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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineCILLEY, Jonathan
(1802—1838)
CILLEY, Jonathan, (nephew of Bradbury Cilley and brother of Joseph Cilley), a Representative from Maine; born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., July 2, 1802; attended Atkinson Academy, New Hampshire; was graduated from New Hampton Academy and later, in 1825, from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine; editor of the Thomaston Register 1829-1831; member of the State house of representatives 1831-1836 and served as speaker in 1835 and 1836; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until February 24, 1838, when he was killed in a duel on the Marlboro Pike, near Washington, D.C., by William J. Graves, a Representative from Kentucky; interment in Cilley Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
Anderson, Eve. A Breach of Privilege: Cilley Family Letters, 1820-1867
. Spruce Head, Maine: Seven Coin Press, 2002.
Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith. Testimony of Dr. J. M. Foltz (of the United States Navy,) before the committee appointed to investigate the causes which led to the death of the Hon. Jonathan Cilley
. [Washington: N.p., 1838].
Funeral oration delivered at the Capitol in Washington over the body of Hon. Jonathan Cilley
. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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