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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel HOLTEN
(1738-1816)
HOLTEN, Samuel, a Delegate
and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Danvers, Mass.,
June 9, 1738; completed preparatory studies; studied medicine and
practiced in Gloucester, Mass., for a short time; returned to
Danvers and continued the practice of medicine; member of the State
house of representatives in 1787; served in the State senate
1780-1782, 1784, 1786, 1789, and 1790; member of the
Governor’s council 1780-1782, 1784, 1786, 1789-1792, 1795,
and 1796; Member of the Provincial Congress 1774-1775; member of
the committee of safety in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress
1778-1780, 1783-1785 and 1787; elected president pro tempore August
17, 1785; member of the State constitutional convention in 1779;
elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the Third Congress
(March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795); appointed judge of the probate court
for Essex County in 1796 and served until his resignation in 1815;
died in Danvers, Mass., on January 2, 1816; interment in the Holten
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Wadsworth, Benjamin. A Discourse delivered Jan. 5, 1816, in the
brick meeting house in Danvers, at the interment of the Honorable
Samuel Holten. Andover, MA: Flagg and Gould, 1816.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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