Valentine Efner
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| district = 8th
| predecessor = John Adams
| successor = Zadock Pratt
| state = New York
| term = March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
| party = Jacksonian
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1776|05|05}}
| birth_place = Blenheim, Province of New York, British America
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1865|11|20|1776|05|05}}
| death_place = Blenheim, New York, U.S.
|restingplace = Blenheim Hill Cemetery
| occupation = Farmer, politician
}}
Valentine Efner (May 5, 1776 – November 20, 1865) was an American veteran of the War of 1812 who served as a U.S. Representative from New York for one term from 1835 to 1837.
Early life
Born in Blenheim Hill, near Blenheim, New York, Efner completed preparatory studies and became a farmer. He served in local offices, including justice of the peace.
= War of 1812 =
Efner was a major in the New York Militia during the War of 1812. He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel and second in command of the militia's 104th Regiment.
= Politics =
He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1829.
= Congress =
Efner was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837).
He did not run for reelection in 1836 and returned to farming.
Death
He died in Blenheim Hill on November 20, 1865, and was buried at Blenheim Hill Cemetery.
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Category:United States Army officers
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature