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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkGurdon Saltonstall MUMFORD
(1764-1831)
MUMFORD, Gurdon
Saltonstall, a Representative from New York; born in New
London, Conn., January 29, 1764; attended the common schools;
private secretary to Benjamin Franklin during the latter part of
his official residence in Paris; returned with Franklin to America
in 1785 and settled in New York City; became associated with his
brothers in the commission business in 1791; elected as a
Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Representative-elect Daniel D. Tompkins; reelected
to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1805,
to March 3, 1811; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures
(Ninth Congress); presidential elector in 1812 and voted for
Clinton and Ingersoll; elected director of the Bank of New York the
same year; opened a broker’s office in Wall Street in 1813
and was one of the founders of the New York Exchange; died in New
York City April 30, 1831; interment in Old Collegiate Dutch Church
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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