Timothy Pilsbury (April 12, 1789 – November 23, 1858) was a

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from

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. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts where he attended the common schools. He was employed in a store for about two years before he became a sailor. During the

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, he commanded the privateer ''Yankee''. After the war, he engaged in shipping and settled in

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. Pilsbury served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1825 and 1826 and a member of the executive council 1827–1836. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to the

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. He moved to

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and thence to

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

and later to

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. Pilsbury was a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in 1840 and 1841 and served in the Senate of that Republic in 1842. He was also the chief justice of the county court and judge of probate for

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. He was again a member of the

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in 1845. Upon the admission of Texas as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses and served from March 30, 1846, to March 3, 1849. Pilsbury was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the

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. He died in Henderson, Texas in 1858 and was buried in the City Cemetery.

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