George Partridge
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George Partridge (February 8, 1740–July 7, 1828) was an American teacher. He represented Massachusetts as a delegate to the Continental Congress and as a Representative in the U.S. House.
Partridge was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts and attended Harvard, graduating in 1762. He studied theology but never entered the active ministry. Instead, he became a school teacher at Kingston, Massachusetts.
Plymouth County sent him as a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress starting in 1774, and then to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1779 the legislature named him a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was reappointed continuously until 1785, although he missed the session held in Princeton, New Jersey in 1783.
When the new government of the United States was installed Partridge was elected to the First United States Congress as a representative of Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. He served from March 4, 1789 until he resigned on August 14, 1790.
Partridge died at home in Doxbury in 1828 and is buried in the Mayflower Cemetery there.
