# Daniel Wardwell

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Daniel Wardwell
|image = Daniel Wardwell (New York Congressman).jpg
|caption = 
|state        = [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
| constituency = {{ushr|NY|20|C}} (1831–1833)<br>{{ushr|NY|18|C}} (1833–1837)
| term_start = March 4, 1831
| term_end = March 3, 1837
| predecessor = [Jonah Sanford](/source/Jonah_Sanford), <br>[Joseph Hawkins](/source/Joseph_Hawkins_(New_York))
| successor = [Isaac H. Bronson](/source/Isaac_H._Bronson)
| birth_date = May 28, 1791
| birth_place = [Bristol, Rhode Island](/source/Bristol%2C_Rhode_Island), U.S.
| death_date = March 27, 1878 (aged 86)
| death_place = [Rome, New York](/source/Rome%2C_New_York), U.S.
| resting_place = Maplewood Cemetery, [Mannsville, New York](/source/Mannsville%2C_New_York)
}}
'''Daniel Wardwell''' (May 28, 1791 – March 27, 1878) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served three terms as a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) from 1831 to 1837,

== Biography ==
Born in [Bristol, Rhode Island](/source/Bristol%2C_Rhode_Island), Wardwell was graduated from [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), in 1811.
He studied law.
He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) and commenced practice in [Rome, New York](/source/Rome%2C_New_York).

He moved to [Mannsville, New York](/source/Mannsville%2C_New_York), in 1814.
He served as judge of the court of common pleas for Jefferson County, New York.

Wardwell was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) in 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1838.

=== Congress ===
Wardwell was elected as a Jacksonian to the [Twenty-second](/source/22nd_United_States_Congress), [Twenty-third](/source/23rd_United_States_Congress), and [Twenty-fourth](/source/24th_United_States_Congress) Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses).

=== Later career and death ===
He returned to [Rome, New York](/source/Rome%2C_New_York), and resumed the practice of law.

He died in [Rome, New York](/source/Rome%2C_New_York), March 27, 1878.
He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery, [Mannsville, New York](/source/Mannsville%2C_New_York).

==Sources==
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| state= New York
| district= 20
| before= [Jonah Sanford](/source/Jonah_Sanford), <br>[Joseph Hawkins](/source/Joseph_Hawkins_(New_York))
| after= [Noadiah Johnson](/source/Noadiah_Johnson)
| years= 1831 – 1833 <br>with [Charles Dayan](/source/Charles_Dayan)}}
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| state= New York
| district= 18
| before= [Nathaniel Pitcher](/source/Nathaniel_Pitcher)
| after= [Isaac H. Bronson](/source/Isaac_H._Bronson)
| years= 1833 – 1837 }}
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Category:1791 births
Category:1878 deaths
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:Politicians from Rome, New York
Category:Jacksonian United States representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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