Moses Hayden

Moses Hayden (June 1785  February 13, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Moses Hayden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th district
In office
March 4, 1823  March 3, 1827
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byDaniel D. Barnard
Member of the New York State Senate
from the 8th (Class 2) district
In office
1829–1830
Preceded bySamuel Wilkeson
Succeeded byPhilo C. Fuller
Personal details
BornJune 1785 (1785-06)
Conway, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1830(1830-02-13) (aged 44)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Resting placeMount Pleasant Cemetery, Fowlerville, New York, U.S.
Political party

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 in 1804. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. On August 8, 1809, he married Elizabeth Williams (d. 1825). They had no children.

Later he removed to York, New York, and was First Judge of the Livingston County Court from 1821 to 1823.

Hayden was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the 18th, and re-elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress, 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

  • United States Congress. "Moses Hayden (id: H000387)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. [gives "near Westfield" as birthplace, and 1786 as birthdate]
  • 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) [gives Conway as birthplace, and June 1785 as birthdate]
  • Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Thomas Davis (1895; pages 288 and 491) [has two entries of Moses Hayden, one giving Conway as birthplace, one giving "in Westfield", and 1786 as birthdate]
  • Hayden genealogy at New England Genealogy [gives for Dr. Moses Hayden two sons named Moses, one (1767–1855) with first wife, and the subject of this article with second wife]
  • History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts (1885; pages 339f) [gives Conway as birthplace]
U.S. House of Representatives
New district Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th congressional district

1823–1827
Succeeded by
Daniel D. Barnard
New York State Senate
Preceded by
Samuel Wilkeson
New York State Senate
Eighth District (Class 2)

1829–1830
Succeeded by
Philo C. Fuller
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