Rowland Day

Rowland Day (March 6, 1779 Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts – December 23, 1853 Moravia, Cayuga County, New York) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Rowland Day
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded byUlysses F. Doubleday
Succeeded byUlysses F. Doubleday
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byCharles Kellogg
New York State Assembly
In office
1816–1817
Personal details
Born(1779-03-06)March 6, 1779
Chester, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 23, 1853(1853-12-23) (aged 74)
Moravia, New York
Political partyCrawford Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian

Life

In 1805, Day removed to Skaneateles, and in 1810 to Sempronius. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was Supervisor of the Town of Sempronius for several years.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816-17, and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.

Day was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th, and as a Jacksonian to the 23rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825, and from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835.

He was Postmaster of Sempronius. In 1833, the Western part of Sempronius (where Day lived) was separated as the Town of Moravia.

He was buried at the Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia

References
  • United States Congress. "Rowland Day (id: D000159)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 57, 71f, 192 and 269; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
  • Table of the Post Offices in the United States (1831; page 46)
  • Rowland Day at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
new district		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th congressional district
1823–1825		 Succeeded by
Charles Kellogg
Preceded by
Ulysses F. Doubleday		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th congressional district
1833–1835		 Succeeded by
Ulysses F. Doubleday
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