Daniel Dewey

Daniel Dewey (* January 29, 1766 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, † May 26 1815 in Williamstown, Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1813 and 1814 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Dewey attended the Yale College. After a subsequent law degree in 1787 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in Williamstown to work in this profession. From 1798 to 1814, he was treasurer at the local Williams College. Politically, Dewey joined the Federalist Party. Between 1809 and 1814 he was part of the senior staff of the Governor of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1812, Dewey was in the twelfth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ezekiel Bacon on March 4, 1813. This mandate he held until his resignation on 24 February 1814. His time in Congress was marked by the events of the British - American War. Dewey's resignation was after his appointment as judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, where he became the successor of Samuel Sewall. A post he held until his death on 26 May 1815 in Williamstown.