predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
isaac halstead williamson elias p. seeley thomas j. yorke samuel l. southard philemon dickerson thomas j. yorke 18 november 1873 hillsborough township , new jersey trenton , new jersey dutch reformed democratic governor of representatives from new jersey 's at-large district of new jersey member of the u.s. house 12 december 1791 9th november 4 , 1839 6 , 1829 october 25 , 1833 march peterdumontvroom.jpg peter dumont vroom
 october 3 , 1841 26 , 1832 october 28 , 1836 march peter dumont vroom
peter dumont vroom

peter dumont vroom -lrb- december 12 , 1791 -- november 18 , 1873 -rrb- , an american democratic party politician , served as the ninth governor of new jersey -lrb- serving two terms in office ; from 1829 -- 1832 and 1833 -- 1836 -rrb- and as a member of the united states house of representatives for a single term , from 1839 -- 1841 .
he was born in hillsborough township , new jersey the son of col. peter dumont vroom -lrb- 1745-1831 -rrb- who represented somerset county as an assemblyman -lrb- 1790 -- 91 , 1794 -- 96 , and 1811 -- 13 -rrb- and in the legislative council from 1798 to 1804 as a federalist .
the younger vroom graduated from columbia college , new york in 1808 .
after studying law at somerville academy he was admitted to the bar in 1813 .
vroom was a member of the new jersey general assembly from 1826 to 1829 .
he then served as governor of new jersey from 1829 to 1832 and 1833 to 1836 .
as governor , vroom supported the establishment of the camden and amboy railroad and the delaware and raritan canal .
in 1838 , vroom was one of five democratic candidates for congress to become involved in the broad seal war controversy .
disputed election results caused the u.s. house of representatives to challenge the whig candidates certified by governor william pennington .
after a lengthy fight , vroom and the four other democrats were seated in place of the whigs .
vroom lost his bid for reelection in 1840 .
he then served as a delegate to the new jersey state constitutional convention in 1844 .
he was appointed by president franklin pierce as united states minister to prussia from november 4 , 1853 through august 10 , 1857 .
he died in trenton , new jersey and was buried in the dumont cemetery off river road in hillsborough , new jersey .
