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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJacob CROWNINSHIELD
(1770-1808)
CROWNINSHIELD, Jacob,
(brother of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield), a Representative from
Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., March 31, 1770; engaged in
mercantile pursuits; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1798 to
the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Dwight Foster; member of the State senate in 1801; was tendered the
position of Secretary of the Navy by President Jefferson, but never
entered upon his duties on account of ill health; elected as a
Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses and served
from March 4, 1803, until his death in Washington, D.C., on April
15, 1808; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Ninth
Congress); interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
Bibliography
Reinoehl, John H., ed. “Some Remarks on the American Trade:
Jacob Crowninshield to James Madison, 1806.” William and
Mary Quarterly 3rd ser., 16 (January 1959): 83-118.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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