# Byram Green

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Byram Green
|image =
|state=[New York](/source/New_York_(state))
|district=[27th](/source/New_York's_27th_congressional_district)
|party=[Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
|term=March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 
|preceded= [William M. Oliver](/source/William_M._Oliver)
|succeeded= [John De Mott](/source/John_De_Mott)
|birth_date={{birth date|1786|04|15|mf=y}}
|birth_place=East Windsor, [Berkshire County, Massachusetts](/source/Berkshire_County%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1865|10|18|1786|04|15|mf=y}}
|death_place=[Sodus, New York](/source/Sodus%2C_New_York), U.S.
|spouse=
|resting_place = Sodus Rural Cemetery
|profession=[Politician](/source/Politician)
|footnotes=
}}

'''Byram Green''' (April 15, 1786 – October 18, 1865) was a New York state legislator for years in the Assembly and Senate, from 1816 to 1824.  In 1842, he was elected [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [New York](/source/New_York's_congressional_delegations) and served one term from 1843 to 1845.

==Early life and education==
Born in [East Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Massachusetts), [Berkshire County, Massachusetts](/source/Berkshire_County%2C_Massachusetts), Green attended the public schools.

He earned a degree from [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) in 1808. There in the summer of 1806, Green was among the five participants in the [Haystack Prayer Meeting](/source/Haystack_Prayer_Meeting).  Within a few years, those men launched the American missionary movement.

Green was later instrumental in having a monument created to honor that meeting and movement. It was placed at Mission Park at Williams College.

==Career==
Green became a professor in a college at [Beaufort, South Carolina](/source/Beaufort%2C_South_Carolina) in 1810.  He went on to study ("read") law with practitioners, in the tradition of the day, and was admitted to the [bar](/source/barlaw).  He began to practice law.<ref>{{CongBio|G000406}}</ref>

=== War of 1812 ===
He went to New York, where he settled in [Sodus](/source/Sodus%2C_New_York). During the War of 1812, he fought in the Battle of Sodus Point.

=== State assembly ===
In 1816 Green was first elected to the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly), where he served until 1822, upon re-election. After that, he was elected to the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) in 1823 and 1824.

=== Congress ===
Green was elected as a [Democrat](/source/USDemocrat) from [New York's 27th congressional district](/source/New_York's_27th_congressional_district)<ref name="findagrave">[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6399374 findagrave.com - Byram Green]</ref> in the Twenty-eighth Congress.  He held office from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845.

=== Death ===
He died in [Sodus, New York](/source/Sodus%2C_New_York) in 1865; interment was in the Sodus Rural Cemetery.<ref name="findagrave"/>

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Category:Politicians from Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Category:People from Sodus, New York
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century New York state court judges
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century United States representatives

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