Charles Dayan

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Dayan

|image = Charles Dayan (New York).jpg

|office = District attorney (Lewis Co.)

|term_start = 1840

|term_end = 1845

|office2 = New York State Assembly (Lewis Co.)

|term_start2 = 1835

|term_end2 = 1836

|state3 = New York

|district3 = 20th

|term_start3 = March 4, 1831

|term_end3 = March 3, 1833

|predecessor3 = Jonah Sanford
Joseph Hawkins

|successor3 = Noadiah Johnson

|office4 = Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York

|term_start4 = October 17, 1828

|term_end4 = December 31, 1828

|governor4 = Nathaniel Pitcher

|predecessor4 = Peter R. Livingston (acting)

|successor4 = Enos T. Throop

|office5 = New York State Senate (5th D.)

|term_start5 = 1827

|term_end5 = 1828

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1792|07|08}}

|birth_place = Amsterdam, New York

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1877|12|25|1792|07|08}}

|death_place = Lowville, New York

|party = Jacksonian

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

|serviceyears =

|rank = 15px Lieutenant colonel

|unit =

|battles = War of 1812

}}

Charles Dayan (July 8, 1792 – December 25, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician. From 1831 to 1833, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of New York.

Early life

After graduating from Lowville Academy, Dayan became a teacher.

=War of 1812 =

He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812.

Career

Afterwards he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1817, and practiced in Lowville.

= State politics =

He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1827 to 1828, sitting in the 50th and 51st New York State Legislatures. He was President pro tempore of the State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York from October 17 to December 31, 1828.

= Presidential elector =

Dayan was a presidential elector in 1828, voting for Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun.

= Congress =

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 22nd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833.

After Congress

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Lewis Co.) in 1835 and 1836.

From 1840 to 1845, he was District Attorney of Lewis County.

He retired from public life because of ill health, but continued the practice of law.

Death

He died on December 25, 1877, and was buried at Lowville Rural Cemetery.

Sources

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#R9M0IULJ3] Political Graveyard

{{succession box | before = George Brayton | title = New York State Senate
Fifth District (Class 2) | years = 1827–1828 | after = William H. Maynard}}

{{succession box | title = Lieutenant Governor of New York
Acting | before = Peter R. Livingston
Acting | after = Enos T. Throop | years = 1828}}

{{US House succession box

| state= New York

| district= 20

| before= Jonah Sanford,
Joseph Hawkins

| after= Noadiah Johnson

| years= 1831–1833
with Daniel Wardwell}}

{{succession box | before = George D. Ruggles | title = New York State Assembly
Lewis Co. | years = 1835–1836 | after = George D. Ruggles}}

Category:1792 births

Category:1877 deaths

Category:Lieutenant governors of New York (state)

Category:Members of the New York State Assembly