Gideon Hard

Gideon Hard (born April 29, 1797 in Arlington , Vermont , †  April 27, 1885 in Albion , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1822, Gideon Hard graduated from Union College in Schenectady . After that he taught as a teacher for some time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1825, he began to work in this profession in Newport, now Albion. Politically, he initially belonged to the Anti-Masonic Party . Then he joined the movement against the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1832 Hard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the newly established 33rd  constituency of New York , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1837 . These were determined by the discussions surrounding President Jackson's policies.

Hard served in the New York Senate between 1841 and 1848 . At the same time he was the school commissioner in Barre , Orleans County . In the years 1849 and 1850 he was canal appraiser . Until 1850 he also practiced as a lawyer; from 1856 to 1860 he was a district judge. He died on April 27, 1885 in Albion, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Gideon Hard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
new constituency	United States House Representative for New York (33rd constituency) March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837	Charles F. Mitchell