Reuben Whallon | |
Office1: | Member of the United States House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1833 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1835 |
Predecessor1: | William G. Angel |
Successor1: | Dudley Farlin |
Constituency1: | New York's 13th congressional district |
Office2: | Member of the New York State Assembly |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1811 |
Term End2: | December 31, 1811 |
Alongside2: | John Baker, John Richards, Isaac Sargent, David Woods |
Predecessor2: | Kitchel Bishop, John Gale, Jason Kellogg, William Livingston, Roger Skinner |
Successor2: | Lyman Hall, James Hill, John Kirtland, Alexander Livingston, Halsey Rogers |
Constituency2: | Washington County |
Term Start3: | November 1, 1808 |
Term End3: | December 31, 1809 |
Alongside3: | Kitchel Bishop, James Hill, Alexander Livingston, Roger Skinner |
Predecessor3: | Kitchel Bishop, Thomas Cornell, Lyman Hall, James Hill, Henry Mattison, Gideon Taft |
Successor3: | Kitchel Bishop, John Gale, Jason Kellogg, William Livingston, Roger Skinner |
Office4: | First Judge of the Essex County, New York Court of Common Pleas |
Term Start4: | February 1, 1831 |
Term End4: | April 18, 1838 |
Predecessor4: | Dean Edson |
Successor4: | Wolcott Tyrell |
Office5: | Town Supervisor of Essex, New York |
Term Start5: | 1827 |
Term End5: | 1829 |
Predecessor5: | Ransom Noble |
Successor5: | John Gould |
Term Start6: | 1818 |
Term End6: | 1819 |
Predecessor6: | Unknown (town records incomplete) |
Successor6: | Ralph Hascall |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1776 |
Birth Place: | Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | Argyle, New York. U.S. |
Resting Place: | Whallons Bay Cemetery, Essex, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Jacksonian (from 1832) |
Otherparty: | Democratic-Republican (1806–1832) |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Reuben Whallon (December 7, 1776 – April 15, 1843) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Born in Bedminster, New Jersey, Whallon attended the common schools.He moved to Argyle, New York.He was appointed Justice of the Peace for the township of Argyle March 13, 1806, and served until 1811.
He moved to Essex, New York, in 1814.He was a large landowner, farmer, merchant, mill owner, and ironmaster.He served as captain and major in the New York State Militia in 1803–1814.He served as member of the State assembly in 1808, 1809, and 1811.Supervisor of the town of Essex in 1818, 1819, 1827, and 1828.First judge of Essex County Court of Common Pleas 1831–1838.
Whallon was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-third Congress).
He again engaged in his former business pursuits.
He died on his estate at Whallons Bay, town of Essex, New York, on April 15, 1843.He was interred in Whallons Bay Cemetery.