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Dec 08, 1791 Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States Died on 30 Apr 1870 (aged 78)
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About Walter Booth
- Walter Booth (December 8, 1791 – April 30, 1870) was a United States Representative from Connecticut.
- He was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
- He attended the common schools and settled in Meriden and engaged in manufacturing. Booth was active in the Connecticut Militia.
- He was a Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Second Battalion of Militia from 1825 to 1827, Brigadier General in 1827 and 1828, and Major General of the First Division 1831-1834.
- He served as a judge of the county court in 1834.
- He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1838.
- He was elected as a Free-Soiler to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851).
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-Second Congress.
- He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in Meriden, Connecticut in 1870.
- He was buried in East Cemetery.
