Herman Day Gould, 1799

Herman Day Gould was born 16 January, 1799 Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to

He died at Delhi, Delaware County, New York 26 Jan 1852 (aged 53) and is buried in UWoodland Cemetery Delhi, Delaware County, New York, USA Pfind7783274 · View So

Herman Day Gould BIRTH Oct 1839 DEATH 1 May 1892 (aged 52) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Delhi, Delaware County, New York, USA PLOT 411 MEMORIAL ID 194188765

US Congressman. He was elected as a Whig to represent New York's 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, and served from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. A Connecticut native, Gould spent most of his life in Delhi, New York, where from 1819 he was active as a merchant. He co-founded the Delhi National Bank and was its first President (1839 to 1849), and was also a member of the town's Board of Supervisors in 1842 and 1843. Gould unsuccessfully ran for the United States House twice (1840, 1844) before winning a seat in the Thirty-first Congress; he declined to seek a second term in 1850. He died in Delhi 10 months after leaving office.