Aaron Kitchell | |
Jr/Sr1: | United States Senator |
State1: | New Jersey |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1805 |
Term End1: | March 12, 1809 |
Predecessor1: | Jonathan Dayton |
Successor1: | John Condit |
Office2: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd district |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1799 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1801 |
Predecessor2: | N/A |
Successor2: | N/A |
Restingplace: | Hanover Township Presbyterian Church |
Office3: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's At-large district |
Term Start3: | January 29, 1795 |
Term End3: | March 3, 1797 |
Predecessor3: | Abraham Clark |
Successor3: | James Henderson Imlay |
Office4: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's At-large district |
Term Start4: | March 4, 1791 |
Term End4: | March 3, 1793 |
Predecessor4: | Lambert Cadwalader |
Successor4: | Lambert Cadwalader |
Office5: | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly |
Term5: | 1786 - 1790 1793 - 1794 1797 1801 - 1804 1809 |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1744 |
Birth Place: | Hanover, Province of New Jersey, British America |
Death Place: | Hanover, New Jersey, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic-Republican |
Aaron Kitchell (July 10, 1744June 25, 1820) was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate.[1]
Born in Hanover Township in the Province of New Jersey, he attended the common schools and became a blacksmith.
He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1781 - 1782, 1784, 1786 - 1790, 1793 - 1794, 1797, 1801 - 1804, and 1809.
He was elected to the Second Congress (March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793) and to the Third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Abraham Clark and was reelected to the Fourth Congress, serving from January 29, 1795, to March 3, 1797.
He resumed his former business activities and was elected to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1801). He was then elected as a Democratic Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1805, to March 12, 1809, when he resigned
Kitchell died in Hanover Township on June 25, 1820, and was interred there in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church.