George Dayton (politician)

George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician.

George Dayton
Member of the New Jersey Senate from Bergen County
In office 1875 – 1878
Preceded by	Cornelius Lydecker
Succeeded by	Cornelius S. Cooper
Personal details
Born	October 2, 1827 Troy, New York[1]
Died	1902 (aged 74–75) Closter, New Jersey

Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant.^[2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877.^[3][4][2] Dayton "dropped out of sight after his term in the Senate",^[2] moving to Closter, in 1890 and becoming the clerk of Harrington Township, New Jersey.^[1]

George Dayton was the great grandson of Jonathan Dayton and great-great-grandson of Elias Dayton.^{[citation needed]} Dayton had a brother, Jesse C. Dayton, who served in the New York State Senate at the same time as his own service in the New Jersey Senate.^[5]

Dayton died in 1902, at the age of 75, after an illness of several months.^[2] He was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey, on November 20, 1902.^[5]