The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bateman, Ephraim

​BATEMAN, Ephraim, senator, was born at Cedarville, N.J., in 1770. He studied and practised medicine in his native town, and for a number of years served in the state senate. He was elected a representative to the 14th Congress on the Democratic ticket, and was re-elected to the 15th, 16th, and 17th congresses. On Dec. 7, 1826, having received an equal number of votes with Theodore Frelinghuysen in the election for United States senator to till the vacancy left by the death of Senator McIlvaine, Mr. Bateman made himself senator, his position as president of the council of the state legislature giving him the casting vote. The incident caused much discussion, but the senate afterwards declared his action to be perfectly legal. He died at Cedarville. N.J., Jan. 29, 1829.

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