Thomson J. Skinner

Thomson J. Skinner

Thomson Joseph Skinner (born May 24, 1752 in Colchester , Colony of Connecticut , †  January 20, 1809 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1804 he represented the state of Massachusetts twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomson Skinner attended public schools in his home country. He later moved to Massachusetts, where he embarked on a political career. Between 1781 and 1803 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a member of the State Senate . In 1788 he was a delegate to the meeting at which the State of Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution. In the late 1790s he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . From 1788 to 1807, also during his time as a congressman, he was an appeal judge.

After the resignation of MP Theodore Sedgwick , Skinner was elected to the House of Representatives as his successor to the US House of Representatives at the due by-election for the first seat of Massachusetts, where he took up his new mandate on January 27, 1797. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1799 . In the elections of 1802 Skinner was re-elected to Congress in the twelfth constituency of his state, where he replaced Samuel Thatcher on March 4, 1803 . He held this mandate until his resignation on August 10, 1804.

In 1806 and 1807, Skinner succeeded Jonathan Jackson as Treasurer of Massachusetts. He died in Boston on January 20, 1809.

Web links

• Thomson J. Skinner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)