William Paulding, Jr.

William Paulding junior ( born March 7, 1770 in Philips Burgh (now Tarrytown ), New York, † February 11, 1854 ) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Paulding junior was born about five years before the outbreak of the War of Independence in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, and grew up there. He attended the common schools and studied law afterwards. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in New York City. Politically, he was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1810 Paulding was in the second electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Gurdon S. Mumford on March 4, 1811. Since he resigned in 1812 to run again, he retired after the March 3, 1813 out of the Congress. During the War of 1812 he served as a brigadier general in the militia of New York. Then he took in 1821 as a delegate part in the Constitutional Convention of New York. He held the post of General Adjutants of New York. In the years 1825 and 1826 he was mayor of New York City. He died on February 11, 1854 in Tarrytown and was then buried in the Old Dutch Burying Ground at Sleepy Hollow. His cousin was John Paulding, who was one of the men who captured Major John Andre.

Honors

The Paulding Avenue in Morris Park from The Bronx was named after him in honor.