Joseph Stanton, Jr.

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Joseph Stanton, Jr. (19 July 1739 - 1807) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction.

Stanton was born in Charlestown, Rhode Island in 1739. He served in the state legislature from 1768 to 1774.

During the American Revolutionary War, he was a colonel in the Rhode Island militia. After the war, he served as a general in the state militia. He was a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional convention in 1790, and as a U.S. Senator from 7 June 1790 to 3 March 1793. He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1807. Stanton died later in 1807 in Charlestown.

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Preceded by
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United States Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island
1790–1793
Served alongside: Theodore Foster
Succeeded by
William Bradford
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