William Widgery

William Widgery (* 1753 in Devonshire, England; † July 31, 1822 in Portland, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his youth was William Widgery with his parents to Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. Later he worked in shipbuilding. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution and the War of Independence was a lieutenant in the U.S. Armed Forces. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1790 admitted to the bar Widgery began working in Portland in this profession. In the years 1787 to 1793 and again from 1795 to 1797 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In 1788 he was a delegate to the Assembly, which ratified the Constitution of the United States for the State of Massachusetts. In 1794 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In the years 1806 and 1807, he participated in the Government of that State.

Politically Widgery was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1810 he was in the 15th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ezekiel Whitman on March 4, 1811. Since he has not been confirmed in 1812, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1813. During this time, the British -American War began.

Between 1813 and 1821 William Widgery acted as an appellate judge. He died on July 31, 1822 in Portland, where he was also buried.