Daniel Dewey

Daniel Dewey

Daniel Dewey (born January 29, 1766 in Sheffield , Berkshire County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  May 26, 1815 in Williamstown , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1813 and 1814 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Dewey attended Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1787, he began to work in Williamstown in this profession. From 1798 to 1814 he was treasurer at the local Williams College . Politically, Dewey joined the Federalist Party . Between 1809 and 1814 he was a member of the Advisory Board to the Governor of Massachusetts.

In the congressional election of 1812 Dewey was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Ezekiel Bacon on March 4, 1813 . He held this mandate until his resignation on February 24, 1814. His time in Congress was marked by the events of the British-American War . Dewey's resignation came after his appointment as a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court , where he succeeded Samuel Sewall . He held this post until his death on May 26, 1815 in Williamstown.

Web links

• Daniel Dewey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Dewey in the database of Find a Grave (English)