Stephen Longfellow

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Stephen Longfellow (born June 23, 1775 in Gorham , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † August 2, 1849 in Portland , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1825 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stephen Longfellow was born in Gorham, which at that time still belonged to Massachusetts and in 1820 fell to the then newly created state of Maine. He studied at Harvard University until 1798 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1801, he began to work in Portland in his new profession. He was a member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1814 and 1815. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party at the time . From 1811 to 1817 he was also on the board of directors of Bowdoin College .

Between 1814 and 1815 he was a delegate at a conference in Hartford , where the New England states discussed a possible exit from the United States. However, this plan was not implemented. In the 1820s, Longfellow joined the faction led by President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . In the congressional elections of 1822 he was elected as their candidate in the second constituency of Maine to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over from Mark Harris on March 4, 1823 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1824, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1825 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Longfellow returned to work as a lawyer. In 1826 he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. Between 1817 and 1836, Longfellow was also a curator of Bowdoin College. In 1834 he also served as President of the Maine Historical Society . Longfellow was married to Zilpah Wadsworth. One of his children was the writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Stephen Longfellow died in Portland on August 2, 1849.

Web links

  • Stephen Longfellow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Longfellow, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorham , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1849
Place of death Portland , Maine