Waldo Hutchins was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born in Brooklyn, Connecticut

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, Hutchins was graduated from Amherst (Massachusetts) College in 1842.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1845 and commenced practice in New York City.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1852.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867.
Park commissioner 1857-1869.

Hutchins was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Forty-sixth

46th United States Congress

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander Smith

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He was reelected to the Forty-seventh

47th United States Congress

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 and Forty-eighth

48th United States Congress

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 Congresses and served from November 4, 1879, to March 3, 1885.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884.
He resumed the practice of law in New York City.
He was appointed in 1887 member of the Central Park commission and served until his death, February 8, 1891, in New York City. There is a bench in his memory near Conservatory Water, Central Park

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He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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