Daniel Wardwell

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Daniel Wardwell

Daniel Wardwell (born May 28, 1791 in Bristol , Rhode Island , † March 27, 1878 in Rome , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1831 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Wardwell was born in Bristol about eight years after the War of Independence ended . In 1811 he graduated from Brown University in Providence . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Rome, Oneida County . In 1814 he moved to Mannsville . He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Jefferson County . Between 1825 and 1828 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the 1830 congressional elections for the 22nd Congress , Wardwell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 20th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Joseph Hawkins and Jonah Sanford on March 4, 1831 , who previously together represented the district in the US House of Representatives. In 1832 he ran for the 23rd Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Nathaniel Pitcher on March 3, 1833 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1836 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1837 Congress of. As a congressman, he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (23rd and 24th Congress ).

After his time at Congress, he returned to Rome, where he again worked as a lawyer. He died there on March 27, 1878 and was then buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Mannsville.

Web links

  • Daniel Wardwell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)