Gideon Hard
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gideon Hard
| image = Gideon Hard.jpg
| alt = A headshot illustration of Gideon Hard
| caption = Gideon, "Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York" (1871)
| state = New York
| district = 33rd
| term_start = March 4, 1833
| term_end = March 3, 1837
| successor = Charles F. Mitchell
| state_senate1 = New York
| district1 = 8th
| term_start1 = January 1, 1842
| term_end1 = December 31, 1847
| predecessor1 = William A. Moseley
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1797|04|29}}
| birth_place = Arlington, Vermont, USA
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1885|04|27|1797|04|29}}
| death_place = Albion, New York, USA
| resting_place = Mount Albion Cemetery
| party = {{plainlist|
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Gideon Hard (April 29, 1797 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont – April 27, 1885 in Albion, Orleans County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He graduated from Union College in 1822. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Newport (now Albion), New York, in 1826.
Hard was elected as an Anti-Mason to the 23rd, and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837.
He was Commissioner of Schools of Barre, New York from 1841 to 1848; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1842 to 1847, sitting in the 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th and 70th New York State Legislatures.
He was a Canal Appraiser from 1849 to 1850. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. He was First Judge and Surrogate of the Orleans County Court from 1856 to 1860.
He was buried at the Mount Albion Cemetery.
External links
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- {{Find a Grave|7575121}}
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Category:People from Arlington, Vermont
Category:New York (state) National Republicans
Category:National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:New York (state) Whigs
Category:New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Orleans County, New York
Category:People from Albion, Orleans County, New York
Category:Union College (New York) alumni
Category:19th-century New York state court judges
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives