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1804 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Massachusetts
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The majority requirement was met in all 17 districts in the 1804 elections. See also * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district special election, 1804 * United States House of Representatives elections, 1804 and 1805 * List of United States representatives from Massachusetts Notes 1804 Massachusetts United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Eustis
William Eustis (June 10, 1753 – February 6, 1825) was an early American physician, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts. Trained in medicine, he served as a military surgeon during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He resumed medical practice after the war, but soon entered politics. After several terms in the state legislature, Eustis won election to the United States Congress in 1800, serving as a moderate Democratic-Republican. He briefly returned to state politics after losing reelection in 1804, and was chosen to be Secretary of War in 1809 by President James Madison. Due in part to his inexperience at managing the army and a lack of preparedness, the military failures in the early months of the War of 1812 were laid on his shoulders, leading to his resignation. Madison then appointed Eustis Minister to the Netherlands, a post he held from 1814 until 1818. After another period in Congress, he was elected Governor of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In Massachusetts, 1798–1799
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Richard Cutts
Richard Cutts (June 28, 1771 – April 7, 1845) was an American merchant and politician. A Democratic-Republican, he was most notable for his service as Second Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1817 to 1829 and a United States representative from Massachusetts from 1801 to 1813. Early life Cutts was born Cutts Island on June 28, 1771. The island was near the town of Pepperellborough in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine (modern-day Saco, Maine). The fifth of eight children born to Thomas Cutts and Elizabeth Scammon Cutts, he attended the rural schools of Maine and Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated from Harvard University in 1790, then traveled extensively in Europe. Cutts' father was a shipbuilder and merchant who traded in lumber and other cargoes at ports in several Caribbean islands. Cutts studied law, but rather than pursuing a legal career, he also became a successful trader and merchant. Political career A Democratic-Republican, Cutts served in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of Maine
The District of Maine was the governmental designation for what is now the U.S. state of Maine from October 25, 1780 to March 15, 1820, when it was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state. The district was a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and before American independence had been part of the British province of Massachusetts Bay. Colonial history Originally settled in 1607 by the Plymouth Company, the coastal area between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers, as well as an irregular parcel of land between the headwaters of the two rivers, became the province of Maine in a 1622 land grant. In 1629, the land was split, creating an area between the Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers which became the province of New Hampshire. It existed through a series of land patents made by the kings of England during this era, and included New Somersetshire, Lygonia, and Falmouth. The province was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s, beginning with the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832)
Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 to March 12, 1832) was the third and youngest son of second United States president John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams. He worked as a lawyer, a secretary to his brother John Quincy Adams while the latter served as United States ambassador to the Netherlands and Prussia, the business manager of and a contributor to the political and literary journal Port Folio, and a Massachusetts chief justice. Early life Thomas Boylston Adams was born on September 15, 1772 to John and Abigail Adams, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His parents’ youngest surviving child, he joined three older siblings: Abigail (Nabby), John Quincy, and Charles. Thomas was named for his paternal great-great-grandfather, physician Thomas Boylston. Thomas’s early childhood, spent primarily on the family farm in Braintree, was marked by the uncertainty and upheaval of the American Revolution. John Adams’s frequent absence, while he participated in the Continental C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebenezer Seaver
Ebenezer Seaver (July 5, 1763 – March 1, 1844) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Roxbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Seaver graduated from Harvard University in 1784. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1794–1802. Seaver was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to the 13th United States Congress, Thirteenth Congress. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1820. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1822, 1823, and 1826. He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 1, 1844. External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Seaver, Ebenezer 1763 births 1844 deaths Harvard University alumni Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Democ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Dewey
Daniel Dewey (January 29, 1766 – May 26, 1815) was a U.S. Representative from Sheffield, Massachusetts. Career Born in Sheffield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Dewey attended Yale College. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and commenced practice in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was treasurer of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1798 to 1814. He served as member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council 1809–1812. Dewey was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813, until February 24, 1814, when he resigned, having been assigned to a judicial position. He was appointed by Governor Caleb Strong an associate judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on February 24, 1814, and served until his death in Williamstown, Massachusetts Williamstown is a town in the northern part of Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts, United States. It shares a border with Vermont to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas Bidwell (August 23, 1763 – July 27, 1833) was an author, teacher and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, active in Massachusetts and Upper Canada (now Ontario). Educated at Yale, he practised law in western Massachusetts and served as treasurer of Berkshire County. He served in the state legislature as representative and senator, as well as in the United States Congress as spokesman for the administration of Thomas Jefferson. He was effective in defending the administration's positions and passing important legislation, and was the Massachusetts Attorney General from 1807 to 1810, when exaggerated press accounts of irregularities in the Berkshire County books halted his political career and prompted his flight to Upper Canada. Bidwell later paid the $63.18, plus fines, which he attributed to a Berkshire County clerk while he was away on duties in Boston. Nonetheless, the controversy, exaggerated in the press by his Federalist Party enemies, effective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts's 12th Congressional District Special Election, 1804
A special election was held in on September 17, 1804 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Thomson J. Skinner (DR) on August 10, 1804 Election results Larned took his seat on November 5, 1804, at the start of the 2nd session See also * * |
Simon Larned
Simon Larned (August 3, 1753 – November 16, 1817) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Thompson in the Connecticut Colony, Larned attended the common schools. Larned served as Sheriff of Berkshire County. He served in the Revolutionary War as Adjutant and Captain in Colonel William Shepard's regiment from January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780, being aide-de-camp to General Glover, from October 1, 1779. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1784. He was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1791. County treasurer 1792–1812. He served as colonel of the Ninth United States Infantry in the War of 1812 and was engaged in action at Plattsburg, along the Mohawk River. Larned was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Massachusetts when it was established in 1783. Larned was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stedman
William Stedman (January 21, 1765 – August 31, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Stedman was born in Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1790. He served as town clerk of Lancaster 1795-1800. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1802. He served as executive chancellor of Lancaster from 1803 to 1807. Stedman was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress. He was elected from the Massachusetts' 11th Congressional district. The district he represented had been drawn in the redistricting following the 1800 Census. It essentially covered the area of Worcester and northward to the New Hampshire border. Stedman was reelected to three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District Special Election, 1801
A special election was held in August 24, 1801 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) on March 5, 1801, before the first session of Congress, upon being appointed U.S. Attorney General. Election results Massachusetts electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met on the June 22, 1801 first ballot, requiring a second election held on August 24. Hastings took his seat on January 11, 1802. (footnote 18) See also *List of special elections to t ...
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