Alexander Hamilton Buell

Democrat Representative of New York's 17th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

July 14, 1801 (51 years old)

Birthday

January 29, 1853

Death

Served one term as a U.S. Representative from 1851 to 1853
Was a businessman before entering politics, owning general stores
Served in the New York State Assembly in 1845
Elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress
Died in office in Washington, D.C.
Interred in the Episcopal Cemetery in Fairfield, New York
His term in Congress was preceded by Henry P. Alexander and succeeded by Bishop Perkins