Ransom Halloway (c. 1793 – April 6, 1851) was an American politician who was a
United States representative
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from
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from 1849 to 1851.
Early life
Halloway was born in
Pawling,
Dutchess County
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. His name is sometimes spelled "Holloway." After the deaths of their parents, Ransom and his sister were raised by relatives.
Career
He settled in
Beekman, where he farmed and worked as a hat maker. He was also active in the state militia, and was appointed
paymaster
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of the 30th Brigade in 1818.
Halloway was elected as a
Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851.
Personal life
In 1820, he married Rebecca Dodge, a daughter of Joseph and Ann Dodge, who died on August 5, 1843.
In 1851, a few months before his death, he married Eliza Genevieve Waring of
Mount Pleasant in
Prince George County, Maryland
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. His second wife's name appears in some accounts as "Warren."
He died on April 6, 1851, in
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
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, at Mount Pleasant, the home of his second wife. He was buried next to his first wife at the Dodge Family Cemetery in Pawling.
[Hawley, An Explanation of Proposed Revisions, page 26]
References
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Ransom Hallowaya
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1790s births
1851 deaths
People from Beekman, New York
Paymasters
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
People from Pawling, New York
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives