Edward Hempstead

Edward Hempstead (born June 3, 1780 in New London , Connecticut , †  August 10, 1817 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1812 and 1814 he represented the Missouri Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Hempstead enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1801, he began to work in the state of Rhode Island in this profession. In 1805 he moved to St. Louis, which was then part of the Louisiana Territory acquired in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson in the Louisiana Purchase . In the following years Hempstead took part in some campaigns against the Indians north of the Missouri . From 1809 to 1812 he was Attorney General in the northern part of the Louisiana District. In 1812 he became an MP and President of the Territorial House of Representatives.

After the Missouri Territory was established, Hempstead was elected a delegate to Congress in Washington, DC in 1812 . He exercised this mandate between December 9, 1812 and September 17, 1814. During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell . Edward Hempstead died on August 10, 1817 in St. Louis of the consequences of a riding accident that he had suffered six days earlier.

Web links

• Edward Hempstead in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Hempstead in the database of Find a Grave (English)