Loren P. Waldo

Loren Pinckney Waldo (February 2, 1802 – September 8, 1881) was an American politician from Connecticut who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.

Loren Waldo
Loren P. Waldo (Connecticut Congressman)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	James Dixon
Succeeded by	Charles Chapman
Personal details
Born	Loren Pinckney Waldo February 2, 1802 Canterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	September 8, 1881 (aged 79) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting place	Cedar Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

Waldo was born in Canterbury, Connecticut and attended the common schools. He became a teacher and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1823, he moved to Tolland, Connecticut and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Somers, Connecticut.[1]

He served as postmaster in Somers from 1829 to 1830 and as one of the superintendents of schools.[2] He returned to Tolland in 1830. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1832–1834 and in 1839. He served as clerk of the State house of representatives in 1833 and as State's attorney from 1837 to 1849. He served as judge of probate for Tolland district in 1842 and 1843. He served as member in 1847 of the committee to revise the statutes. He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1847 and 1848.

Waldo was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. He served as commissioner of the school fund of Connecticut. He served as Commissioner of Pensions under President Franklin Pierce from March 17, 1853, until January 10, 1856, when he resigned to become judge of the superior court of Connecticut 1856-1863. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut, and resumed the practice of his profession. He was again a member of a committee to revise the statutes, in 1864.

He died in Hartford on September 8, 1881 and was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.[3]

Bibliography

• The Early History of Tolland: An Address Delivered Before the Tolland County Historical Society, Press of Case, Lockwood & Company, Hartford, 1861

Footnotes

1. Hall, Joseph D., Jr. (1883). The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America from 1650 to 1883. Danielsonville, Connecticut: Press of Scofield & Hamilton. p. 81. Retrieved 7 March 2020. loren pinckney waldo.
2. Hooker, John (1882). Connecticut Reports: Being Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut. Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. p. 603. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
3. "Loren Pinckney Waldo". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

References

• United States Congress. "Loren P. Waldo (id: W000037)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Loren P. Waldo at Find a Grave

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