Laban Wheaton

Laban Wheaton (* March 13, 1754 in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † March 23, 1846 in Norton, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Laban Wheaton attended Wrentham Academy and then to 1774 Harvard College. He then studied at Woodstock (Connecticut) theology. After a subsequent law degree in 1788 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Milton to work in this profession. In the meantime he became a judge at Bristol County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Federalist Party, a political career. Between 1803 and 1808 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Wheaton 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 Josiah Dean on March 4, 1809. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 four legislative sessions. Since 1815, he represented there as a successor of Elijah Brigham tenth district of his state. In his time as a Member of the British -American War was in 1812. According to the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Laban Wheaton officiated at various courts as judges. In 1825 he was again a deputy in the State Parliament.