Nahum Mitchell

Nahum Mitchell ( born February 12, 1769 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; † August 1, 1853 in Plymouth, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1805 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Nahum Mitchell attended the common schools and then studied until 1789 at Harvard University. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in East Bridgewater to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. Between 1798 and 1802, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Mitchell was in the seventh election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeds Phanuel Bishop took on 4 March 1803 the moved to the ninth district. Since he resigned in 1804 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1805. During this time, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In the years 1809 and 1812 Mitchell was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Between 1811 and 1821 he worked as an appellate judge. In addition he was in the years 1813 and 1814 to the State Senate. From 1814 to 1820, he also scored the senior staff of the Governor. After Mitchell was 1822-1827 Finance Minister of his state. From 1839 to 1845 he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Nahum Mitchell died on August 1, 1853 in Plymouth.

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