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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsHenry Williams DWIGHT
(1788-1845)
DWIGHT, Henry Williams, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Stockbridge, Mass.,
February 26, 1788; attended Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.;
studied law; was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1809 and
commenced practice in Stockbridge; during the War of 1812 served as
aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of General
Whiton; member of the State house of representatives in 1818;
elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress; reelected as a
Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress; elected as an
Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses; and
reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March
4, 1821-March 3, 1831); was not a candidate for renomination in
1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; again a member of the State
house of representatives in 1834; interested in the breeding of
purebred sheep and cattle; died in New York City February 21, 1845;
interment in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire County,
Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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