- Hiram Walden
Infobox_Congressman
name=Hiram Walden
state=New York
district=21st
term=March 4 1849 -March 3 1851
preceded=George A. Starkweather
succeeded=William W. Snow
date of birth=August 21 1800
place of birth=Pawlet, Vermont
date of death=July 21 1880
place of death=Waldenville, New York
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Democrat|Hiram Walden (
August 21 1800 -July 21 1880 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York .Walden was born in Pawlet,
Vermont onAugust 21 1800 , where he attended the district schools. He moved toBerne, New York in 1818 and to what became known as Waldenville, in the Town of Wright, Schoharie County, New York] in 1821. There he married Sophia Dominick, daughter of John Dominick and Margaretha Ball. (His ancestors and descendants are posted on the [http://www.bernehistory.org/index.html Berne Historical Project] web site.)Walden was engaged in the manufacture of axes; major general of militia; member of the
New York State Assembly in 1836; was one of the supervisors of the town ofWright, New York in 1842; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4 1849 -March 3 1851 ); chairman, Committee on Patents (Thirty-first Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; was also employed in the customhouse inNew York City ; lived in retirement until his death in Waldenville, New York onJuly 21 1880 ; interment in Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery (formerly called Pine Grove), Berne, New York.External links
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NAME=Walden, Hiram
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American politician
DATE OF BIRTH=August 21 ,1800
PLACE OF BIRTH=Pawlet, Vermont
DATE OF DEATH=July 21 ,1880
PLACE OF DEATH=Waldenville, Town of Wright, Schoharie County8, New York
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