Chauncey Forward (February 4, 1793 – October 19, 1839) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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Early life and education

Forward was born in Old Granby, Connecticut, to Samuel and Susannah Forward. Among his brothers were

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and

Walter Forward Walter Forward (January 24, 1786 – November 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the brother of Chauncey Forward. Biography Born in East Granby, Connecticut, he attended the common schools. After moving with his father to ...

. His grandson was

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. He moved with his father to

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in 1800, and a short time afterward to

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. He pursued classical studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in

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, in 1817 and began practice in

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. He was married to Rebekah Blair of Maryland.

Career

He was a member of the

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from 1820 to 1822 and the

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for the 22nd district from 1823 to 1826. Forward was elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Thomson. He was reelected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was appointed

prothonotary The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. ''prothonotarius'' ( c. 400), from Greek ''protonotarios'' "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the B ...

and recorder of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1831. He died in Somerset in 1839 and was interred in Ankeny Square Cemetery.

Sources

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