He was the son of Dr. Moses Hayden (1742–1813) and Triphena (French, Childs) Hayden (b. 1756). He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from
Williams College in 1804. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts. On August 8, 1809, he married Elizabeth Williams (d. 1825). They had no children. Later he removed to
York, New York, and was First Judge of the
Livingston County Court from 1821 to 1823. Hayden was elected as an Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican to the
18th, and re-elected as an Adams man to the
19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827. He was an
Anti-Masonic member of the
New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1829 until his death in 1830, sitting in the
52nd and
53rd New York State Legislatures. He was buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Fowlerville, a hamlet in York. ==References==