Background
Gregory, Dudley Sanford was born on February 5, 1800 in Redding, Connecticut, United States.
United States representative politician
Gregory, Dudley Sanford was born on February 5, 1800 in Redding, Connecticut, United States.
He worked as a clerk in the office of the New York State Comptroller for fourteen years, and became Chief Clerk of the Canal department. Moving to Jersey City from New York City in 1834, he became involved in politics. He was elected the first mayor of newly incorporated Jersey City in 1838 and served to 1840.
(Jersey City was in Bergen County until 1840, when Hudson County was created) He served three separate terms as mayor, being elected again in 1841 and serving to 1842.
He served three terms on the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and was at one time a director of sixteen different railroads. After ten years, Gregory was elected for a third term as mayor in 1858 and served to 1860.
Gregory was involved in banking and railroads. An original stockholder of the Adirondack Iron and Steel Works in Jersey City, Gregory bought the company in 1863.
Adirondack was the oldest continually operating cast-steel works in the United States.
Gregory married Ann Marie Lyon of Albany, New York on September 10, 1822. They had 14 children. Caroline, Mary Louisa, Clara Bartlett, George Washington, Joseph, Dudley Sanford, Ann Eliza, Ann Marie, Walter, Charles Edward, Benjamin, Laura Drew, Archibald McIntyre and David Henderson.
Gregory died in his home in Jersey City on December 8, 1874.
Gregory was a member of the guard of honor to receive General Marquis de Louisiana Fayette on his visit to the United States in 1824. During those years he simultaneously served as a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders. A member of the Whig Party, Gregory was elected in 1846 to the United States House of Representatives, serving one term in office from March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849, and chose not to run for re-election.