William Soden Hastings

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William Soden Hastings (June 3, 1798 - June 17, 1842) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, his father was Seth Hastings, also a U.S. Representative. The younger Hastings completed preparatory studies and graduated from Harvard University in 1817; he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Mendon. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1828, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1829 to 1833.

Hastings was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837, until his death in Red Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1842; interment was in Old Cemetery, Mendon.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress