U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1782, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced to practice law in Mendon, Massachusetts. He was the Mendon town treasurer, (1794-95) and elected one of the first school commissioners, in 1796. In 1801, he was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln, reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving until 1807. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, (1810-14) and chief justice of the Worcester County Court, (1819-28).
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1782, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced to practice law in Mendon, Massachusetts. He was the Mendon town treasurer, (1794-95) and elected one of the first school commissioners, in 1796. In 1801, he was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln, reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving until 1807. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, (1810-14) and chief justice of the Worcester County Court, (1819-28).
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