Ransom Halloway
American politician
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Ransom Halloway (c. 1793 – April 6, 1851) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1849 to 1851.
Ransom Halloway | |
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Halloway in 1851 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelius Warren |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Dean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1793 Pawling, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 1851 (aged 57–58) |
| Party | Whig |
| Spouses | Rebecca Dodge
(m. 1820; died 1843)Eliza Waring
(m. 1851) |
Early life
Halloway was born in Pawling, Dutchess County. His name is sometimes spelled "Holloway." After the deaths of their parents, Ransom and his sister were raised by relatives.[1]
Career
Personal life
In 1820, he married Rebecca Dodge, a daughter of Joseph and Ann Dodge, who died on August 5, 1843.[7]
In 1851, a few months before his death, he married Eliza Genevieve Waring of Mount Pleasant in Prince George's County, Maryland. His second wife's name appears in some accounts as "Warren."[8]
He died on April 6, 1851, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, at Mount Pleasant,[9] the home of his second wife.[10] He was buried next to his first wife at the Dodge Family Cemetery in Pawling.[11][8]