Records of the U.S. Senate. 1789 - 2015. Credentials. 1789 - 1998. Credentials of Senator Jonathan Elmer from New Jersey

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Records of the U.S. Senate. 1789 - 2015. Credentials. 1789 - 1998. Credentials of Senator Jonathan Elmer from New Jersey

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Elmer, Jonathan, 1745-1817

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Jonathan Elmer (November 29, 1745 – September 3, 1817) was an American physician and politician. A three-time delegate to the Continental Congress, he went on to serve as one of the first United States Senators from New Jersey. Born in Cedarville in the Province of New Jersey, Elmer was privately tutored until 1765, when he began attendance in the first class of medical students at the University of Pennsylvania. He received the degree of bachelor of medicine in 1768, and 1771 he received his...