Gideon Hard (April 29, 1797 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont – April 27, 1885 in Albion,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He graduated from

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in 1822. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Newport (now Albion), New York, in 1826. Hard was elected as an Anti-Mason to the 23rd, and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837. He was Commissioner of Schools of Barre, New York from 1841 to 1848; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1842 to 1847, sitting in the 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th and

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s. He was a Canal Appraiser from 1849 to 1850. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Orleans County Court from 1856 to 1860. He was buried at the Mount Albion Cemetery.

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