John Curtis Chamberlain

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John Curtis Chamberlain (born June 5, 1772 in Worcester , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † December 8, 1834 in Utica , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Chamberlain studied at Harvard College , later Harvard University , until 1793 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1796, he began to work in Alstead (New Hampshire) in his new profession.

Politically, Chamberlain was a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Between 1802 and 1804 he was an MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives . In 1804 he moved to Charlestown . In the congressional elections of 1808, held nationwide, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington for the second mandate from New Hampshire . There he took over from Daniel Meserve Durell on March 4, 1809 . Since he refused to run again in 1810, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1811 .

After his time in Congress, Chamberlain returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1818 he was again a member of the State House of Representatives. He also worked as an amateur historian and poet. In the mid-1820s, John Chamberlain moved to Honeoye Falls, New York State. In 1826 he moved to Utica. He also worked as a lawyer in his new home. He died in Utica on December 8, 1834.

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