Ransom Halloway (c. 1793 – April 6, 1851) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1849 to 1851.
Early life Halloway was born in Pawling, Dutchess County. His name is sometimes spelled "Holloway." After the deaths of their parents, Ransom and his sister were raised by relatives.Louise Tompkins, Millbrook Round Table, Out of the Past in Old Dutchess: Aaron Burr and the Quaker Lady, January 27, 1971
Career He settled in Beekman, where he farmed and worked as a hat maker.Dutchess County Historical Society, Year Book, 1946, page 53New York Herald, Odds and Ends, November, 1848 He was also active in the state militia, and was appointed paymaster of the 30th Brigade in 1818.
Halloway was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851.Putnam County Courier, Death of Benjamin Bailey, July 20, 1872
Personal life In 1820, he married Rebecca Dodge, a daughter of Joseph and Ann Dodge, who died on August 5, 1843.Richard E. Hawley, An Explanation of Proposed Revisions To Settlers of the Beekman Patent and Mayflower Families in Progress , 2011, page 26
In 1851, a few months before his death, he married Eliza Genevieve Waring of Mount Pleasant in Prince George's County, Maryland. His second wife's name appears in some accounts as "Warren."
He died on April 6, 1851, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, at Mount Pleasant,W.M. Morrison, Stryker's American Register and Magazine, Volume 6, 1853, page 223 the home of his second wife.The Bowies and Their Kindred: A Genealogical and Biographical History, 1899, page 492. This entry describes Halloway as being from New Jersey, bus since only one person named Halloway has ever served in Congress, this is clearly an error. He was buried next to his first wife at the Dodge Family Cemetery in Pawling.Hawley, An Explanation of Proposed Revisions, page 26
References
External links
Ransom Halloway at Find A Grave