Guy R. Pelton

Guy R. Pelton
From 1892's Genealogy of the Pelton Family in America
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded byHiram Walbridge
Succeeded byDaniel Sickles
ConstituencyNew York's 3rd congressional district
Personal details
Born(1824-08-03)August 3, 1824
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 1890(1890-07-24) (aged 65)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.
Resting placeMahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyWhig
Other political
affiliations		Republican (from 1856)
Spouse(s)Mary Childs Franklin (m. 1859)
Angelina Scoville (m. 1879)
Children1
EducationOberlin College (attended)
ProfessionAttorney

Guy Ray Pelton (August 3, 1824 – July 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served as a U.S. Representative to the 34th United States Congress (1855 to 1857).

Biography

Pelton was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on August 3, 1824, the second son of Joseph Kneeland Pelton and Harriet Ray.[1][2] He attended the public schools, the Sedgwick Institution in Great Barrington, and the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, Connecticut.[1] He later attended Oberlin College, after which he studied law in Kinderhook, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in New York City with his older brother, Timothy Dwight Pelton[1][2] He was a member of the Union League Club and Freemasons, and was active in business ventures including a rubber manufacturing company.[2]

A Whig, in 1854 Pelton was elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857.[1] During his term, Pelton was a member of the Committee on Commerce.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856.[1]

Pelton died while climbing Mary Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on July 24, 1890; he had visited the park while en route to his home in Massachusetts after a trip to Alaska.[3] He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[4]

Family

In 1859, Pelton married Mary Childs Franklin, who died in 1866.[2] In 1879, he married Angelina Scoville.[2] With his first wife, Pelton was the father of a son, Franklin Dwight Pelton.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress (1928). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1927. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1398 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Pelton, Jeremiah M. (1892). Genealogy of the Pelton Family in America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-598-99930-6 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Therriault, Ednor (2023). Big Sky, Big Parks. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4930-6476-2 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-8063-4823-0 – via Google Books.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district
1855–1857 		Succeeded by

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