Phanuel Bishop

Phanuel Bishop (born September 3, 1739 in Rehoboth , Bristol County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  January 6, 1812 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1799 and 1807 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Phanuel Bishop grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked as an innkeeper. He later began a political career. Between 1787 and 1791 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate ; from 1792 to 1798 he was a member of the House of Representatives of his state several times . He became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1798 , Bishop was elected in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Stephen Bullock on March 4, 1799 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1807 . Since 1803 he represented the ninth district of his state as the successor to Joseph Bradley Varnum . During his tenure as Congressman in 1803 , the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson, the United States was significantly expanded. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. In addition, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved into in 1800 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Phanuel Bishop was no longer politically active. He died on January 6, 1812 in his native Rehoboth.

Web links

• Phanuel Bishop in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Phanuel Bishop in the database of Find a Grave (English)