Ebenezer Tucker (November 15, 1758 – September 5, 1845) was in theUnited States House of Representatives from New Jersey where he was elected to both theNineteenth and theTwentieth United States Congress. He was in Congress from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829.
Tucker served in theAmerican Revolutionary War under GeneralGeorge Washington at theBattle of Long Island and other engagements. He was a judge of theCourt of Common Pleas, justice of Court Of Quarter Sessions and judge of the Orphans Court ofBurlington County from 1820 to 1825. He moved to what is nowTuckerton, New Jersey, which was named after him, where he engaged in business and shipbuilding. He was thepostmaster of Tuckerton from 1806 to 1825, when he resigned to take up his duties in Congress. After Congress, he was again the postmaster of Tuckerton from 1831 until his death in there in 1845. His grave is marked by a most prominent obelisk.
Tucker was the first collector of revenue of the port of Tuckerton. Tuckerton became the thirdport of entry of the United States, afterNew York City andPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Tucker's commission as collector bears the date March 21, 1791, and was signed by George Washington,President, andThomas Jefferson,Secretary of State.
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