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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGideon BARSTOW
(1783-1852)
BARSTOW, Gideon, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Mattapoisett, Plymouth
County, Mass., September 7, 1783; attended the common schools and
Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1799-1801; studied medicine;
was admitted to practice and settled in Salem, Essex County, Mass.;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1820; elected as a
Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3,
1823); was not a candidate for renomination in 1822; member of the
State house of representatives in 1823, 1829, 1833, and 1837;
served in the State senate in 1827 and 1834; presidential elector
on the Whig ticket of Clay and Sergeant in 1832; because of ill
health moved to St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., and engaged
in mercantile pursuits; died in St. Augustine, Fla., March 26,
1852; interment in Huguenot Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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