Roger Vose

Roger Vose (born February 24, 1763 in Milton , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † October 26, 1841 in Walpole , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roger Vose came to Walpole, New Hampshire with his parents as early as 1766. Until 1790 he studied at Harvard University . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1793, he began to practice in Walpole in his new profession.

Politically, Vose was a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1809, 1810, and 1812, respectively . In the 1812 congressional elections, held nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fourth mandate from New Hampshire . There he took over on March 4, 1813, succeeding John Adams Harper of the Democratic Republican Party . After re-election in 1814, he was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . His first term in office was overshadowed by the events of the British-American War , during which the British temporarily occupied Washington.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Vose was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1818 . Between 1818 and 1820 he was a judge on an appeals court and from 1820 to 1825 he was presiding judge of the Court of Sessions of New Hampshire. Then he worked again as a lawyer. Roger Vose died on October 26, 1841 in Walpole and was buried there.

Web links

• Roger Vose in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roger Vose in the database of Find a Grave (English)