Biography

05/07/1824 - 09/04/1907

Byron Delano Hamlin (D18) Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties 1853-1855

Early Life:

Byron Delano Hamlin, born May 7, 1824, Sheshequin, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; son of Doctor Asa and Asenath Delano Hamlin; moved, Smethport, Pennsylvania, 1833; principal, Smethport Academy, 1844; married, Harriet Holmes Hamlin, 1846, children, Delano Richmond Hamlin, Jenette Hamlin Redfield, Mary Hamlin Forrest; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1853-1855, Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate, 1854; member, board, Bradford Hospital, 1881; industrial, corporate attorney; died, September 4, 1907 (aged 83), Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania; interment, Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties, 1853-1855; Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate, 1854.

Legacy:

Senate district of Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties larger than the state of Connecticut.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University

John W. Jordon, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania, volume 1, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913), pages 183-185.

Rufus Barrett Stone, McKean, The Governor’s County (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company Incorporated 1926), pages 82-84; Portrait: Jordan.

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