Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks (born February 13, 1773 in Warwick , Franklin County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † August 4, 1845 in Winchester , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Weeks attended public schools in his home country. After moving to Richmond , New Hampshire, he worked in the agricultural sector. He also began a political career in his new home. Between 1802 and 1822 he was a town clerk in Richmond; between 1807 and 1834 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives on several occasions . In the meantime, he was an associate judge at an appeals court from 1823 to 1827.

After the reorganization of political parties in the United States in the 1820s, Weeks joined the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson . In the congressional elections of 1834, held nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fifth mandate from New Hampshire . There he took over from Henry Hubbard on March 4, 1835 . After re-election in 1836, Weeks was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1839 .

After leaving the House of Representatives, Joseph Weeks no longer appeared politically. He died in Winchester on August 4, 1845. Weeks was the grandfather of Joseph W. Babcock (1850-1909), who sat for Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives between 1893 and 1907 .

Web links

• Joseph Weeks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)