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John Conover Ten Eyck ( March 12 , 1814 – August 24 , 1879 ) was a United States Senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War . Born in Freehold, New Jersey , he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the Bar in 1835, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey . He was Prosecuting Attorney for Burlington County in 1839 and 1840, and was a delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional Convention of 1844. Ten Eyck was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1865; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, and was appointed a member of a commission to revise the New Jersey constitution in 1875, and for a time was president of the commission. He died in Mount Holly, New Jersey in 1879 and was interred in St. Andrew's Cemetery. REFERENCES
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