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John Varnum

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John Varnum

Birth
Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Jul 1836 (aged 58)
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
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Old-18,449,2
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US Congressman. He was born to Parker Varnum and Dorcas Brown Varnum in Dracut, Massachusetts, was educated locally and graduated from the distinguished Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1798. After graduating from university, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and relocated to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he commenced to practicing law in 1802. A Federalist, he then served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1811. He then moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, and ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Republican, he then served Massachusetts's 3rd (Twentieth and Twenty-First Congresses) District in the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1831. After his term in the United States Congress had expired on March 3, 1831, he returned to Lowell, Massachusetts, and then to Niles, Michigan, where he resumed his law practice until his death. He passed away in Niles, Michigan, at the age of 58.
US Congressman. He was born to Parker Varnum and Dorcas Brown Varnum in Dracut, Massachusetts, was educated locally and graduated from the distinguished Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1798. After graduating from university, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and relocated to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he commenced to practicing law in 1802. A Federalist, he then served as a Member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1811. He then moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, and ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Republican, he then served Massachusetts's 3rd (Twentieth and Twenty-First Congresses) District in the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1831. After his term in the United States Congress had expired on March 3, 1831, he returned to Lowell, Massachusetts, and then to Niles, Michigan, where he resumed his law practice until his death. He passed away in Niles, Michigan, at the age of 58.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7423803/john-varnum: accessed ), memorial page for John Varnum (25 Jun 1778–23 Jul 1836), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7423803, citing Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.