Hayden, Edward Daniel, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Hayden, was born in Cambridge, Middlesex county, December 27, 1833.
After passing the common schools, he fitted for college in Lawrence Academy, Groton, and having honorably and successfully pursued his course at Harvard, was graduated from that university in 1854.
His first connection in business was with J. B. Winn & Co., who conducted a large tanning establishment at Woburn.
Mr. Hayden was first married in Woburn, February 9, 1862, to Marcia A., daughter of Jonathan B. and Nancy W. Winn. His second marriage was with Ellen F., daughter of George and Lucy A. Champney. He has no children.
Mr. Hayden was paymaster in the United States navy, 1862 to '65; member of the House of Representatives 1880, '81, and '82, serving on some of the most important committees. In 1885 he was elected to represent the 5th congressional district in the 49th United States Congress, and received a very flattering re-election to the 50th, by a largely increased majority.
He has been president of the First National Bank of Woburn since 1874, and
Edward D. Hayden.
was one of the trustees of the Woburn public library—a library not only a matter of local pride to the citizens of Woburn, but one of the finest in the Commonwealth.