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'''Daniel Waldo''' (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864)<ref name="yale">{{cite web | url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1864-65.pdf | title=Obituary Record of the Graduates of Yale College | date=26 July 1865 | accessdate=16 May 2015 | pages=157–58}}</ref> was an American clergyman, born in [[Windham, Connecticut]]. He served in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856 at age 94, Waldo was named [[Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives]]. His ancestor Deacon Cornelius Waldo arrived in the American colonies from [[Ipswich, England]] around 1654.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.americanrevolution.org/last_men/lastmen2.php#:~:text=The%20earliest%20ancestor%20of%20Mr,Edward%3B%20Zaccheus%3B%20and%20Rev | title=Daniel Waldo | Last Survivors of the American Revolution }}</ref> | '''Daniel Waldo''' (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864)<ref name="yale">{{cite web | url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1864-65.pdf | title=Obituary Record of the Graduates of Yale College | date=26 July 1865 | accessdate=16 May 2015 | pages=157–58 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084027/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1864-65.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> was an American clergyman, born in [[Windham, Connecticut]]. He served in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856 at age 94, Waldo was named [[Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives]]. His ancestor Deacon Cornelius Waldo arrived in the American colonies from [[Ipswich, England]] around 1654.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.americanrevolution.org/last_men/lastmen2.php#:~:text=The%20earliest%20ancestor%20of%20Mr,Edward%3B%20Zaccheus%3B%20and%20Rev | title=Daniel Waldo | Last Survivors of the American Revolution }}</ref> | ||
It is recorded that Waldo was in good health during his service to the House. He was also one of seven Revolutionary War veterans who survived into the age of photography and were featured in the 1864 book ''[[The Last Men of the Revolution]]''. He was purportedly the only person to have voted for both [[George Washington]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] in presidential elections.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://barrybradford.com/daniel-waldo/ | title = The Only Man Who Voted For Both Washington And Lincoln | date = 30 April 2020 | website = barrybradford.com | author = Barry Bradford}}</ref> | It is recorded that Waldo was in good health during his service to the House. He was also one of seven Revolutionary War veterans who survived into the age of photography and were featured in the 1864 book ''[[The Last Men of the Revolution]]''. He was purportedly the only person to have voted for both [[George Washington]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] in presidential elections.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://barrybradford.com/daniel-waldo/ | title = The Only Man Who Voted For Both Washington And Lincoln | date = 30 April 2020 | website = barrybradford.com | author = Barry Bradford}}</ref> | ||
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Daniel Waldo (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864)[1] was an American clergyman, born in Windham, Connecticut. He served in the American Revolutionary War and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856 at age 94, Waldo was named Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. His ancestor Deacon Cornelius Waldo arrived in the American colonies from Ipswich, England around 1654.[2]
It is recorded that Waldo was in good health during his service to the House. He was also one of seven Revolutionary War veterans who survived into the age of photography and were featured in the 1864 book The Last Men of the Revolution. He was purportedly the only person to have voted for both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in presidential elections.[3] Waldo died in Syracuse, New York at age 101.
References
- Reverend E.B. Hillard, The Last Men of the Revolution (1864), republished 1968 with additional notes by Wendell Garrett.
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- People of Connecticut in the American Revolution
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