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  Pelton, Guy Ray
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NameGuy Ray Pelton
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New York, New York , United States
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Born August 03, 1824
DiedJuly 24, 1890 (65 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 24, 2005 12:05pm
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InfoPELTON, Guy Ray, a Representative from New York; born near Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., August 3, 1824; attended the common schools and the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn.; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1851; held various local offices; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Great Barrington; died while on a tour in an attempt to climb Mary’s Mountain in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 24, 1890; interment in Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.


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