Tristram Dalton

Tristram Dalton ( born May 28, 1738 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, † May 30, 1817 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician and one of the first two senators for the state of Massachusetts.

Dalton first attended the Dummer Academy, a private school in Byfield, and then made his degree in 1755 from Harvard College. He then studied law and was admitted into the Bar Association, but not practiced as a lawyer. Instead, he embarked on a commercial career.

As gathered, the provincial committees of the later New England states in Providence on December 25, 1776 Dalton took part in the conference as a delegate from Massachusetts. Later, he was then 1782-1785 Member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; in 1784, he held the post of Speaker there. 1783 and 1784, he was elected to the Continental Congress in each case, but he did not participate in the meetings of this body. On a state level, he still sat then 1785-1788 in the Massachusetts Senate.

Finally, the appointment as U.S. Senator was the first Congress of the United States. There Dalton counted as the second representative from Massachusetts, Caleb Strong, the pro-government pro- Administration Group, later the Federalist party emerged from the. He served on the Senate March 4, 1789 until March 3, 1791; in the attempt to re-election, he failed to George Cabot. From November 1814 until his death in May 1817 Dalton was then employed as a customs inspector at the port of Boston.