Gurdon S. Mumford
Gurdon S. Mumford was born in New London, Connecticut, United States on January 29th, 1764 and is the American Politician. At the age of 67, Gurdon S. Mumford biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Through the influence of his uncle, U.S. Envoy to France Silas Deane (the husband of his mother's younger sister, Elizabeth Saltonstall), he was a private secretary to Benjamin Franklin during the latter part of his official residence in Paris.
In 1785, he returned to America with Franklin and settled in New York City where he became associated with his brothers in the commission business in 1791. In 1805, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect Daniel D. Tompkins. Among his colleagues in Congress from New York were George Clinton Jr., Henry W. Livingston, Uri Tracy, Philip Van Cortlandt, and Killian K. Van Rensselaer.
He was reelected to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1811. While in the House, he was chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures during the Ninth Congress.
Mumford was a presidential elector in 1812 and voted for Dewitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll.
After retiring from active political life, he was elected director of the Bank of New York in 1812, and opened a broker's office in Wall Street in 1813. Mumford was one of the original founders of the New York Stock Exchange. From 1818 to 1824, he served as the second president of the New York Stock Exchange, succeeding Anthony Stockholm.
Mumford was also a member of the Société Française de Bienfaisance de New-York (also known as the French Benevolent Society of New York), which was established to help needy French and Swiss immigrants in 1806. In addition to its philanthropy, it was also a social club for its members.