Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Hudson, Charles
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationWhig   
NameCharles Hudson
Address
Westminster, Massachusetts , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 14, 1795
DiedMay 04, 1881 (85 years)
ContributorRBH
Last ModifedRBH
Jul 31, 2015 05:50pm
Tags
InfoHUDSON, 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.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 0.00000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  01/01/1849 MA District 5 - 2nd Trial Lost 28.88% (-29.99%)
  11/13/1848 MA District 5 - 1st Trial Lost 30.84% (-16.55%)
  12/06/1847 US House Speaker Lost 0.38% (-41.92%)
  11/09/1846 MA District 5 Won 50.76% (+16.40%)
  12/23/1844 MA District 5 - 2nd Trial Won 55.88% (+19.90%)
  11/11/1844 MA District 5 - 1st Trial Won 48.52% (+6.40%)
  04/03/1843 MA District 5 - 3rd Trial Won 51.22% (+9.41%)
  02/13/1843 MA District 5 - 2nd Trial Won 49.03% (+4.55%)
  11/14/1842 MA District 5 - 1st Trial Won 48.41% (+2.46%)
  05/03/1841 MA District 5 - Special Election Won 59.44% (+25.26%)
ENDORSEMENTS