Dudley Selden (1794 – November 7, 1855
Paris
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,
France
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) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York. From 1833 to 1834, he served part of one term in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Family
He was a son of Joseph Dudley Selden (1764–1837) and Ethelinda Colt (1771–1864). He married Mary Augusta Packard (1803–1868), and had a daughter Maria Louisa Selden who married William Rogers Morgan.
Early career
Selden graduated from
Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
,
Schenectady, New York
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, in 1819. He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
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and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City in 1831.
Political career
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly in 1831.
Congress
Selden was elected as a
Jacksonian to the
23rd United States Congress
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and served from March 4, 1833, to July 1, 1834, when he resigned.
Death and burial
He died on November 7, 1855, in
Paris, France
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and was buried at
Green-Wood Cemetery
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in
Brooklyn, New York
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.
Sources
* ''Selden Ancestry: A Family History'', by Seophie Selden Rogers, Elizabeth Selden Lane, and Edwin Van Deusen Selden. Published Oil City, PA by E. Van D Selden.
''Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention''by Herbert G. Houze, Carolyn C. Cooper, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser (Yale University Press, 2006, , ; page 246)
ives birthyear 1794, but shows Joseph Dudley Selden in a place which suggests his marriage to another Ethelinda of the next generation
External links
* (gives birthyear 1797)
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1855 deaths
1794 births
American expatriates in France
Union College (New York) alumni
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Members of the New York State Assembly
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)