{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Meredith Mallory | image = | alt = | caption = | state = New York | district = 27th | term_start = March 4, 1839 | term_end = March 3, 1841 | predecessor = John T. Andrews | successor = William M. Oliver | birth_date = {{birth date|1781|1|31}} | birth_place = Watertown, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1855|9|22|1781|1|31}} | death_place = Batavia, Illinois, U.S. | resting_place = West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Illinois, U.S. | party = Democratic }} '''Meredith Mallory''' (January 31, 1781 – September 22, 1855) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1841.
== Biography == Born in Watertown, Connecticut on January 31, 1781,<ref>Margaret Vannerson, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=JOo6UsiXHZP88QSvv4DYCg&id=tZZYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+born+1781&q=%22meredith+mallory%22 The Family History], 1971, page 290</ref> Mallory attended the common schools and relocated to Yates County, New York, where he worked as a wheelwright and farmed.<ref>Penn Yan and How it Got That Way, [http://www.pyhistory.org/Plots/mm.htm Mallory's 18 Acre Purchase: 1808], retrieved September 19, 2013</ref><ref>Penn Yan and How it Got That Way, [http://www.pyhistory.org/People/per_aw.htm People: Abraham Wagener], retrieved September 21, 2013</ref>
=== Military service=== During the War of 1812 he served as a First Lieutenant in New York's 42nd Regiment of Militia.<ref>Geneva (N.Y.) Gazette, [http://news2.nnyln.net/geneva-ny/geneva-gazette/geneva-gazette-1814-1817/geneva-gazette-1814-1817%20-%200077.pdf Military Appointments], March 11, 1814</ref><ref>Hugh Hastings, [https://archive.org/stream/militaryminuteso02coun2#page/1486/mode/2up/search/mallory Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821], 1901, page 1486</ref>
=== Political career === He was elected Benton, New York's Town Assessor in 1819,<ref>L.C. Aldrich, [https://www.newyorkroots.org/yates/benton/bentonhistory.htm History of Yates County, N.Y.], 1892</ref> and served as Town Supervisor in 1820.<ref>Stafford Canning Cleveland, editor, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9WJKAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+%22yates+county%22&pg=PA365 History and Directory of Yates County], 1873, page 365</ref> He later moved to Hammondsport, New York, where he owned and operated a mill and held several local offices.<ref>Harlo Hakes, editor, [http://history.rays-place.com/ny/steu/hammondsport-v.htm Landmarks of Steuben County, New York], 1896</ref><ref>Rich Freeman, Sue Freeman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=X4KcJU8f4MYC&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+cascade&pg=PA196 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York: A Finders' Guide], 2002, page 296</ref> He served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1835,<ref>New York State Legislature, [https://books.google.com/books?id=e-hKAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+new+york+assembly&pg=PP11 Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York], Volume 58, Issues 1-2, 1835, page 3</ref> and a Justice of the Peace in 1838. In 1837 he was active in organizing residents in the Southern Tier to lobby the New York and Lake Erie Railroad to create the Cohocton Route, which aided in the economic development of New York's central and southwestern counties.<ref>Canandaigua Repository and Freeman, [http://news2.nnyln.net/canandaigua-newspapers/ontario-repository-freeman-1836-december-1837-june/ontario-repository-freeman-1836-december-1837-june%20-%200062.pdf New York and Erie Railroad], March 29, 1837</ref>
==== Congress ==== He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841).<ref>Francis Preston Blair, Extra Globe, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1gIbAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+democrat&pg=PA269 Members Elect of the Twenty-Sixth Congress], August 28, 1839, page 269</ref>
=== Later career === thumb|right|200px|Mallory's grave at West Batavia Cemetery
He was not a candidate for reelection and returned to his business ventures in Hammondsport. In the mid-1840s his finances became overextended and his mills and other properties were sold to satisfy his debts.<ref>Frances Dumas, The Crooked Lake Review, [https://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/1_33/23feb1990/23dumas.html Along the Outlet of Keuka Lake: Cascade Millsite], February, 1990</ref>
He later moved to Batavia, Illinois, which was then a village, where he was a partner with his son in law in a dam, mills, machine shops and farms.<ref>Chronicling Illinois, [http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/652 John Van Northwick Papers, 1831-1890], retrieved September 19, 2013</ref><ref>Penn Yan and how it Got That Way, [http://www.pyhistory.org/People/per_mm.htm People: Meredith Mallory], Retrieved September 19, 2013</ref> He also served as a member of Batavia Township's Town Council.<ref>City of Batavia, [http://www.cityofbatavia.net/Content/templates/?a=684 Batavia History: Government], retrieved September 19, 2013</ref>
=== Death === Mallory died in Batavia on September 22, 1855.<ref>Brookhaven Press, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=DvI6UoaVL5LW9QSZoAE&id=dAcrAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22meredith+mallory%22+batavia&q=mallory+1855 Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago], 2001, Volume 1, page 503</ref><ref>Walter M. Everton, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yc5nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22meredith+mallory%22+batavia The Genealogical Helper], Volumes 18-19, 1964, page 184</ref> He was buried in West Batavia Cemetery.<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/MALLORY,-Meredith-(M000081)/ United States House of Representatives]</ref>
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