Daniel Dewey

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| state =Massachusetts

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| term_start =March 4, 1813

| term_end =February 24, 1814

| preceded =Ezekiel Bacon

| succeeded =John W. Hulbert

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| birth_place = Sheffield, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America

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| death_place = Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Daniel Dewey (January 29, 1766 – May 26, 1815) was a U.S. Representative from Sheffield, Massachusetts.

Career

Born in Sheffield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Dewey attended Yale College. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and commenced practice in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

He was treasurer of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1798 to 1814. He served as member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council 1809–1812.

Dewey was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813, until February 24, 1814, when he resigned, having been assigned to a judicial position. He was appointed by Governor Caleb Strong an associate judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on February 24, 1814, and served until his death in Williamstown, Massachusetts, May 26, 1815.

He was interred in West Lawn Cemetery.

References

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Category:1766 births

Category:1815 deaths

Category:People from Sheffield, Massachusetts

Category:Williams College alumni

Category:Yale College alumni

Category:Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts

Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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