Horace Wheaton (February 24, 1803 – June 23, 1882) was an American businessman and politician who served as a
United States representative
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for
New York's 24th congressional district
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from 1843 to 1847.
Early life and education
Born in
New Milford, Connecticut, he moved with his parents to
Pompey, New York in 1810. He received limited schooling and graduated from Pompey Academy.
Career
Wheaton engaged in mercantile pursuits and was a member of the
New York State Assembly in 1834. He was one of the commissioners to build a railroad between
Syracuse and
Utica, and was
postmaster of Pompey from 1840 to 1842. He was supervisor and city treasurer of Pompey and was elected as a
Democrat
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to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1847. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846 and that year moved to Syracuse. He was
mayor of Syracuse from 1851 to 1853 and city treasurer in 1857 and 1858. He also engaged in hardware, saddlery, and mercantile pursuits.
Personal life
Wheaton died in Syracuse in 1882. He was interned at the
Oakwood Cemetery.
References
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1803 births
1882 deaths
People from New Milford, Connecticut
New York (state) postmasters
City and town treasurers in the United States
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Mayors of Syracuse, New York
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
19th-century American politicians