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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJohn Hazard REYNOLDS
(1819-1875)
REYNOLDS, John Hazard, a
Representative from New York; born in Moriah, N.Y., June 21, 1819;
attended the public schools in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), N.Y.,
and Bennington, Vt.; engaged in civil engineering; was graduated
from Kinderhook Academy in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and began practice in Kinderhook in 1843; moved to Albany in
1851 and continued the practice of law; elected as an
Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860;
resumed the practice of his profession; appointed a judge of the
commission of appeals of the state in 1873, which position he held
until the expiration of the court by limitation July 1, 1875; died
in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., September 24, 1875; interment
in Kinderhook Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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