Henry Waldron was a politician from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

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Waldron was born in Albany, New York

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. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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 in 1836. He moved to Michigan in 1837 and was employed as a civil engineer in railroad work. In 1839 Waldron settled in Hillsdale, Michigan

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Waldron became a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1843 and was a director of the Michigan Southern Railroad

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, serving from 1846 to 1848. He was active in promoting the construction of the Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad and served as its first president. He was a presidential elector on the Whig Party

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 ticket in 1848.

In 1854, he defeated incumbent Democrat David A. Noble

David A. Noble

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 to be elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district

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 to the Thirty-fourth Congress

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. He was re-elected to the Thirty-fifth

35th United States Congress

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 and Thirty-sixth

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 Congresses, serving from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1861. He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury in the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1860.

In 1870, he was elected to represent Michigan's 1st congressional district

Michigan's 1st congressional district

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 to the Forty-second Congress

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 and subsequently re-elected to represent Michigan's 2nd district to the Forty-third

43rd United States Congress

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 and Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 Congresses, serving from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. He was chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining

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 in the Forty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination.

In 1876, Henry Waldron was elected president of the First National Bank of Hillsdale and served until his death in Hillsdale. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsdale.

The village of Waldron, Michigan

Waldron, Michigan

Waldron is a village in Wright Township, Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 590 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...

is named in his honour because of his contribution to the village. http://www.waldronmi.com/HENRY_WALDRON.htm.