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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles TURNER, Jr.
(1760-1839)
TURNER, Charles, Jr., a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Duxbury, Mass., June 20,
1760; received a common-school education at Duxbury and Scituate,
Mass.; was commissioned an adjutant in the Massachusetts State
Militia in 1787; promoted to major in 1790, and held the rank of
lieutenant colonel commandant 1798-1812; appointed first postmaster
of Scituate, Mass., in 1800; justice of the peace; member of the
State house of representatives in 1803 and 1805-1808; successfully
contested as a Republican the election of William Baylies to the
Eleventh Congress; reelected to the Twelfth Congress and served
from June 28, 1809, to March 3, 1813; chairman, Committee on
Accounts (Twelfth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection
to the Thirteenth Congress; served in the State senate in 1816;
again a member of the State house of representatives in 1817, 1819,
and 1823; appointed steward of the Marine Hospital at Chelsea,
Mass.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 16, 1839; interment in the burial ground of the
First Parish of Norwell (formerly Scituate).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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