Moses Hayden (June 1785February 13, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York.
Life
He was the son of Dr. Moses Hayden (1742–1813) and Triphena (French, Childs) Hayden (b. 1756). He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...
in 1804. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Pittsfield†...
. On August 8, 1809, he married Elizabeth Williams (d. 1825). They had no children.
Later he removed to
York, New York
York is a town in western Livingston County, New York, United States. Its population was 3,397 at the 2010 census.
The Abbey of the Genesee in the town's hamlet of Piffard is locally famous due to the production of Monks' Bread.
History
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, and was First Judge of the
Livingston County Court from 1821 to 1823.
Hayden was elected as an Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
to the
18th
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19.
In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
, and re-elected as an Adams man to the
19th United States Congress
The 19th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1825, ...
, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827.
He was an
Anti-Masonic member of the
New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1829 until his death in 1830, sitting in the
52nd and
53rd New York State Legislatures. He was buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Fowlerville, a hamlet in York.
References
ives "near Westfield" as birthplace, and 1786 as birthdatebr>
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 128, 142 and 361; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Records of the Connecticut Line of the Hayden Family''by Jabez Haskell Hayden & William Benjamin Hayden (1888; page 147)
ives Conway as birthplace, and June 1785 as birthdatebr>
''Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts''by William Thomas Davis (1895; pages 288 and 491)
as two entries of Moses Hayden, one giving Conway as birthplace, one giving "in Westfield", and 1786 as birthdatebr>
Hayden genealogyat New England Genealogy
ives for Dr. Moses Hayden two sons named Moses, one (1767–1855) with first wife, and the subject of this article with second wifebr>
''History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts''(1885; pages 339f)
ives Conway as birthplace
External links
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1786 births
1830 deaths
Williams College alumni
New York (state) National Republicans
People from Conway, Massachusetts
People from York, New York
New York (state) state senators
Anti-Masonic Party politicians from New York (state)
New York (state) state court judges
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges