Stephen Bullock (October 10, 1735 – February 2, 1816) was a
United States representative
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from
Massachusetts
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. Born in
Rehoboth in the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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, he attended the common schools, taught school, and was a captain of the Sixth Company in Col.
Thomas Carpenter III's Regiment of
Massachusetts militia during the
Revolutionary War, and was in the
Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. He was a delegate to the first State
constitutional convention in 1780 and was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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in 1783, 1785, 1786, 1795, and 1796.
Bullock was elected as a
Federalist to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799. He was judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
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for
Bristol County and from 1803 to 1805 was a member of the Governor's council. He died in Rehoboth; interment was in Burial Place Hill.
References
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1735 births
1816 deaths
Massachusetts militiamen in the American Revolution
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts state court judges
Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts