SCUDDER, Nathaniel, patriot, born near Huntington, Long Island, New York, 10 May, 1733; died near Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 17 October, 1781. He was graduated at Princeton in 1751, studied medicine, and for many years had an extensive practice in the county of Monmouth, New Jersey At the beginning of the Revolutionary war Dr. Scudder was made lieutenant-colonel of the 1st regiment of Monmouth, New Jersey, militia. In 177'7 he was made colonel of that regiment at the joint meeting of the legislature. During that same year he was a member and a constant attendant upon the meetings of the council of safety. On 30 November, 1777, he was elected a delegate to congress. In the labors and responsibilities of legislation during the Revolutionary war he took an active part. On 13 July, 1778, he made a powerful appeal to the legislature of New Jersey" to confer upon the delegates in congress the authority to sign the articles of confederation. This letter, published in "New Jersey Revolutionary Correspondence," stamps him at once as a strong writer and clear thinker, and a whole-hearted patriot, tie served in congress during the years 1777-'9. From 1778 till 1782 he was a trustee of the College of New Jersey. He was also an elder in the church of the celebrated William Tennent, on the old Monmouth battle-ground. During the Revolution, Monmouth county was frequently excited by the incursions of foraging parties of British troops and Tories. In an engagement with a party of refugees at Black's point near Shrewsbury, Colonel Scudder was killed while leading a battalion of his regiment, lie was buried with the honors of war in the old graveyard at the Tennent church. He was the only congressman that was killed in battle during the Revolutionary war.