Zalmon Wildman (February 16, 1775 – December 10, 1835) was an American businessman and banker who served several months as a
United States representative from
Connecticut in 1835.
Biography
He was born in
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut.
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
where he completed preparatory studies. He was manufacturer of hats in Danbury—known as 'Hat City' -- and established the first hat shops from there in
Charleston, South Carolina
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and
Savannah, Georgia in 1802. In addition, he was the first president of Danbury National Bank from 1824 to 1826.
Wildman was a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives in 1818 and 1819. He was appointed
postmaster
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of Danbury, Connecticut and served from April 9, 1805, to May 26, 1835. He was elected as a
Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress
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and served from March 4, 1835, until his death in
Washington, D.C., December 10, 1835. He was buried in Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut.
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References
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1775 births
1835 deaths
American manufacturing businesspeople
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Politicians from Danbury, Connecticut
Connecticut postmasters
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
19th-century American politicians