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Rowland Day

American politician (1779–1853)

Summary

American politician (1779–1853)

Field	Value
name	Rowland Day
state	New York
district	24th
term_start	March 4, 1833
term_end	March 3, 1835
predecessor	Ulysses F. Doubleday
successor	Ulysses F. Doubleday
term_start2	March 4, 1823
term_end2	March 3, 1825
predecessor2	New district
successor2	Charles Kellogg
office3	New York State Assembly
term_start3	1816
term_end3	1817
birth_date
birth_place	Chester, Massachusetts, US
death_date
death_place	Moravia, New York, US
party	Crawford Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
restingplace	Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia

Jacksonian Rowland Day (March 6, 1779 Chester, Massachusetts – December 23, 1853 Moravia, New York) was an American merchant and politician from New York. From 1823 to 1825, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Life

In 1805, Day removed to Skaneateles, and in 1810 to Sempronius. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was Supervisor of the Town of Sempronius for several years.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816-17, and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.

Congress

Day was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th, and as a Jacksonian to the 23rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825, and from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835.

Later career and death

He was Postmaster of Sempronius. In 1833, the Western part of Sempronius (where Day lived) was separated as the Town of Moravia.

He was buried at the Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia

References

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 57, 71f, 192 and 269; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Table of the Post Offices in the United States (1831; page 46)

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