- Walter Booth
Infobox Congressman
name=Walter Booth
width=220px
state=Connecticut
district=2nd
party=United States Free Soil Party
term=March 4 ,1849 –March 3 ,1851
preceded=Samuel D. Hubbard
succeeded=Colin M. Ingersoll
date of birth=birth date|1791|12|8|mf=y
place of birth=Woodbridge, Connecticut , U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1870|4|30|1791|12|8|mf=y
place of death=Meriden, Connecticut , U.S.
spouse=Sarah H. Booth
religion=
current occupation=Politician ,Manufacturer
footnotes=Walter Booth (
December 8 ,1791 –April 30 ,1870 ) was aUnited States Representative fromConnecticut . He was born inWoodbridge, Connecticut . He attended the common schools and settled in Meriden and engaged in manufacturing.Booth was active in the Connecticut Militia. He was a
Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Second Battalion of Militia from 1825 to 1827,Brigadier General in 1827 and 1828, andMajor General of the First Division 1831-1834. He served as a judge of the county court in 1834. He was a member of theConnecticut State House of Representatives in 1838. He was elected as a Free-Soiler to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 -March 3, 1851). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-Second Congress. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died inMeriden, Connecticut in 1870. He was buried in East Cemetery.External links
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