David A. Ogden (January 10, 1770 – June 9, 1829) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Morristown, New Jersey, he was the son of Sarah Frances (Ludlow) and Abraham Ogden. Ogden attended King's College (now Columbia University), New York City. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in November of 1791, beginning practice in Newark, New Jersey. He became counselor at law in New Jersey in 1796. He was concerned in the negotiations as to whether Aaron Burr, also from Newark and an executor of his grandfather's will, or Thomas Jefferson became president after the election of 1800, and was widely thought to have tried to get Burr become president. Alexander Hamilton was for a time a legal partner with Ogden and his brother Thomas Ludlow.
Ogden with his brothers Thomas Ludlow and Gouverneur developed through the Ogden Land Company huge tracts of northern New York state. Through their position as counsel to the Holland Land Company, David and Thomas Ogden influenced the settlement of western New York, the construction of the Erie Canal, the determination of property law in New York, even political competition in the Republican party.
Ogden moved to Hamilton (now Waddington), St. Lawrence County, New York, and built a large mansion on Ogden Island. He served as associate judge of the court of common pleas from 1811 to 1815. He also served as member of the State assembly in 1814 and 1815.
Ogden was elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress. He was the first judge of the court of common pleas 1820–1824 and 1825–1829, and was one of the commissioners to settle the boundary between Canada and the United States.
Ogden died in Montreal, Canada, on June 9, 1829 and was interred in Brookside Cemetery, Waddington, New York.
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| Preceded by Moss Kent |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district 1817–1819 |
Succeeded by William Donnison Ford |