The Daytons of New Jersey
- Elias Dayton (1737–1807), Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey 1778, New Jersey Assemblyman 1791–1792 1794–1796, Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey 1796–1805. Father of Jonathan Dayton.
- Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), New Jersey Assemblyman 1786–1787 1790 1814–1815, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from New Jersey 1787–1788, New Jersey Councilman 1790, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1791–1799, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1795–1797 1797–1799, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1799–1805. Son of Elias Dayton.
- William L. Dayton (1807–1864), New Jersey State Senator 1837, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1838, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1842–1851, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1856, Attorney General of New Jersey 1857–1861, U.S. Minister to France 1861–1864. Distant relative of Jonathan Dayton.
- William L. Dayton (1839–1897), U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1882–1885. Son of William L. Dayton.
- William L. Dayton (1807–1864), New Jersey State Senator 1837, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1838, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1842–1851, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1856, Attorney General of New Jersey 1857–1861, U.S. Minister to France 1861–1864. Distant relative of Jonathan Dayton.
- Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), New Jersey Assemblyman 1786–1787 1790 1814–1815, Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from New Jersey 1787–1788, New Jersey Councilman 1790, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1791–1799, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1795–1797 1797–1799, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1799–1805. Son of Elias Dayton.
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