Background
Elmer, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus was born on February 3, 1793 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Seeley) Elmer.
Elmer, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus was born on February 3, 1793 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Seeley) Elmer.
Attended University of Pennsylvania. A.M. (honorary), College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1824, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1865.
Member New Jersey Assembly, 1820-1823, speaker, 1823. Appointed United States district attorney for New Jersey, 1824. Trustee College of New Jersey, 1829-1864.
1843-1845; member United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, 28th Congress, attorney general New Jersey, 1850-1852. Justice New Jersey Supreme Court, 1852-1859, 62-69.
Member New Jersey Assembly, 1820-1823, speaker, 1823. Member United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, 28th Congress, attorney general New Jersey, 1850-1852.
Married Catharine Hay, October 6, 1818.