George Ogilvie Belden | |
State: | New York |
District: | 7th |
Term Start: | March 4, 1827 |
Term End: | March 3, 1829 |
Preceded: | Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck |
Succeeded: | Charles G. DeWitt |
Birth Date: | March 28, 1797 |
Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Death Place: | Monticello, Sullivan County, New York |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Party: | Jacksonian |
Branch: | Infantry of the State of New York |
Serviceyears: | 1831 |
Rank: | General |
Unit: | Twenty-third Brigade |
George Ogilvie Belden (March 28, 1797 – October 9, 1833) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as and a U.S. Representative from New York from 1827 to 1829.
Born in Norwalk, Connecticut,[1] Belden attended the public schools. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Monticello, New York.
Belden was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress and served as U. S. Representative for the seventh district of New York from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829.[2]
Afterward, Belden resumed the practice of law. He served as general of the Twenty-third Brigade of Infantry of the State of New York in 1831.[3]
Belden died in Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, on October 9, 1833 (age 36 years, 195 days). He is interred at Old Cemetery on St. John Street, Monticello, New York.[4]