Daniel Wardwell (May 28, 1791 – March 27, 1878) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served three terms as a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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from 1831 to 1837,
Biography
Born in
Bristol, Rhode Island
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, Wardwell was graduated from
Brown University
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,
Providence, Rhode Island
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, in 1811.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
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and commenced practice in
Rome, New York
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.
He moved to
Mannsville, New York
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, in 1814.
He served as judge of the court of common pleas for Jefferson County, New York.
Wardwell was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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in 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1838.
Congress
Wardwell was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second,
Twenty-third, and
Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses).
Later career and death
He returned to
Rome, New York
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, and resumed the practice of law.
He died in
Rome, New York
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, March 27, 1878.
He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery,
Mannsville, New York
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.
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1791 births
1878 deaths
Brown University alumni
Politicians from Rome, New York
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century American politicians
Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)