Career
His service to the United States consular service was honoured by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a ceremony in 2009. An older cousin of the same name had moved away prior to his birth and the name was re-used. Waldron Glacier in the Antarctic is named after him.
Foreign reasons that are not presently very clear, in December 1843 he was nominated by President John Tyler to the office of United States consul to Hong Kong.
He travelled to neighbouring Macau on official business, where he died September 18, 1844 after contracting cholera. On May 1, 2009, as part of a ceremony honouring several diplomats who were deceased during their duty, he was honoured by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
A second ceremony occurred the same month at his burial site. Waldron Glacier and possibly Waldron Island are named after him.