Facts: - death place: holmdel township , new jersey - party: democratic-republican national republican - successor: james lloyd daniel holmes - death date: january 11 , 1852 - spouse: achsah mount - office: sheriff of monmouth county sheriff of monmouth county - predecessor: charles parker richard lloyd - term end: 1820 1828 - birth date: april 7 , 1778 - term start: 1817 1825 - name: john j. ely , esq. . - birth place: new jersey - religion: baptist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john j. ely .
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john j. ely , esq. -lrb- april 7 , 1778 - january 11 , 1852 -rrb- was an american politician who served as a freeholder , as sheriff of monmouth county , new jersey , and as a member of the new jersey general assembly .elected sheriff in 1817 , during the era of good feelings , as a democratic republican , ely served three , one-year terms , the constitutional term limit at the time .in the march 1822 township elections , he was elected to represent freehold township on the board of chosen freeholders .at the may 8 , 1822 annual reorganization , he was chosen as director , and served as director until may 13 , 1835 , when he left the board .in october 1822 , ely was elected to a one-year term representing monmouth county in the new jersey general assembly as the era of good feelings closed , ely affiliated with the national republican party , and returned to the shrievalty in 1825 .he served three years .in 1832 and 1833 , he was the national republican candidate for the monmouth county seat in the new jersey legislative council , losing both times to daniel holmes .in 1829 , john j. ely moved to holmdel township , where he died on january 11 , 1852 .he is buried in the holmdel baptist churchyard .a son , horatio ely , would go on to serve as sheriff from 1837 to 1838 .