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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Shapleigh DAMRELL
(1809-1860)
DAMRELL, William
Shapleigh, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Portsmouth, N.H., November 29, 1809; attended the public schools;
learned the art of printing and became the proprietor of a large
printing establishment in Boston; elected as the candidate of the
American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to
the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); suffered a
paralytic stroke before the expiration of his term; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1858; resumed business activities;
died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., May 17, 1860; interment in
Forest Hills Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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