Teunis G. Bergen

Teunis Garret Bergen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Preceded by	Martin Kalbfleisch
Succeeded by	Demas Barnes
Personal details
Born	October 6, 1806 Brooklyn, New York
Died	April 24, 1881 (aged 74) Brooklyn, New York
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Roelof Van Brunt Bergen
Children	Garrett T Bergen
Alma mater	Erasmus Hall Academy
Profession	farmer, surveyor, politician, writer, historian
Military service
Service/branch	New York State Militia
Rank	colonel
Unit	Two Hundred and Forty-first Regiment

Teunis Garret Bergen (October 6, 1806 – April 24, 1881) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bergen was the son of Garrett and Jane Wyckoff Bergen and the second cousin of John Teunis Bergen, also a U. S. Representative from New York. He attended the common schools and Erasmus Hall Academy (in Flatbush). He married Elizabeth Roelof Van Brunt on December 19, 1827, and they had one son, Garrett T. Bergen.^[1]

Bergen engaged in agricultural pursuits and surveying, and was supervisor of New Utrecht, Kings County, New York from 1836 to 1859. He was a member of the New York constitutional conventions in 1846, 1867, and 1868, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore and Charleston in 1860.^[2]

Bergen was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served as U. S. Representative for the second district of New York holding office from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1867.^[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1866 and resumed agricultural pursuits and surveying near New Utrecht, and also engaged in literary and historical work.

Having served as ensign, captain, adjutant, and lieutenant colonel, Bergen was colonel of the Two Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, New York State Militia (known as Kings County Troop).

Death

Bergen died in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on April 24, 1881 (age 74 years, 200 days). He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.^[4]

See also

• Hans Hansen Bergen

References

1. "Teunis G. Bergen". Geni.com. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
2. "Teunis G. Bergen". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
3. "Teunis G. Bergen". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
4. "Teunis G. Bergen". Find A Graver. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

External links

• Teunis G. Bergen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress