William Stedman

William Stedman (born January 21, 1765 in Cambridge , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  August 31, 1831 in Newburyport , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1810 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Stedman attended Harvard University until 1784 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1787, he began to work in this profession. In 1790 he also served as a justice of the peace. Between 1795 and 1800 he was employed as a Town Clerk by the City of Lancaster . Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . In 1802 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; from 1803 to 1807 he was Executive Chancellor mayor in Lancaster.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Stedman was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Manasseh Cutler on March 4, 1803 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on July 16, 1810 . During his tenure as an MP in 1803 , the Louisiana Purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson significantly expanded United States territory. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

Between 1810 and 1816 William Stedman was an administrative clerk at the Worcester County District Court . He later moved to Newburyport, where he died on August 31, 1831.

Web links

• William Stedman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Stedman in database Find a Grave (English)