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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsDaniel ILSLEY
(1740-1813)
ILSLEY, Daniel, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Falmouth, Cumberland
County, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), May 30, 1740;
received a liberal schooling; became a distiller and was also
interested in shipping; member of the committee of correspondence
and safety; major and mustering officer at Falmouth, Maine, during
the Revolutionary War; delegate to the Massachusetts State
convention in 1788 that adopted the Federal Constitution; member of
the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1793 and 1794;
elected as a Republican to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807-March
3, 1809); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1808 to the
Eleventh Congress; died in Portland, Maine, May 10, 1813; interment
in the Eastern Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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