Elias P. SeeleyElias Petty Seeley was an American Whig Party politician who served as the 11th governor of New Jersey in 1833.PoliticsSeeley was named to serve as governor after Samuel L. Southard stepped down from office to take a seat in the United States Senate. Seeley represented Cumberland County in the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1829 through 1833.DeathSeeley died on August 23, 1846, and was interred in Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton, New Jersey.