Isaac Halstead Williamson

Isaac Halstead Williamson was an American politician who served as the eighth Governor of New Jersey, from 1817 to 1829.

Isaac Halstead Williamson was born in 1767 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He later studied law with his brother Matthias and became a leading lawyer in New Jersey. He received his attorneys license in 1791, followed by his counselors license five years later and in 1804, he was called to be a sergeantatlaw. In 1808, he married Anne Crossdale Jouet and together they had two sons, Benjamin in 1809 and Isaac Halstead in 1811. In 1815, without knowledge that his name was on the ticket, Isaac was elected as the Democratic representative for Essex County.

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