Josiah Dean

Josiah Dean ( born March 6, 1748 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † October 14, 1818 ) was an American politician. Between 1807 and 1809 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Josiah Dean grew up during the British colonial period. He attended the common schools and then worked in the mill industry and shipbuilding. He also held several local offices. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1804 and 1807, he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1806 Dean was in the ninth election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Phanuel Bishop on March 4, 1807. Until March 3, 1809, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took his previous activities on again. In the years 1810 and 1811 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He died on 14 October 1818 in his hometown of Raynham.