Gideon Reynolds

Gideon Reynolds ( born August 9, 1813 in Petersburg, New York, † July 13, 1896 in Hoosick, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1847 and 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Gideon Reynolds was born during the British - American War in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, and grew up there. During this time, he attended private schools. In 1836 he moved with his father to Hoosick, where he worked in agriculture. He sat in 1839 in the New York State Assembly. Between 1843 and 1846 he was sheriff in Rensselaer County. Politically he belonged at that time to the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1846 for the 30th Congress Reynolds was in the twelfth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richard P. Herrick after March 4, 1847. After a successful re-election he resigned in 1850 to run again and was eliminated after March 3, 1851 the Congress of.

After his conference time he was in Rensselaer County again engaged in farming. In the following years, he joined the Republican Party. He attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate in the years 1856 and 1860. Then he was a member of the Republican State Central Committee. On September 9, 1862, he was appointed Internal Revenue Collector for the 15th District of New York - a position which he held until his resignation on 31 March 1865. About three months later, the Civil War came to an end. In 1875 he sat on the Board of Supervisors of Hoosick. He died there on July 13, 1896, was buried at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery.