Joel Hayden

Joel Hayden (April 8, 1798 – November 10, 1873), was an American industrialist and politician who served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1863 to 1866.

Joel Hayden
26th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
1863–1866
GovernorJohn Albion Andrew
Preceded byJohn Nesmith
Succeeded byWilliam Claflin
Personal details
Born(1798-04-08)April 8, 1798
DiedNovember 10, 1873(1873-11-10) (aged 75)
Political partyRepublican

In 1857, Amherst College accepted a gift from Joel Hayden – a bronze neo-classical sculpture named after Sabrina, Goddess of the Britons.

Hayden owned several business and mills in Haydenville, MA, a borough of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, including a brass factory, gas works, cotton factory, and foundry. He was also a part-owner of the Williamsburg Reservoir Company, which built the shoddy Williamsburg Reservoir, completed in 1866. On May 16, 1874, several months after Hayden's death, the dam failed catastrophically, causing a flood that killed 139 people and destroyed all four of Hayden's factories.[1]

References
  1. Elizabeth M. Sharpe, In the Shadow of the Dam, Free Press, New York, 2004
Political offices
Preceded by
John Nesmith		 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1863–1866		 Succeeded by
William Claflin


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