersey lawyers
People from Montvale, New Jersey
People from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Rutgers University alumni
American politicians of Dutch descent
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American lawyers