Jeremiah Nelson
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NELSON, Jeremiah, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Rowley, Essex County, Mass., September 14, 1769; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1790; engaged in the mercantile business in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass.; member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1803 and 1804; elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); was not a candidate for renomination in 1806 to the Tenth Congress; chairman board of selectmen of Newburyport in 1811; elected to the Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1825); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress; president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in 1829; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832; engaged in the shipping business; died in Newburyport, Mass., October 2, 1838; interment 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 |
Categories: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup | Governors of Massachusetts | Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts | Massachusetts State Senators | Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
