Simon Larned

Simon Larned ( born August 3, 1753 Thompson, Connecticut, † November 16, 1817 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. In the years 1804 and 1805 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Simon Larned attended the public schools of his home. He moved to Massachusetts and was sheriff in the local Berkshire County. During the Revolutionary War he was a captain in the American armed forces. Since 1784, he has worked in Pittsfield in the trade. He also embarked on a political career. In 1791, Larned was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; 1792-1812 he served as treasurer in his home district. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

Following the resignation of Mr Thomson J. Skinner Larned was at the due election for the twelfth seat of Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 5 November 1804. Until March 3, 1805 he was able to end the current parliamentary term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Simon Larned continued eunuchs in Berkshire County. He was also president of the Berkshire Bank. Despite his age he participated as a colonel in the U.S. Army in part at the British -American War of 1812. He died on November 16, 1817 in Pittsfield, where he was also buried.