Daniel Waldo

Chaplain to the US House of Representatives
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroChaplain to the US House of Representatives
PlacesUnited States of America
wasMissionary
Gender
Male
Birth10 September 1762
Death30 July 1864 (aged 101 years)
The details

Biography

Daniel Waldo (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864) was an American clergyman. Born in Windham, Connecticut, Waldo served in the American Revolutionary War and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856, at the age of 94, Waldo was named Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

It is recorded that he was in good health during his service to the House; he was also one of seven Revolutionary War veterans who, having survived into the age of photography, were featured in the 1864 book The Last Men of the Revolution (which gives many more details of his life). Waldo died in Syracuse, New York at the advanced age of 101, of injuries sustained after falling down a flight of stairs, and he was given a memorial in the House itself.

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