Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Gregory, Dudley Sanford

Gregory, Dudley Sanford, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., February 5, 1800; moved with his father to Albany, N.Y., in 1805; attended the public schools; was a member of the guard of honor to receive General Lafayette on his visit to the United States in 1824; moved to New York City in 1824 and to Jersey City in 1834; served three terms as a freeholder of Hudson County; elected first mayor of Jersey City in 1838 and held the office three terms; was at one time a director of sixteen different railroads; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1848; engaged in banking; died in Jersey City, N.J., December 8, 1874; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Gregory, Dudley Sanford," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1237 Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L8NLUNKHXG4FMNA.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Gregory, Dudley Sanford." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1237, Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L8NLUNKHXG4FMNA.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Gregory, Dudley Sanford' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1237. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L8NLUNKHXG4FMNA.