William Stedman

William Stedman ( born January 21, 1765 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, † August 31 1831 in Newburyport, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1810 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Stedman attended until 1784, the Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree in 1787 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1790, he also served as justice of the peace. Between 1795 and 1800 he was employed as Town Clerk in the city of Lancaster. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. In 1802 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; between 1803 to 1807, he served as Executive Chancellor mayor in Lancaster.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Stedman was in the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Manasseh Cutler on March 4, 1803. After three re- elections he could remain until his resignation on July 16, 1810 in Congress. During his time as a Member of 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 1810 and 1816 William Stedman administrative officer was at the District Court in Worcester County. He later moved to Newburyport, where he died on August 31, 1831.