Abraham Ogden
| Abraham Ogden | |
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| U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey |
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In office 1791–1798 |
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| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for Essex County | |
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In office 1790 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 30, 1743 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died | January 31, 1798 (aged 54) |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Frances Ludlow (m. 1767; his death 1798) |
| Relations |
Samuel Ogden (brother) Josiah Ogden Hoffman (nephew) |
| Children | 13, including David |
| Parents | David Ogden Gertrude Gouverneur |
| Residence | Morristown, New Jersey |
Abraham Ogden (December 30, 1743 – January 31, 1798) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1791 to 1798 and negotiated the Treaty of New York in 1796.
Ogden was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1743. He was the third son of David Ogden and Gertrude (née Gouverneur) Ogden. His father was a noted jurist and a member of the supreme court for the royal province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War.
His sister, Sarah Ogden (1742–1821), married Nicholas Hoffman (1736–1800), and were the parents of Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837). His brother, Samuel Ogden (1746–1810), served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War, and was later prominent in the iron business. Samuel married Euphemia Morris (1754–1818), a sister of Gouverneur Morris, in 1775.
Ogden trained as a lawyer, establishing his practice in Morristown, New Jersey. He was appointed Surrogate of Morris County in 1768.
Among those who studied law at his Morristown office were (later United States Senator from New Jersey) and his nephew, Josiah Ogden Hoffman, later the New York State Attorney General.
During the Revolutionary War, Ogden and his brother Samuel sided with the Patriots, while their father David and brothers Isaac, Nicholas and Peter sided with the Loyalists.
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