Daniel Ilsley

Daniel Ilsley (* May 30, 1740 in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, † May 10 1813 in Portland, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1807 and 1809 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Ilsley grew up during the British colonial period. He lived in that northern part of Massachusetts, from which in 1820 the state of Maine should emerge. After a good school education, he worked as a distiller. Later he also worked in shipping. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution. During the Revolutionary War he was a member of a safety committee as well as a major screening officer in Falmouth. In 1788 he was a delegate attended the meeting at which the United States Constitution was ratified by the State of Massachusetts. In the years 1793 and 1794 Ilsley sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1806 Ilsley was in the 15th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Peleg Wadsworth on March 4, 1807. Since he has not been confirmed in 1808, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1809. Daniel Ilsley died on 10 May 1813 in Portland, where he was also buried.