Thomas Dwight (politician)

Dwight Thomas ( born October 29, 1758 in Springfield, Massachusetts, † January 2, 1819 ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1805 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Dwight attended the common schools and then studied until 1778 at Harvard College. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started working in Springfield in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the years 1794 and 1795 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; of 1796 and 1803 he was a member of the State Senate. He was a member of the established end of the 1790s by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Dwight was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lemuel Williams on March 4, 1803. Until March 3, 1805 he was able to complete a term in Congress. 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.

Between 1806 and 1809, and in 1811 Dwight sat in the council of Springfield. In the years 1808 and 1809 he served on the senior staff of the Governor. After 1811 he withdrew from politics and practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 2, 1819 in his birthplace of Springfield.