Meredith Mallory

Meredith Mallory (January 31, 1781 – September 22, 1855) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1841.

Born in Watertown, Connecticut on January 31, 1781,[1] Mallory attended the common schools and relocated to Yates County, New York, where he worked as a wheelwright and farmed.

[7] He later moved to Hammondsport, New York, where he owned and operated a mill and held several local offices.

In 1837 he was active in organizing residents in the Southern Tier to lobby the New York and Lake Erie Railroad to create the Cohocton Route, which aided in the economic development of New York's central and southwestern counties.

[13] He later moved to Batavia, Illinois, which was then a village, where he was a partner with his son in law in a dam, mills, machine shops and farms.