Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks ( born February 13, 1773 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; † August 4, 1845 in Winchester, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Weeks attended the public schools of his home. After moving to Richmond in New Hampshire, he was engaged in farming. In his new home he began a political career. Between 1802 and 1822 he was ratchet driver ( Town Clerk ) in Richmond; 1807-1834 he was a deputy several times in the House of New Hampshire. In the meantime, he was from 1823 to 1827 associate justice on a court of appeal.

After the restructuring of the political parties in the United States in the 1820s Weeks joined, founded by Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1834, which were held all across the state, he was for the fifth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1835, the successor of Henry Hubbard. After a re-election in 1836, Weeks could pass in Congress until March 3, 1839 two coherent legislative periods.

After his retirement from the House of Representatives Joseph Weeks is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 4 August 1845 in Winchester. Weeks was the grandfather of Joseph W. Babcock (1850-1909), who was sitting 1893-1907 for Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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