Edward D. Hayden

Edward Daniel Hayden
Born	Template:Birth date Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 15, 1908(1908-11-15) (aged 74) Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Politician, lawyer, banker
Years active	1857–1908
Known for	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Edward Daniel Hayden (December 27, 1833 – November 15, 1908) served as a U.S. Representative representing Massachusetts.

A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hayden completed his education at Lawrence Academy in Groton before graduating from Harvard University in 1854. He pursued legal studies, gained admission to the bar in 1857, and commenced his law practice in Woburn, Massachusetts. In 1861, he enlisted in the United States Navy as an assistant paymaster, participating in the Mississippi Squadron during the campaigns at Vicksburg and Red River.

Following his return to Woburn in 1866, Hayden entered the commercial sector and held the position of president at the First National Bank from 1874 until 1900. Between 1880 and 1882, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. As a Republican, he served in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses from 1885 to 1889. He chose not to run for renomination in 1888 but took part as a delegate at that year's Republican National Convention.

Hayden’s career also encompassed significant roles in transportation and banking; he was a director of Shawmut National Bank of Boston and devoted over three decades to the Boston & Albany Railroad board, ultimately becoming its vice president. His public service extended to local government as both selectman and alderman. Hayden passed away in Woburn on November 15, 1908, and was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

References

• Jeffries, B. J., News from the Classes 1854, The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Vol. XVII, March 1909.
• New York Times, EDWARD D. HAYDEN DIES IN HIS PEW; Vice President of the Boston & Albany Railroad Stricken with Apoplexy. EX-MEMBER OF CONGRESS Was Assistant Paymaster In the Navy Under Admiral Porter, November 16, 1908.
• Rand, John C., Hayden, Edward Daniel, in One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89, First National Publishing Company, Boston, 1890, pp. 293–294.