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Ephraim Bateman

Adams Senator of New Jersey

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 1, 1817 - March 3, 1819

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 6, 1819 - March 3, 1821

  • Representative

    New Jersey

    December 3, 1821 - March 3, 1823

  • Senator

    New Jersey

    November 9, 1826 - March 3, 1827

  • Senator

    New Jersey

    December 3, 1827 - January 12, 1829

6

Congresses Served

4

House Terms

2

Senate Terms

July 9, 1780 (48 years old)

Birthday

January 28, 1829

Death

  • Served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1826 to 1829
  • Represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1815 to 1823
  • Attended local schools and Nathaniel Ogden’s Latin school
  • Apprenticed as a tailor before teaching in a local school
  • Studied medicine and practiced in Cedarville, New Jersey
  • Served in the New Jersey General Assembly in various years (1808-1809, 1811, 1813) and was the speaker in 1813
  • Member and president of the New Jersey Legislative Council in 1826
  • Election to the U.S. Senate was contested but ultimately declared legal
  • Resigned from the Senate due to failing health
  • Died in Cedarville, New Jersey, and was interred in the Old Stone Church Cemetery in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey