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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam WIDGERY
(17531822)
WIDGERY, William, a
Representative from Massachusetts; probably born in Devonshire,
England, about 1753; immigrated to America with his parents, who
settled in Philadelphia; attended the common schools; engaged in
shipbuilding; served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant on a
privateer; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Portland, Maine (until 1820 a district of
Massachusetts), about 1790; member of the Massachusetts house of
representatives 1787-1793 and 1795-1797; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1788; served in the State senate in
1794; member of the executive council in 1806 and 1807; elected as
a Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813);
unsuccessful for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress;
judge of the court of common pleas 1813-1821; died in Portland,
Maine, July 31, 1822; interment in the Eastern Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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