Guy Ray Pelton (August 3, 1824 – July 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served as a U.S. Representative to the 34th United States Congress (1855 to 1857).
Biography
Pelton was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on August 3, 1824, the second son of Joseph Kneeland Pelton and Harriet Ray.[1][2] He attended the public schools, the Sedgwick Institution in Great Barrington, and the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, Connecticut.[1] He later attended Oberlin College, after which he studied law in Kinderhook, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in New York City with his older brother, Timothy Dwight Pelton[1][2] He was a member of the Union League Club and Freemasons, and was active in business ventures including a rubber manufacturing company.[2]
A Whig, in 1854 Pelton was elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857.[1] During his term, Pelton was a member of the Committee on Commerce.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856.[1]
Pelton died while climbing Mary Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on July 24, 1890; he had visited the park while en route to his home in Massachusetts after a trip to Alaska.[3] He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[4]
Family
In 1859, Pelton married Mary Childs Franklin, who died in 1866.[2] In 1879, he married Angelina Scoville.[2] With his first wife, Pelton was the father of a son, Franklin Dwight Pelton.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress (1928). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1927. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1398 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pelton, Jeremiah M. (1892). Genealogy of the Pelton Family in America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons. pp. 362–365 – via Google Books.
- ^ Therriault, Ednor (2023). Big Sky, Big Parks. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4930-6476-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8063-4823-0 – via Google Books.
External links
- United States Congress. "Guy R. Pelton (id: P000198)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Guy R. Pelton at Find a Grave
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