Walker Todd (c. 1786 in
New Milford,
Litchfield County, Connecticut
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– August 1840 in
Mount Pleasant,
Westchester County, New York
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) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of Capt. Eli Todd and Mercy (Merwin) Todd. He graduated from
Yale College
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in 1810. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and practiced in
Carmel, New York
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. He married Sarah Ann Smith, and they had several children.
He was Surrogate of
Putnam County from 1819 to 1821, and later for some time Postmaster of Carmel.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(2nd D.) from 1828 to 1831, sitting in the
51st,
52nd,
53rd and
54th New York State Legislature
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Background
Under the provisi ...
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In 1832, he was an Inspector of
Mount Pleasant State Prison. He was again Surrogate of Putnam County from 1833 to 1840.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f, 146 and 416; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''List of Post-Offices in the United States''issued by the Postmaster General (1828; pg. 17)
*Death notice i
''American Masonic Register and Literary Companion''(issue of September 5, 1840; pg. 7)
''Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society''(1833; pg. 166)
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1780s births
1840 deaths
People from New Milford, Connecticut
People from Carmel, New York
New York (state) state senators
New York (state) postmasters
New York (state) state court judges
Yale College alumni
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American judges