Mace Moulton

Mace Moulton ( born 2 May 1796 in Concord, New Hampshire; † May 5, 1867 in Manchester, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1847 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Mace Moulton attended the public schools of his home. He then worked as a carpenter. For over 20 years he was deputy sheriff in Hillsborough County, even before he assumed the office of sheriff in 1840.

Politically Moulton was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1844, which were last held all across the state, he was for the second parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1845 the successor of Edmund Burke. By March 3, 1847 Moulton graduated only one term in Congress, which was overshadowed by the events of the Mexican-American War.

After the end of his time in Congress Moulton was from 1848 to 1849 a member of the State Council of New Hampshire. In addition, he again worked as a deputy chief of police. Burke became a member of the board of the Amoskeag Bank, at the same time he was, until his death in 1867 president of the Amoskeag Savings Bank. Mace Moulton died on 5 May 1867 in Manchester and was also buried there.