Daniel Wardwell (May 28, 1791 – March 27, 1878) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1831 to 1837,

Biography

Born in

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, Wardwell was graduated from Brown University,

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, in 1811. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice in

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. He moved to Mannsville, New York, in 1814. He served as judge of the court of common pleas for Jefferson County, New York. Wardwell was a member of the

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in 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1838.

Congress

Wardwell was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses).

Later career and death

He returned to

, and resumed the practice of law. He died in

, March 27, 1878. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery, Mannsville, New York.

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wardwell, Daniel 1791 births 1878 deaths Brown University alumni Politicians from Rome, New York Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)