William Radford (New York)

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William Radford (June 24, 1814 - January 18, 1870) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, he received a limited schooling, moved to New York City in 1829, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress and resumed his former business pursuits. Radford died in Yonkers, Westchester County in 1870; interment was in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Westfield, Union County, New Jersey.

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