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  Saltonstall, Leverett
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NameLeverett Saltonstall
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Salem, Massachusetts , United States
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Born June 13, 1783
Died May 08, 1845 (62 years)
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Apr 11, 2015 08:14pm
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InfoSALTONSTALL, Leverett, (great-grandfather of Leverett Saltonstall [1892-1979]), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Haverhill, Mass., June 13, 1783; pursued classical studies; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salem in 1805; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1813, 1814, 1816, 1822, 1829, and 1834; served in the State senate 1817-1819, 1831, and 1832, and was its president in 1831 and 1832; first mayor of Salem, Mass., 1836-1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen C. Phillips; reelected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from December 5, 1838, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1844; overseer of Harvard University 1835-1845; died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., May 8, 1845; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.


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  02/13/1843 MA District 2 - 2nd Trial Lost 39.11% (-9.98%)
  11/14/1842 MA District 2 - 1st Trial Lost 42.76% (-4.12%)
  11/09/1840 MA District 2 Won 59.00% (+18.00%)
  11/12/1838 MA District 2 Won 59.26% (+27.03%)
  11/12/1838 MA District 2 - Special Election Won 59.15% (+26.90%)
  11/07/1828 MA District 2 (Essex South) Lost 26.00% (-28.64%)
  11/06/1820 MA District 2 (Essex South) - 1st Trial Lost 27.43% (-11.11%)
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