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Guy R. Pelton

American politician

Field	Value
name	Guy R. Pelton
image	Guy Ray Pelton.jpg
birthname	Guy Ray Pelton
caption	From 1892's Genealogy of the Pelton Family in America
office	Member of the United States House of Representatives
term_start	March 4, 1855
term_end	March 3, 1857
predecessor	Hiram Walbridge
successor	Daniel Sickles
constituency	New York's 3rd congressional district
birth_date
birth_place	Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.
resting_place	Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
party	Whig
otherparty	Republican (from 1856)
spouse	Mary Childs Franklin (m. 1859)
Angelina Scoville (m. 1879)
children	1
education	Oberlin College (attended)
profession	Attorney

Angelina Scoville (m. 1879) 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. He attended the public schools, the Sedgwick Institution in Great Barrington, and the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, Connecticut. 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 He was a member of the Union League Club and Freemasons, and was active in business ventures including a rubber manufacturing company.

Congress

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

Death and burial

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. He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Family

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

References

Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress. (1928). "Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1927". U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pelton, Jeremiah M.. (1892). "Genealogy of the Pelton Family in America". Joel Munsell's Sons.
Therriault, Ednor. (2023). "Big Sky, Big Parks". Rowman & Littlefield.
Spencer, Thomas E.. (1998). "Where They're Buried". Clearfield Company.

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