Jeremiah Nelson
Jeremiah Nelson | |
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Manasseh Cutler | |
Succeeded by | Edward St. Loe Livermore |
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825 | |
Preceded by | Timothy Pickering |
Succeeded by | John Varnum |
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | |
Preceded by | John Varnum |
Succeeded by | Gayton P. Osgood |
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[1] | |
In office 1811–1812 | |
Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[2] | |
In office March 15, 1809 – March 18, 1812 | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
In office 1804–1805 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Republican | September 14, 1769
Spouse | Mary Balch[3] |
Children | Mary Balch Nelson, b. May 29, 1832, d. June 27, 1887; Elizabeth Mighill Nelson, b. February 8, 1834, d. June 14, 1851; Jeremiah Nelson, b. January 12, 1836; John B.Nelson, b. January 3, 1839.[3] |
Alma mater | Dartmouth |
Jeremiah Nelson (September 14, 1769 – October 2, 1838) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Nelson was born in Rowley in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on September 14, 1769, to Solomon and Elizabeth (Mighill) Nelson.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1790. He engaged in the mercantile business in Newburyport, Massachusetts.[1]
He was a member of the
Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings
. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.
He served as president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Co. in 1829. He returned to Congress as an
Anti-Jacksonian
for the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving politics, he engaged in the shipping business. Nelson died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 2, 1838, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c d Currier, John James (1909), History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 473
- ^ Currier, John James (1909), History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 600
- ^ a b Currier, John James (1909), History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 474
- United States Congress. "Jeremiah Nelson (id: N000036)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.