| Last name | Symmes |
| Display name | Judges Symmes |
| Other names | John Cleves Symmes |
| Birth date | 1742 |
| Death date | 1814 |
| Birth place | New York |
| Death place | Ohio |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | review, usag |
| Bio notes | Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and later a pioneer in the Northwest Territory. Member of New Jersey Senate in 1776 & 1780, served on New Jersey Supreme Court in 1777 & 1778. Uncle of Capt. Symmes. Judge at Monmouth Court-house, committed Thomas Eddy to prison. |