Hiram Walden

Hiram Walden ( born August 21, 1800, Pawlet, Vermont; † July 21, 1880 in Forest Ville, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hiram Walden attended district schools. In 1818 he moved to Berne in Albany County and 1821 from there to Forest Ville in Schoharie County. Walden went to the manufacture of axes. He was a major general in the militia. In 1836 he sat in the New York State Assembly. He was a supervisor in 1842 in the Town of Wright. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1848 for the 31 Congress Walden was in the 21st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George A. Starkweather on March 4, 1849. Since he gave up for reelection in 1850, he retired after March 3, 1851 from the Congress. During this time, he chaired the Committee on Patents.

After his time Congress he resumed his former business activities. He also worked at the customs office in New York City. He spent his retirement until his death on July 21, 1880 in Forest Ville and was then buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Berne.