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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Orville Hungerford |
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Watertown, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 29, 1790
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| Died | April 06, 1851
(60 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | HUNGERFORD, Orville, a Representative from New York; born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., October 29, 1790; attended the public schools; moved with his father to Watertown, N.Y., in 1804; clerked in a store at Burrville, N.Y., and subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits at Watertown; cashier of the Jefferson County National Bank at Watertown 1820-1833; served as its president 1834-1845, and was a director at the time of his death; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for State comptroller in 1847; elected president of the Watertown & Rome Railroad Co. in 1847, in which capacity he served until his death in Watertown, N.Y., April 6, 1851; interment in Brookside Cemetery.
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