Peleg Wadsworth

Peleg Wadsworth ( born May 6, 1748 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, † November 12, 1829 in Hiram, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1793 and 1807, he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peleg Wadsworth grew up during the British colonial period and attended both public and private schools. He then studied at Harvard College to 1769. In the following years he worked in Kingston, among others in the trade. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution and served at the beginning of the Revolutionary War as a staff officer in the Continental Army. In 1777, he became brigadier general of militia in 1778 as adjutant general commander of the militia of Massachusetts. In 1784, he moved to Portland, Maine today. There he worked as a farm manager. He also operated a store. 1786, he headed the first meeting, which aimed at the establishment of the State of Maine. However, this only took place in 1820 in conjunction with the Missouri Compromise. 1792 Wadsworth was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1792 Peleg Wadsworth was elected in the then newly established 13th electoral district of Massachusetts in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1793. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 seven legislative sessions. Since 1803 he represented there the also newly created 15th district of his state. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Also worth mentioning is the reference of the new federal capital, Washington DC in 1800.

In 1807, Peleg Wadsworth moved to the Oxford County in the District of Maine, where he managed its received from the government land ownership. He also held various local offices in Hiram. In this city he died on November 12, 1829. His grandson was the writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( 1807-1882 ).