Dudley Selden (1794 – November 7, 1855

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. From 1833 to 1834, he served part of one term in the

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Life

Family

He was a son of Joseph Dudley Selden (1764–1837) and Ethelinda Colt (1771–1864). He married Mary Augusta Packard (1803–1868), and had a daughter Maria Louisa Selden who married William Rogers Morgan.

Early career

Selden graduated from

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, in 1819. He studied law. He was

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and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City in 1831.

Political career

He was a member of the

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in 1831.

Congress

Selden was elected as a Jacksonian to the

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and served from March 4, 1833, to July 1, 1834, when he resigned.

Death and burial

He died on November 7, 1855, in

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and was buried at

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Sources

* ''Selden Ancestry: A Family History'', by Seophie Selden Rogers, Elizabeth Selden Lane, and Edwin Van Deusen Selden. Published Oil City, PA by E. Van D Selden.
''Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention''
by Herbert G. Houze, Carolyn C. Cooper, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser (Yale University Press, 2006, , ; page 246) ives birthyear 1794, but shows Joseph Dudley Selden in a place which suggests his marriage to another Ethelinda of the next generation

External links

* (gives birthyear 1797) {{DEFAULTSORT:Selden, Dudley 1855 deaths 1794 births American expatriates in France Union College (New York) alumni Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Members of the New York State Assembly Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives