Reuben Whallon
{{Short description|American politician}}
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|office1 = Member of the United States House of Representatives
|term_start1 = March 4, 1833
|term_end1 = March 3, 1835
|predecessor1 = William G. Angel
|successor1 = Dudley Farlin
|constituency1 = New York's 13th congressional district
|office2 = Member of the New York State Assembly
|term_start2 = January 1, 1811
|term_end2 = December 31, 1811
|alongside2 = John Baker, John Richards, Isaac Sargent, David Woods
|predecessor2 = Kitchel Bishop, John Gale, Jason Kellogg, William Livingston, Roger Skinner
|successor2 = Lyman Hall, James Hill, John Kirtland, Alexander Livingston, Halsey Rogers
|constituency2 = Washington County
|term_start3 = November 1, 1808
|term_end3 = December 31, 1809
|alongside3 = Kitchel Bishop, James Hill, Alexander Livingston, Roger Skinner
|predecessor3 = Kitchel Bishop, Thomas Cornell, Lyman Hall, James Hill, Henry Mattison, Gideon Taft
|successor3 = Kitchel Bishop, John Gale, Jason Kellogg, William Livingston, Roger Skinner
|office4 = First Judge of the Essex County, New York Court of Common Pleas
|term_start4 = February 1, 1831
|term_end4 = April 18, 1838
|predecessor4 = Dean Edson
|successor4 = Wolcott Tyrell
|office5 = Town Supervisor of Essex, New York
|term_start5 = 1827
|term_end5 = 1829
|predecessor5 = Ransom Noble
|successor5 = John Gould
|term_start6 = 1818
|term_end6 = 1819
|predecessor6 = Unknown (town records incomplete)
|successor6 = Ralph Hascall
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1776|12|7}}
|birth_place = Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1843|4|15|1776|12|7}}
|death_place = Argyle, New York. U.S.
|resting_place = Whallons Bay Cemetery, Essex, New York, U.S.
|party = Jacksonian (from 1832)
|otherparty = Democratic-Republican (1806–1832)
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|occupation = Businessman
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Reuben Whallon (December 7, 1776 – April 15, 1843) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Bedminster, New Jersey, Whallon attended the common schools.
He moved to Argyle, New York.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace for the township of Argyle March 13, 1806, and served until 1811.
He moved to Essex, New York, in 1814.
He was a large landowner, farmer, merchant, mill owner, and ironmaster.
He served as captain and major in the New York State Militia in 1803–1814.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1808, 1809, and 1811.
Supervisor of the town of Essex in 1818, 1819, 1827, and 1828.
First judge of Essex County Court of Common Pleas 1831–1838.
= Congress =
Whallon was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-third Congress).
= Later career and death =
He again engaged in his former business pursuits.
He died on his estate at Whallons Bay, town of Essex, New York, on April 15, 1843.
He was interred in Whallons Bay Cemetery.
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Category:American militia officers
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:People from Bedminster, New Jersey
Category:People from Argyle, New York
Category:People from Essex, New York
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature