William Eustis

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William Eustis (born June 10, 1753 in Cambridge , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † February 6, 1825 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician .

Career

Eustis attended the Latin School Boston Latin School before settling at Harvard University enrolled and in 1772 received his doctorate. He studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren and helped care for the wounded after the Battle of Bunker Hill in which Warren was killed. Eustis served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War as a surgeon in the artillery regiment near Cambridge and then as a surgeon in a hospital.

After the war, Eustis joined a doctor's office in Boston and was a surgeon in the Shays Rebellion campaign between 1786 and 1787. He was between 1786 and 1810 and 1820 Vice President of the Society of the Cincinnati .

From 1788 to 1794 Eustis was employed at the Massachusetts General Court and for two years member of the council ( Governor's council ) of the colony of Massachusetts. He was then elected to the House of Representatives for two terms from 1801 to 1804 . Eustis represented Massachusetts in the 7th and 8th Congresses of the United States . He won the elections against Josiah Quincy and John Quincy Adams .

During this time he was appointed general manager by the House of Representatives in 1804 to conduct impeachment proceedings against John Pickering , judge of the New Hampshire District Court.

Eustis was Secretary of War of the United States from March 7, 1809 to January 13, 1813 . During this tenure, he tried to prepare the US Army for the imminent outbreak of the British-American War in 1812. His resignation came at the same time as the American turn on the battlefield, which earned him criticism.

Eustis was ambassador to the Netherlands between 1814 and 1818 under President James Madison . Because of his poor health, he eventually had to return home. At home he bought and resided in the historic Shirley Mansion in Roxbury .

He was later re-elected to the House of Representatives and chaired the House Committee on Military Affairs from 1820 to 1823 . He made three unsuccessful attempts to become governor of Massachusetts (1820, 1821 and 1822) until he was finally elected. He was Governor of Massachusetts from 1823 to 1825.

In February 1825 Eustis died in Boston and was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington .

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SURNAME Eustis, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1825
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts