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Seth Hastings, II, U.S. Representative
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U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University in 1782, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced to practice law in Mendon, Massachusetts. He was the Mendon town treasurer, (1794-95) and elected one of the first school commissioners, in 1796. In 1801, he was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln, reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving until 1807. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, (1810-14) and chief justice of the Worcester County Court, (1819-28).
Name Seth Hastings
Marriage Date 8 June 1796
Marriage Place Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse Chloe Davenport
Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
Name Seth Hastings
Birth Date 8 April 1762
Residence Place Massachusetts, USA
Death Date 19 November 1831
Relationship Father of William Soden Hastings
Elected Office(s) Representative
Biography (father of William Soden Hastings), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 8, 1762; was graduated from Harvard University in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced practice in Mendon, Massachusetts; town treasurer in 1794 and 1795; elected one of the first school commissioners in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln; reelected to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from August 24, 1801, to March 3, 1807; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1806; member of the State senate 1810-1814; chief justice of the court of sessions for Worcester County 1819-1828; died in Mendon, Massachusetts, on November 19, 1831; interment in the Old Cemetery.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Name Seth Hastings
Birth Date 8 April 1762
Birth Place Cambridge
Death Date 19 November 1831
Last Residence Place Mendon
Lodge Morning Star
Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990
Name U.S. Congressman Seth Hastings
Gender Male
Birth Date 8 Apr 1762
Birth Place Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Death Date 19 Nov 1831
Death Place Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Father Seth Hastings I
Mother Hannah Soden
Geneanet Community Trees Index
Name Seth Hastings I
Gender Male
Birth Date 22 August 1722
Birth Place Watertown, Massachusetts
Death Date 15 October 1775
Death Place Cambridge, Massachusetts
Father John Hastings
Spouse Hannah Soden
Children:
Geneanet Community Trees Index
1762 |
April 8, 1762
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1790 |
1790
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1798 |
June 3, 1798
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Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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1799 |
November 3, 1799
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Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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1802 |
1802
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1803 |
December 8, 1803
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Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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1805 |
November 25, 1805
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1808 |
March 15, 1808
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1831 |
November 19, 1831
Age 69
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Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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