Edward D. Hayden

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Edward Daniel Hayden (born December 27, 1833 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , †  November 15, 1908 in Woburn , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Hayden attended the Lawrence Academy in Groton and then studied at Harvard University until 1854 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1857, he began to work in this profession in Woburn. During the Civil War , Hayden was a paymaster in the US Navy . He was deployed under Admiral David Dixon Porter during the Second Vicksburg Campaign and the Red River Campaign . After the war he returned to Woburn, where he worked in the trade. He was also involved in the banking industry. Between 1874 and 1900 he was President of the First National Bank . Hayden was also in the railroad business. For over 30 years he served as a board member of the Boston and Albany Railroad. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1880 and 1882 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1884 , Hayden was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Leopold Morse on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In June 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the same year he renounced a new congressional candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Edward Hayden continued his previous activities. So he became vice president of the Boston and Albany Railroad and director of the Shawmut National Bank of Boston . He died on November 15, 1908 in Woburn and was buried in his birthplace, Cambridge.

Web links

  • Edward D. Hayden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hayden, Edward D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayden, Edward Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1908
Place of death Woburn , Massachusetts