Jonas Sibley

Jonas Sibley ( born March 7, 1762, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † February 5, 1834 ) was an American politician. Between 1823 and 1825 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jonas Sibley attended the public schools of his home. In the years 1801 to 1803 and again in 1819 he was a councilor in his hometown. From 1802 to 1827 he worked there as Town Moderator; 1806 to 1816, he served there as city treasurer. Sibley was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. From 1806 to 1822 and again in 1827 and 1829, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In 1820 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts. In the 1820s he became a follower of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.

In the congressional elections of 1822 Sibley was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel Lathrop on March 4, 1823. Since he has not been confirmed in 1824, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1825. In 1826, Sibley was a member of the Senate of Massachusetts. He was then to 1829 again in the House of Representatives of his State. In addition, he was working in agriculture. He died on 5 February 1834 in his birthplace Sutton.