Phanuel Bishop

Phanuel Bishop ( born September 3, 1739 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † January 6, 1812 ) was an American politician. Between 1799 and 1807, he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Phanuel Bishop grew up during the British colonial period. He attended the common schools and worked as an innkeeper. Later, he began a career in politics. Between 1787 and 1791 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate; 1792-1798 he was a deputy several times in the House of his state. He was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1798 Bishop was selected in the seventh election district of Massachusetts in the Council, meeting at that time still in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Stephen Bullock on March 4, 1799. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 four legislative sessions. Since 1803, he acted as the successor of Joseph Bradley Varnum the ninth 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 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. In addition, in 1800, the new federal capital, Washington DC related.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Phanuel Bishop is no longer politically have appeared. He died on January 6, 1812 in his birthplace of Rehoboth.