William Stedman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Stedman

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1765

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 31-Aug-1831

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About William Stedman

  • William Stedman (January 21, 1765 – August 31, 1831) was a U.S.
  • Representative from Massachusetts. Stedman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • He graduated from Harvard University in 1784.
  • After this he studied law.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester.
  • He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1790.
  • He served as town clerk of Lancaster 1795-1800.
  • He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1802.
  • He served as executive chancellor of Lancaster from 1803 to 1807. Stedman was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress.
  • He was elected from the Massachusetts' 11th Congressional district.
  • The district he represented had been drawn in the redistricting following the 1800 Census.
  • It essentially covered the area of Worcester and northward to the New Hampshire border.
  • Stedman was reelected to three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignation July 16, 1810.
  • He served as clerk of Worcester County Courts 1810-1816.
  • Stedman was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813, and also served on its board of councilors from 1815 to 1816.
  • Later in life moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he died August 31, 1831.
  • He was interred in Old Hill Burying Ground. William Stedman married Almy Ellery (14 Feb 1759 - 25 Dec 1839).
  • She was a sister of Elizabeth Ellery, who married Hon.
  • Francis Dana, and also of Lucy Ellery who married William Channing (parents of William Ellery Channing, a founder of the Unitarian Church.)

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