Jeremiah Nelson (September 14, 1769October 2, 1838) was a

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from

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. Nelson was born in Rowley in the

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on September 14, 1769, to Solomon and Elizabeth (Mighill) Nelson. He graduated from

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, in 1790. He engaged in the mercantile business in

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. He was a member of the

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in 1803 and 1804, was elected as a

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to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. In 1811, he served as chairman of the board of selectmen of Newburyport. He was again elected to the Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825). During the (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses) he was chairman of the

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress. He served as president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Co. in 1829. He returned to Congress as an

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for the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving politics, he engaged in the shipping business. Nelson died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 2, 1838, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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