Simon Larned

Simon Larned (born August 3, 1753 in Thompson , Colony of Connecticut , †  November 16, 1817 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . In 1804 and 1805 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Simon Larned attended public schools in his home country. He moved to Massachusetts and was sheriff in Berkshire County there . During the Revolutionary War he was a captain in the American armed forces. From 1784 he was active in Pittsfield in trade. He also embarked on a political career. In 1791 Larned was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; between 1792 and 1812 he served as a treasurer in his home district. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .

After the resignation of the representative Thomson J. Skinner Larned was elected in the by-election for the twelfth seat of Massachusetts as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 5, 1804. By March 3, 1805 he was able to end the current legislative period in Congress . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Simon Larned continued to serve as treasurer in Berkshire County. He also became President of Berkshire Bank . Despite his age, he took part in the British-American War of 1812 as a colonel in the US Army . He died on November 16, 1817 in Pittsfield, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Simon Larned in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Simon Larned in the database of Find a Grave (English)