Joseph Barker (politician, 1751)
Joseph Barker (born October 19, 1751 in Branford , Colony of Connecticut , † July 5, 1815 in Middleboro , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1805 and 1809 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Joseph Barker attended the public schools in his home country and then went to Harvard College for two years . He then studied until 1771 at Yale College . After studying theology and being ordained a clergyman in 1775, he began to preach in Middleboro for the First Congregational Church there. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .
In the 1804 congressional elections , Barker was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Nahum Mitchell on March 4, 1805 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1809 . In 1808 he renounced another candidacy. Joseph Barker was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1812 and 1813 . Otherwise he continued to serve as a clergyman in Middleboro. He died there on July 5, 1815.
Web links
- Joseph Barker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Joseph Barker in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Barker, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1751 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Branford , Connecticut |
DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1815 |
Place of death | Middleboro , Massachusetts |