Biographical Data: Jonathan Dayton
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Name Jonathan Dayton
Full Name Jonathan Dayton
Date of Birth:Oct 16, 1760Birthplace: Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Date of Death: Oct 9, 1824 | 63 yrs old Place of death: Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Religion: Episcopalianism
Office Held:  3rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Political Party: Federalist Congress:4th
Date entered office: Dec 7, 1795 (35 yrs old) Preceded by: Frederick Muhlenberg
Date left office: Mar 3, 1797 (36 yrs old) Reason:
Political Party: Federalist Congress:5th
Date entered office: May 15, 1797 (36 yrs old) Preceded by:
Date left office: Mar 3, 1799 (38 yrs old) Reason:
Office Held:  United States Senator
Political Party: Federalist
State Represented: New Jersey Senate Class: 2
Date entered office: Mar 4, 1799 (38 yrs old) Preceded by: Richard Stockton
Date left office: Mar 3, 1805 (44 yrs old) Reason: Lost reelection