Charles Turner, Jr.

Charles Turner Jr. ( born June 20, 1760 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, † May 16 1839 in Scituate, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1813 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Turner attended the public schools of his home. In 1787 he became a member of the Militia of Massachusetts, in which he rose to 1812 and to lieutenant colonel. In 1800, he was postmaster in Scituate. He was also justice of the peace. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1803 and 1805-1808 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Turner lost to William Baylies. He could at June 28, 1809 but still move in the Congress by a successful election opposition. After a re-election, he could remain there until March 3, 1813. During this time, the British -American War began. Since 1811 Turner chairman of the Committee on Accounts. In 1812 he lost his predecessor William Baylies.

In 1816, Turner was a member of the Massachusetts Senate; in the years 1817, 1819 and 1823, he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives of his State. He also served as administrator of the Naval Hospital in Chelsea. In 1820 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts, from the time the northern regions were separated. From this, the new state of Maine was created. As a result, Charles Turner worked in agriculture. He died on 16 May 1839 in Scituate.