American Whig party politician John Van Dyke died near the confluence of which two rivers?
John Van Dyke (politician): John Van Dyke (April 3, 1807 in Lamington, Somerset County, New Jersey – December 24, 1878 in Wabasha, Minnesota) was an American jurist and Whig Party politician who represented  's 4 congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851. Wabasha, Minnesota: Wabasha is a city in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. Wabasha, Minnesota:  Located on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Chippewa River, it is the county seat.
the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Chippewa River