Barnabas Bidwell

Barnabas Bidwell (born August 23, 1763 in Monterey , Berkshire County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † July 27, 1833 in Kingston , Upper Canada ) was an American politician . Between 1805 and 1807 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Barnabas Bidwell attended Yale College until 1785 . After studying law at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ) and being admitted to the bar in 1805, he began to work in this profession in Stockbridge . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . Between 1801 and 1804 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate ; from 1805 to 1807 he was a member of the House of Representatives of this state.

In the congressional election of 1804 , Bidwell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Simon Larned on March 4, 1805 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 30, 1810 . At the same time as his congressional membership, Bidwell was also Attorney General of Massachusetts. A little later, he fled to Upper Canada to avoid charges of misappropriating money that had meanwhile been discovered. There he tried to continue his political career. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada . There, however, after heated debates with 17:16 votes, he was denied membership because he was viewed as a refugee from the law and was therefore viewed as morally unsuitable. He died on July 27, 1833.

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SURNAME	Bidwell, Barnabas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monterey , Berkshire County , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1833
Place of death	Kingston , Upper Canada