Charles Stetson

Charles Stetson ( born November 2, 1801 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, † March 27, 1863 in Bangor, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1802, Charles Stetson moved with his parents to Hampden in the then District of Maine the state of Massachusetts. He attended Hampden Academy and then studied until 1823 at Yale College. After a subsequent law degree in 1826 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in Hampden. In 1828 he was also admitted to the Supreme Court as a lawyer. In the following years until 1833, he held in his home several local offices. 1833 Stetson moved to Bangor. He was from 1834 to 1839 worked as a municipal judge. In 1843 and 1844 he was also a member of the local council. Between 1845 and 1848 Stetson belonged to the Government (State Executive Council) from Maine to.

Stetson was a member of the Democratic Party and in 1848 as its candidate in the sixth electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1849, the successor of James S. Wiley. Since he was not nominated for the elections of the year 1850 by his party for another legislative session, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1851. This was dominated by the debate over slavery.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Charles Stetson again worked as a lawyer. In 1860 he switched to the Republican Party. He died on 27 March 1863 in Bangor and was also buried there.