Guy R. Pelton

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Guy Ray Pelton (August 3, 1824 – July 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served as a U.S. Representative to the 34th United States Congress (1855 to 1857).

Biography

Pelton was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on August 3, 1824, the second son of Joseph Kneeland Pelton and Harriet Ray.[1][2] He attended the public schools, the Sedgwick Institution in Great Barrington, and the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, Connecticut.[1] He later attended Oberlin College, after which he studied law in Kinderhook, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in New York City with his older brother, Timothy Dwight Pelton[1][2] He was a member of the Union League Club and Freemasons, and was active in business ventures including a rubber manufacturing company.[2]

Congress

A Whig,[3] in 1854 Pelton was elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857.[1] During his term, Pelton was a member of the Committee on Commerce.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856.[1]

Death and burial

Pelton died while climbing Mary Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on July 24, 1890; he had visited the park while en route to his home in Massachusetts after a trip to Alaska.[4] He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[5]

Family

In 1859, Pelton married Mary Childs Franklin, who died in 1866.[2] In 1879, he married Angelina Scoville.[2] With his first wife, Pelton was the father of a son, Franklin Dwight Pelton.[2]

References

  1. 12345Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress (1928). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1927. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1398 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 بيلتون، جيريميا م. (1892). أنساب عائلة بيلتون في أمريكا . ألباني، نيويورك: أبناء جويل مونسيل. الصفحات 362-365 . ISBN  978-0-598-99930-6– عبر كتب جوجل .{{cite book}}عدم توافق رقم ISBN / التاريخ ( مساعدة )
  3. ↑ دوبين، مايكل ج. (1 مارس 1998). انتخابات الكونغرس الأمريكي، 1788-1997: النتائج الرسمية لانتخابات الكونغرس من الأول إلى 105. ماكفارلاند وشركاه. ص 170. ISBN  978-0786402830.
  4. ↑ ثيريولت، إدنور (2023). سماء واسعة، حدائق واسعة . لانام، ماريلاند: روومان وليتلفيلد. ص 134. ISBN  978-1-4930-6476-2– عبر كتب جوجل .
  5. ↑ سبنسر، توماس إي. (1998). أين دُفنوا . بالتيمور، ماريلاند: شركة كليرفيلد. ص 248. ISBN  978-0-8063-4823-0– عبر كتب جوجل .