Amasa Learned

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Amasa Learned (born November 15, 1750 in Killingly , Colony of Connecticut , † May 4, 1825 in New London , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1791 and 1795 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Amasa Learned grew up during the British colonial era. He received a private education and then attended Yale College until 1772 . He then taught as a teacher and studied theology . After he was ordained a minister in 1773, he worked as a minister for a short time. This was followed by a law degree, which he finished in 1778.

Learned was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1779 . He was a member of this committee again between 1785 and 1791. In 1788 he was a delegate to the convention that ratified the United States Constitution for Connecticut. In the state-wide congressional elections of 1790, Learned was elected to the House of Representatives of the second Congress . There he took on March 4, 1791 as the successor to Roger Sherman, the second seat of his state. In the time before political parties were founded, he supported the then federal government under President George Washington . He was close to the later Federalist Party . After a re-election in 1792, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1795 .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Learned began engaging in land speculation. In 1818 he was a delegate to a conference to revise the Connecticut state constitution. Amasa Learned died in New London on May 4, 1825.

Web links

  • Amasa Learned in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)