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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Soden HASTINGS
(1798-1842)
HASTINGS, William Soden,
(son of Seth Hastings), a Representative from Massachusetts; born
in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., June 3, 1798; completed
preparatory studies and was graduated from Harvard University in
1817; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced
practice in Mendon; member of the State house of representatives in
1828; served in the State senate 1829-1833; elected as a Whig to
the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses and
served from March 4, 1837, until his death in Red Sulphur Springs,
Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), June 17, 1842; interment in
Old Cemetery, Mendon, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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