Asahel Stearns
Asahel Stearns | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Dana |
Succeeded by | Timothy Fuller |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1817 | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1830-1831 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lunenburg, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | June 17, 1774
Died | February 5, 1839 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 64)
Political party | Federalist |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Asahel Stearns (June 17, 1774 – February 5, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in
Charlestown, Massachusetts
, in 1815.
Stearns was elected as a
Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817. He was professor of law at Harvard University from 1817 to 1829. He again served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1830 and 1831. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 5, 1839. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery
.
References
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter S" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
External links
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "Asahel Stearns (id: S000821)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Asahel Stearns at Find a Grave