Elias Petty Seeley | |
Order: | 11th |
Office: | Governor of New Jersey |
Term Start: | February 27, 1833 |
Term End: | October 23, 1833 |
Predecessor: | Samuel L. Southard |
Successor: | Peter Dumont Vroom |
Spouse: | Jane E. Champney |
Birth Date: | November 10, 1791 |
Birth Place: | Bridgeton, New Jersey |
Death Place: | Trenton, New Jersey |
Party: | Whig |
Elias Petty Seeley (November 10, 1791 in Bridgeton, New JerseyAugust 23, 1846) was an American Whig Party politician who served as the 11th governor of New Jersey in 1833.
Seeley was named to serve as governor after Samuel L. Southard stepped down from office to take a seat in the United States Senate. Seeley represented Cumberland County in the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1829 through 1833.
Seeley died on August 23, 1846, and was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton, New Jersey.[1]