Herman D. Gould

Herman Day Gould ( born January 16, 1799 in Sharon, Connecticut, † January 26, 1852 in Delhi, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Herman Day Gould was born shortly before the end of the 18th century in Sharon. He pursued an academic career. Gould went to commercial transactions. Between 1839 and 1849 he was president of the National Bank of Delhi. He ran in 1840 unsuccessfully for a seat in the 27th Congress, and in 1844 for the 29th Congress. Politically he belonged to the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1848 for the 31 Congress Gould was in the tenth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Eliakim Sherrill on March 4, 1849. Since he gave up for reelection in 1850, he retired after March 3, 1851 from the Congress. After that he went about his business in Delhi. He died there on 26 January 1852, and was then buried in the Woodland Cemetery.