Barzillai Gannett

Barzillai Gannett (born June 17, 1764 in Bridgewater , Plymouth County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  1832 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1812 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Barzillai Gannett graduated from Yale College in 1785 and then studied theology. As a result, however, he did not work as a theologian. Instead, he embarked on a political career. Between 1793 and 1802 he sat several times on the Pittston parish council in what was then the Maine district of Massachusetts. In this city he also held some local offices. He then moved to Gardiner , where he was also a member of the local council. Between 1804 and 1809 he worked as a postman in this city, where he also held other offices. He became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . In 1805 and 1806 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . After that he was a member of the State Senate between 1807 and 1808 .

In the 1808 congressional elections , Gannett was elected to the 17th  constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John Chandler on March 4, 1809 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation in 1812 . Barzillai Gannett fled his homeland to Ohio on charges of embezzlement . He changed his name to Benjamin Gardiner. Around 1822 he suddenly left Ohio; then his track is lost. What is certain is that he died in New York in 1832.

Web links

• Barzillai Gannett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)