Joseph F. Wingate

Joseph Ferdinand Wingate (born June 29, 1786 in Haverhill , Essex County , Massachusetts , † in South Windsor , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wingate received limited schooling and then began trading in Bath . He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1818 and 1819 . From 1820 to 1824 he was employed by the customs service in the port of Bath.

In the 1826 congressional election, Wingate was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Maine . There he took over from Ebenezer Herrick on March 4, 1827 . After re-election in 1828, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1831 . These were overshadowed by the discussions about the policy of President Andrew Jackson , who had been in office since 1829 . It was about the implementation of the Indian Removal Act , which the President had carried out against a judgment of the Chief Justice John Marshall .

After his departure from Congress, the trail of Joseph Wingate is lost. He died in South Windsor; the exact date of his death is not known.

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SURNAME	Wingate, Joseph F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wingate, Joseph Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haverhill , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	after 1831
Place of death	South Windsor , Maine