Herman Day GOULD, Congress, NY (1799-1852)

GOULD, Herman Day, a Representative from New York; born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., January 16, 1799; pursued an academic course; engaged in mercantile pursuits; president of the Delhi National Bank 1839-1849; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress and in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed business interests in Delhi, N.Y., and died there January 26, 1852; interment in Woodland Cemetery.

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