U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Brown University Rhode Island in 1805, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced to practice law in Hanover, Massachusetts, in 1811. He was a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1814 and served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1819. In 1820, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zabdiel Sampson, reelected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress, serving until 1827. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he served as an Executive Councilor, (1827-31) and as a probate judge from 1843, until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Brown University Rhode Island in 1805, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced to practice law in Hanover, Massachusetts, in 1811. He was a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1814 and served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1819. In 1820, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zabdiel Sampson, reelected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress, serving until 1827. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he served as an Executive Councilor, (1827-31) and as a probate judge from 1843, until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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