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Name
  
Ransom Halloway


Died
  
1851

Ransom Halloway

Ransom Halloway (c. 1793 – April 6, 1851) was a United States Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Pawling, Dutchess County, his sister and he were raised by relatives after the deaths of their parents.

He settled in Beekman, where he farmed and worked as a hat maker. He was also active in the state militia, and was appointed paymaster of the 30th Brigade in 1818.

In 1820 he married Rebecca Dodge, who died in 1843.

Halloway was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851.

He died on April 6, 1851 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland at Mount Pleasant, the home of his second wife Eliza Waring. He was buried next to his first wife at the Dodge Family Cemetery in Pawling.

His name is sometimes spelled "Holloway." His second wife's name appears in some accounts as "Warren."

References

Ransom Halloway Wikipedia