Walworth, Reuben Hyde
"WALWORTH, Reuben Hyde, a Representative from New York; born in Bozrah, Conn., October 26, 1788; moved to New York with his parents, who settled on a farm near Hoosick in 1796; attended the common schools; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Plattsburgh in 1810; master in chancery and circuit judge in 1811; served in the War of 1812; aide-de-camp to Gen. Benjamin Mooers and division judge advocate with rank of colonel; elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); was not a candidate for renomination in 1822; judge of the fourth judicial district of New York 1823-1828; moved to Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., in October 1828; chancellor of the State of New York from 1828 to 1848, when the office of chancellor was abolished; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor in 1848; appointed as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Tyler in 1844, but was not confirmed by the Senate; died in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., November 27, 1867; interment in Greenridge Cemetery." Father of Ann Eliza Walworth Backus in addition to the two children listed below.
Family links: Parents: Benjamin Walworth (1746 - 1812) Apphia Hyde Walworth (1757 - 1837) Spouses: Maria Ketchum Averill Walworth (1795 - 1847)* Sarah Ellen Smith Walworth (1811 - 1874)* Children: Clarence Augustus Walworth (1820 - 1900)* Mansfield Tracy Walworth (1830 - 1873)* Siblings: Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788 - 1867) Benjamin Walworth (1792 - 1879)** Apphia Walworth Matteson (1794 - 1879)** *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling |
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