Dayton was the representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1905 to 1907.
He was previously the representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican from 1903 to 1905; the representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican from 1901 to 1903; the representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican from 1899 to 1901; and the representative for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican from 1895 to 1899.
![Photo of Rep. Alston Dayton [R-WV2, 1905-1907]](/static/legislator-photos/403295-200px.jpeg)
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
