# Gideon Reynolds

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thumb|Gideon Reynolds, New York Congressman

'''Gideon Reynolds''' (August 9, 1813 – July 13, 1896) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from New York.

Born in [Petersburg, New York](/source/Petersburg%2C_New_York), Reynolds was educated in private schools.
He moved with his father to [Hoosick, New York](/source/Hoosick%2C_New_York) in 1836 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1839.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Sheriff of [Rensselaer County, New York](/source/Rensselaer_County%2C_New_York) from 1843 to 1846.

Reynolds was elected as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to the [Thirtieth](/source/30th_United_States_Congress) and [Thirty-first](/source/31st_United_States_Congress) Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850.
He resumed agricultural pursuits in Rensselaer County.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and 1860.
He served as member of the Republican State central committee.
He was appointed internal revenue collector for the fifteenth district of New York on September 9, 1862, and served until March 31, 1865, when he resigned.
He served as member of the board of supervisors of Hoosick in 1875.
He died in [Hoosick, New York](/source/Hoosick%2C_New_York), July 13, 1896.
He was interred in the Hoosick Rural Cemetery.

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