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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsManasseh CUTLER
(1742-1823)
CUTLER, Manasseh, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Killingly, Conn., May
13, 1742; was prepared for college by private teacher and was
graduated from Yale College in 1765; taught school in Dedham,
Mass., for a short time; engaged in the whaling business at
Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1767 but did not practice; studied theology,
and was licensed to preach in 1770; ordained to the ministry by the
Congregational Society at Hamilton, Mass., September 11, 1771;
appointed chaplain of Colonel Francis’ regiment September 5,
1776, and of General Titcomb’s brigade in 1778; began the
study of medicine the same year and became a skilled physician;
taught navigation; held in esteem for his knowledge of botany and
astronomy; one of the projectors of the Ohio Company in 1787,
formed for the purpose of colonizing the new Territory; drafted the
Ordinance of 1787; appointed judge of the United States Court for
Ohio in 1795 by President Washington, but declined; member of the
State house of representatives in 1800; elected as a Federalist to
the Seventh and Eighth Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1805);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1804; engaged in literary
pursuits; died in Hamilton, Mass., July 28, 1823; interment in Main
Street Cemetery.
Bibliography
Cutler, W.P., and J.P. Cutler. Life Journals and Correspondence
of Rev. Manasseh Cutler. 2 vols. Cincinnati: R. Clarke &
Co., 1888; Potts, Louis W. “Manasseh Cutler, Lobbyist.”
Ohio History 96 (Summer/Autumn 1987): 101-23.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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