I mentioned Huyler in an earlier
post here about Gamewell and Kansas Streets. There is a picture of Judge Huyler here.
In a manuscript for a Hackensack history book called “Heritage to Horizons”, I found this:
In speaking of roads and transportation, we should note that about the time of the Civil War, through the influence of Judge John Huyler, the established cross streets in Hackensack (evolved from those early farm lanes) were named for the counties of New Jersey. We still have Passaic, Camden, Salem, Mercer, Warren, Bergen, Morris, Hudson, Essex, Sussex and Atlantic Streets. According to Wikipedia, John Huyler was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859. He was an unsuccessful candidate as a Lecompton Democrat for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. The Lecompton Constitution was the source of much debate in Kansas and the nation, as it “enshrined slavery in the proposed state and protected the rights of slaveholders.” (Wikipedia).