Hiram Gardner
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Hiram Gardner was an American lawyer and politician from New York
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He was a member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly
and a presidential elector in 1836. He was the Secretary of the New York Electoral College, and cast his vote for Martin Van Buren
like all the New York electors.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846.
He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Niagara County Court from July 1847 to December 1851.
He was a Canal Commissioner
from 1859 to 1861, elected on the Republican ticket.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lockport in 1822.He was a member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
and a presidential elector in 1836. He was the Secretary of the New York Electoral College, and cast his vote for Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....
like all the New York electors.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846.
He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Niagara County Court from July 1847 to December 1851.
He was a Canal Commissioner
Erie Canal Commission
The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...
from 1859 to 1861, elected on the Republican ticket.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 389 and 406)
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 59, 218, 275, 329 and 362; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gardner.html Political Graveyard (giving wrong tenure in Assembly)