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| Affiliation | American |
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| Name | William V. Valk |
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Flushing, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 16, 1798 |
| Died |
July 03, 1859
(61 years) |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Dec 15, 2014 10:25pm |
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| Info | VALK, William Weightman, a Representative from New York; born in Charleston, S.C., October 12, 1806; attended the local school and was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1830; studied medicine and commenced practice in Bridgeport, Conn.; served as assistant surgeon on the U.S. frigate Constellation; went to California about 1849 during the gold rush; finally settled in Flushing, Long Island, N.Y., and continued the practice of medicine until elected to Congress; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; during the Civil War was surgeon in the Second Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry; appointed a clerk in the United States Pension Office at Washington, D.C., in 1867 and served until his death in that city September 20, 1879; interment in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, Queens County, N.Y.
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