Stephen Bullock

Stephen Bullock ( born October 10, 1735 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † February 2, 1816 ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1799 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Stephen Bullock grew up during the British colonial period. He attended the common schools and taught then as a teacher. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution and served during the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army. In 1780 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts. Between 1783 and 1796 he was several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1796 Bullock was voted seventh in the electoral district of Massachusetts in the Council, meeting at that time still in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of George Leonard on March 4, 1797. Until March 3, 1799, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Bullock worked as Berufungsgsrichter in Bristol County. Between 1803 and 1805 he served on the senior staff of the Governor. Stephen Bullock died on February 2, 1816 in his home town of Rehoboth.