•
Peter Ballantine (1791–1883) •
Seth Boyden (1788–1870), inventor of
patent leather •
Joseph Philo Bradley (1813–1892),
Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, served on the
Electoral Commission that decided the disputed
1876 presidential election •
Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), writer •
John F. Dryden (1839–1911),
United States Senator and founder of
Prudential Financial •
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885), member of the
United States Senate representing New Jersey and a
United States Secretary of State •
Charles Alling Gifford (1860–1937), architect •
Edward W. Gray (1870–1942), represented
New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1915 to 1919 •
George A. Halsey (1827–1894), represented
New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1867 to 1869 and 1871–1873 •
Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), represented
New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1875 to 1879 and 1881–1883 •
Ray Liotta (1954–2022), actor •
Franklin Murphy (1846–1920), 31st
Governor of New Jersey •
Charles Wolcott Parker (1862–1948), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1907 to 1947 •
Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808–1889),
Mayor of Newark •
Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810–1867), represented from 1853 to 1857 •
William Pennington (1796–1862), 13th Governor of New Jersey and
Speaker of the House during his single term in Congress •
Nehemiah Perry (1816–1881), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, Mayor of Newark •
Theodore Runyon (1822–1896), Civil War general, Newark mayor, and U.S. ambassador to Germany •
Marcus Lawrence Ward (1812–1884), 21st Governor of New Jersey and represented the state in Congress for one term ==See also==