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Preceded by
  
William Wright

Political party
  
Republican

Succeeded by
  
John P. Stockton

Name
  
John Ten

Resigned
  
March 3, 1865

Party
  
Republican Party


John C. Ten Eyck

Born
  
March 12, 1814 Freehold Township, New Jersey (
1814-03-12
)

Role
  
Former United States Senator

Died
  
August 24, 1879, Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States

Previous office
  
Senator (NJ) 1859–1865

John Conover Ten Eyck (March 12, 1814 – August 24, 1879) was a United States Senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War.

Born in Freehold Township, New Jersey, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey. He was prosecuting attorney for Burlington County in 1839 and 1840, and was a delegate to the New Jersey constitutional convention of 1844.

Ten Eyck was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1865; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, and was appointed a member of a commission to revise the New Jersey State Constitution in 1875, and for a time was president of the commission. He died at his home in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey in 1879 and was interred in St. Andrew's Cemetery.

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John C. Ten Eyck Wikipedia