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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Rhode IslandWilliam Daniel BRAYTON
(1815-1887)
BRAYTON, William Daniel, a
Representative from Rhode Island; born in Warwick, Kent County,
R.I., November 6, 1815; attended Kent Academy in East Greenwich and
Kingston Academy; spent two years in Brown University, Providence,
R.I.; engaged in mercantile pursuits; major of the Fourth Regiment
of Rhode Island Militia in the Dorr Rebellion; town clerk of
Warwick in 1844; member of the town council; member of the State
house of representatives in 1841 and 1851; served in the State
senate in 1848 and 1853; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3,
1861); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings
(Thirty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; appointed collector of
internal revenue for the second district of Rhode Island in 1862
and served until 1871, when he resigned; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1872; for a number of years in charge of the
money-order division of the Providence post office; died in
Providence, R.I., June 30, 1887; interment in Brayton Cemetery,
Apponaug, R.I.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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