Hiram Walden

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Hiram Walden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st district
In office
March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851
Preceded by George A. Starkweather
Succeeded by William W. Snow
Born August 21, 1800
Pawlet, Vermont
Died July 21, 1880
Waldenville, New York
Political party Democratic

Hiram Walden (August 21, 1800 - July 21, 1880) was a United States Representative from New York.

Walden was born in Pawlet, Vermont on August 21, 1800, where he attended the district schools. He moved to Berne, 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 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 of Wright, 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 in New York City; lived in retirement until his death in Waldenville, New York on July 21, 1880; interment in Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery (formerly called Pine Grove), Berne, New York.

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Preceded by
George A. Starkweather		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st congressional district
1849 - 1851		 Succeeded by
William W. Snow
Persondata
NAME Walden, Hiram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
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