Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (July 18, 1780 – May 2, 1867) was an American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1833 to 1835.

Biography

Born in

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, Hathaway attended the public schools. He worked at various occupations and made one sea voyage. He moved to

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, in 1803 and two years later to Cincinnatus, Cortland County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Career

He was in the Justice of the Peace 1810–1858. He served as member of the State assembly in 1814 and 1818. He moved to

Solon, New York Solon is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The town had a total population of 1,079 as of the 2010 census. The name of the town comes from the Greek lawmaker Solon. The town is in the center of the county, east of the city of ...

, in 1819. He served in the State senate in

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. Major general in the New York Militia 1823–1858.

Congress

Hathaway was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).

Later career and death

He served as presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1852. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at

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, in 1860. He died in

, May 2, 1867. He was interred in the family cemetery near Solon.

Legacy

His home at Solon, known as the Hatheway Homestead, was listed on the

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in 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hathaway, Samuel Gilbert 1780 births 1867 deaths People from Freetown, Massachusetts American militia generals Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 1852 United States presidential electors People from Cincinnatus, New York Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature