Isaac W. Scudder

Isaac Williamson Scudder (* 1816 in Elizabeth , New Jersey , † September 10, 1881 in Jersey City , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Isaac Scudder first attended preparatory schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1838, he began to work in Elizabeth in this profession. He later moved to Jersey City, where he served as a prosecutor in Hudson County . In 1866 he became a member of the first Jersey City Police Commission. In the same year he became a director of the New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Co. In 1872 he also became a director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company .

Politically, Scudder was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly established seventh constituency of New Jersey , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. Since he refused to run again in 1874, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1875 . In 1875, Isaac Scud became the legal representative for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Hudson County. He died in Jersey City on September 10, 1881 and was buried in Elizabeth, his birthplace.

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SURNAME	Scudder, Isaac W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scudder, Isaac Williamson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1816
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elizabeth , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1881
Place of death	Jersey City , New Jersey