Hiram Walden was a United States Representative from New York

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Walden was born in Pawlet

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, Vermont

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 on August 21, 1800, where he attended the district schools. He moved to Berne, New York

Berne, New York

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 in 1818 and to what became known as Waldenville, in the Town of Wright, Schoharie County, New York in 1821. There he married Sophia Dominick, daughter of John Dominick and Margaretha Ball. (His ancestors and descendants are posted on the Berne Historical Project web site.)

Walden was engaged in the manufacture of axes; major general of militia; member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1836; was one of the supervisors of the town of Wright, New York

Wright, New York

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 in 1842; elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirty-first Congress

31st United States Congress

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 (March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Patents (Thirty-first Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress

32nd United States Congress

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; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; was also employed in the customhouse in New York City

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; lived in retirement until his death in Waldenville, New York on July 21, 1880; interment in Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery (formerly called Pine Grove), Berne, New York.

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