Jeremiah Nelson
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| In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825 March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
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| Preceded by | Manasseh Cutler (1805) Timothy Pickering (1815) John Varnum (1825) |
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| Succeeded by | Edward St. Loe Livermore (1807) John Varnum (1825) Gayton P. Osgood (1833) |
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| Born | September 14, 1769 Rowley, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 2, 1838 Newburyport, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Federalist Republican |
Jeremiah Nelson, was a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, September 14, 1769. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1790. He engaged in the mercantile business in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1803 and 1804, was elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. In 1811, he served as chairman board of selectmen of Newburyport. He was again elected to the Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from (March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1825). During the (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses) he was chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress. He served as president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Co. in 1829. He returned to Congress as an Anti-Jacksonian for the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving politics, he engaged in the shipping business. Nelson died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 2, 1838, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Manasseh Cutler |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Succeeded by Edward St. Loe Livermore |
| Preceded by Timothy Pickering |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825 |
Succeeded by John Varnum |
| Preceded by John Varnum |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Succeeded by Gayton P. Osgood |
