Herman Day Gould, 1799

Herman Day Gould BIRTH 16 Jan 1799 Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 26 Jan 1852 (aged 53) Delhi, Delaware County, New York, USA BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Delhi, Delaware County, New York, USA PLOT 398 MEMORIAL ID 7783274 · View Source

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.