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Gideon Hard (April 29, 1797 in
Arlington,
Bennington County, Vermont – April 27, 1885 in
Albion,
Orleans County, New York
Orleans County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,343. The county seat is Albion. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians ...
) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York.
Life
He graduated from
Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
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
24th United States Congress
The 24th 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, 1835 ...
, 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
70th New York State Legislature
The 70th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5 to December 15, 1847, during the first year of John Young's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the provis ...
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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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1797 births
1885 deaths
People from Arlington, Vermont
Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century American politicians
New York (state) National Republicans
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
New York (state) Whigs
New York (state) state court judges
New York (state) state senators
People from Orleans County, New York
People from Albion, Orleans County, New York
Union College (New York) alumni
19th-century American judges