Peleg Tallman
Peleg Tallman (born July 24, 1764 in Tiverton , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † March 12, 1840 in Bath , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1811 and 1813 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Peleg Tallman attended public schools in his home country. Despite his youth, he took part in the final stages of the War of Independence . In 1780 he lost an arm in a battle. Between 1781 and 1783 he was a British prisoner of war in England and Ireland . After the war he worked in Bath in what was then the Maine district of the state of Massachusetts in trade. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .
In the 1810 congressional election , Tallman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Orchard Cook on March 4, 1811 . Since he refused to run again in 1812, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1813 . During this time the British-American War began in 1812 .
Between 1802 and 1840 Peleg Tallman was a board member ( overseer ) of Bowdoin College . In 1821 and 1822 he was a member of the Senate of the new state of Maine, which was created in 1820.
Peleg Tallman was married to Eleanor Clarke (1774-1857). They had 10 children, one of the survivors was the future Maine Attorney General Henry Tallmann . Peleg Tallman died in Bath on March 12, 1840. His grave is in the Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory.
Web links
- Peleg Tallman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Peleg Tallman in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nauset and the World. In: capecodhistory.us. Retrieved February 7, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Tallman, Peleg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1764 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tiverton , Rhode Island |
DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1840 |
Place of death | Bath , Maine |