Elias P. Seeley

Elias Petty Seeley (November 10, 1791, Bridgeton, New Jersey – August 23, 1846) was an American Whig Party politician who served as the 11th Governor of New Jersey in 1833. Seeley was named to serve as governor after Samuel L. Southard stepped down from office to take a seat in the United States Senate. Seeley represented Cumberland County in the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1829 through 1833.
Seeley died on August 23, 1846, and was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Named after Elias Petty, the brother of his grandmother, Naomi (Petty) Seeley. She was the daughter of Israel and Naomi Petty of Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ.
See also

List of Governors of New Jersey

References
External links

Biography of Elias P. Seeley (PDF), New Jersey State Library
New Jersey Governor Elias Pettit Seeley, National Governors Association
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