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Hiram Ketchum
Birth: 1792
Death: 9-16-1870
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Born in northern New York State. Relocated to New York City where he practiced law. Great advocate and lifelong friend of Daniel Webster. Albert Haller Tracy references him in a letter written to William Henry Seward, dated May 08, 1832, where he describes him as "hot headed and what is worse a wrong headed politician filled with all the gone by conceits and impractical notions of old fashioned federalism."
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Born in northern New York State. Relocated to New York City where he practiced law. Great advocate and lifelong friend of Daniel Webster. Albert Haller Tracy references him in a letter written to William Henry Seward, dated May 08, 1832, where he describes him as "hot headed and what is worse a wrong headed politician filled with all the gone by conceits and impractical notions of old fashioned federalism."