Walker Todd (c. 1786 in New Milford,

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– August 1840 in Mount Pleasant,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Capt. Eli Todd and Mercy (Merwin) Todd. He graduated from

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in 1810. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and practiced in

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. He married Sarah Ann Smith, and they had several children. He was Surrogate of Putnam County from 1819 to 1821, and later for some time Postmaster of Carmel. He was a member of the

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(2nd D.) from 1828 to 1831, sitting in the 51st, 52nd,

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and

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s. In 1832, he was an Inspector of Mount Pleasant State Prison. He was again Surrogate of Putnam County from 1833 to 1840.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f, 146 and 416; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''List of Post-Offices in the United States''
issued by the Postmaster General (1828; pg. 17) *Death notice i
''American Masonic Register and Literary Companion''
(issue of September 5, 1840; pg. 7)
''Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society''
(1833; pg. 166) {{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Walker 1780s births 1840 deaths People from New Milford, Connecticut People from Carmel, New York New York (state) state senators New York (state) postmasters New York state court judges Yale College alumni 19th-century New York state court judges 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature