Charles H. Peaslee

Charles Hazen Peaslee ( born February 6, 1804 in Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire; † September 18, 1866 in Saint Paul, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1853 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Peaslee attended Gilmanton Academy and then studied until 1824 at Dartmouth College in Hanover. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1828 admitted to the bar he began in Concord to work in his new profession.

Politically, Peaslee member of the Democratic Party. Between 1833 and 1837 he was a member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. From 1839 to 1847 he served as adjutant general commander of the state militia. 1846 Peaslee was elected in the second district of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Mace Moulton on March 4, 1847. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1853 three legislative periods. Since 1849 he was Chairman of the Committee on Militia there. During his time in Congress ended the Mexican -American War, as a result large areas of the west and southwest of the continent fell to the United States. Due to this territorial expansion led to increased discussion about the expansion of slavery to the new territories.

1852 Peaslee waived on a bid again. From 1853 to 1857 he was head of the tax authorities in the port of Boston. In 1860 he moved to Portsmouth in New Hampshire. Charles Peaslee died in September 1866 during a visit to Minnesota. He was buried in Portsmouth.

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