Stephen Longfellow

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Stephen Longfellow (June 23, 1775 - August 2, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Born in Gorham, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), Longfellow was graduated from Harvard University in 1798. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine. He served as member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1814 and 1815. Belonged to the Federalist Party and was a delegate to the Hartford convention in 1814 and 1815. Federalist presidential elector in 1816.

Longfellow was elected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824. He resumed the practice of his profession. He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1826. He served as overseer of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine from 1811 to 1817. He was a trustee of Bowdoin College 1817-1836. He served as president of the Maine Historical Society in 1834. He died in Portland, Maine, August 2, 1849.

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• Stephen Longfellow at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress