Loren Waldo
Loren P. Waldo (Connecticut Congressman)
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's1st district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	James Dixon
Succeeded by	Charles Chapman
Personal details
Born	Loren Pinckney Waldo (1802-02-02)February 2, 1802 Canterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	September 8, 1881(1881-09-08) (aged 79) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting place	Cedar Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

Loren Pinckney Waldo (February 2, 1802 – September 8, 1881) was an American politician from Connecticut who served as aDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromConnecticut.

Waldo was born inCanterbury, Connecticut, and attended the common schools. He became a teacher and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1823, he moved toTolland, Connecticut, and studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice inSomers, Connecticut.^[1]

He served as postmaster in Somers from 1829 to 1830 and as one of the superintendents of schools.^[2]He returned to Tolland in 1830.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1832–1834 and in 1839.He served as clerk of the State house of representatives in 1833 and as State's attorney from 1837 to 1849.He served as judge of probate for Tolland district in 1842 and 1843.He served as member in 1847 of the committee to revise the statutes.He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1847 and 1848.

Waldo was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851).He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-first Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to theThirty-second Congress.He served as commissioner of the school fund of Connecticut.He served as Commissioner of Pensions under PresidentFranklin Pierce from March 17, 1853, until January 10, 1856, when he resigned to become judge of the superior court of Connecticut 1856–1863.He moved toHartford, Connecticut, and resumed the practice of his profession.He was again a member of a committee to revise the statutes, in 1864.

He died in Hartford on September 8, 1881, and was interred inCedar Hill Cemetery.

• The Early History of Tolland: An Address Delivered Before the Tolland County Historical Society, Press of Case, Lockwood & Company, Hartford, 1861

• United States Congress."Loren P. Waldo (id: W000037)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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