Alexander Hamilton BUELL, Congress, NY (1801-1853)

BUELL, Alexander Hamilton, a Representative from New York; born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., July 14, 1801; attended the district schools and Fairfield Academy; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fairfield, N.Y., and maintained general stores in other cities; served as a member of the State assembly in 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1853; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery, Fairfield, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present