John Beatty
Pro-Administration Representative of New Jersey
Representative
New Jersey
December 2, 1793 - March 3, 1795
1
Congresses Served
1
House Terms
December 10, 1749 (76 years old)
Birthday
May 30, 1826
Death
- American physician and statesman from New Jersey.
- Born in Pennsylvania as the oldest of ten children in a prominent family with connections to early American leadership.
- Graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) in 1769.
- Served as a major in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was captured at Fort Washington.
- Held various political positions, including member of the New Jersey Legislative Council, delegate to the Continental Congress, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, and U.S. House of Representatives member.
- Voted against the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution while in Congress.
- Served as Secretary of State of New Jersey for a decade.
- Married to Catherine DeKlyn, with whom he had two children.
- Involved in The Society of the Cincinnati, serving as treasurer until his death.
- His personal papers and family history are preserved at the Presbyterian Historical Society.