Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (1790-1860)
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00733
- Given Name
- Ferdinand Schureman
- Family Name
- Schenck
- Birth Date
- February 11, 1790
- Death Date
- May 16, 1860
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Ferdinand Schureman Schenck was born in Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey, in 1790. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York (Columbia University) and set up a medical practice at Six Mile Run (now Franklin Park, NJ) after graduating in 1814. As part of his medical practice, he sometimes provided medical treatment for enslaved people in the area.
He was also a politician and served as a U.S. Congressman from 1833 to 1837. He was a Rutgers trustee from 1841 until his death in 1860.
The Ferdinand Schureman Schenck Papers are housed at Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries (call number MC 1095). - Keywords
- white person
- Rutgers University history
- government official
- doctor with Black patients
- U.S. Congress
- Organization
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Rutgers University
- Relationship to Rutgers
- Trustee (1841-1860)
- Child of
- Martin Schenck (1770-1823)
- References
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Ferdinand Schureman Schenck Papers (MC 1095), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. https://bit.ly/2tbMwWu.
“SCHENCK, Ferdinand Schureman.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000116.
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- Jesse Bayker