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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles HUDSON
(1795-1881)
HUDSON, Charles, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marlboro, Middlesex
County, Mass., November 14, 1795; attended the common schools and
later an academy; taught school; served in the War of 1812; studied
theology; was ordained as a Universalist minister in 1819 and
located in Westminster in 1824; author of religous textbooks and
sacred memoirs; member of the State house of representatives
1828-1833; served in the State senate 1833-1839; member of the
Massachusetts State Board of Education 1837-1845; executive
councilor 1839-1841; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi
Lincoln; reelected to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and
Thirtieth Congresses and served from May 3, 1841, to March 3, 1849;
unsuccessful for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress;
moved to Lexington, Mass., in 1849; naval officer of the port of
Boston 1849-1853; edited the Boston Daily Atlas; assessor of
internal revenue 1864-1868; selectman of Lexington, Mass.,
1868-1875; died in Lexington, Mass., May 4, 1881; interment in
Munroe Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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