# Jeremiah Nelson

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Jeremiah Nelson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Preceded by John Varnum Succeeded by Gayton P. Osgood In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825 Preceded by Timothy Pickering Succeeded by John Varnum In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 Preceded by Manasseh Cutler Succeeded by Edward St. Loe Livermore Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[1] In office 1811–1812 Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[2] In office March 15, 1809 – March 18, 1812 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] In office 1804–1805 Personal details Born (1769-09-14)September 14, 1769 Rowley, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America Died October 2, 1838(1838-10-02) (aged 69) Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S. Resting place Oak Hill Cemetery Party Federalist Republican Spouse Mary Balch[3] Children Mary Balch Nelson, b. May 29, 1832, d. June 27, 1887; Elizabeth Mighill Nelson, b. February 8, 1834, d. June 14, 1851; Jeremiah Nelson, b. January 12, 1836; John B.Nelson, b. January 3, 1839.[3] Alma mater Dartmouth

**Jeremiah Nelson** (September 14, 1769 – October 2, 1838) was a [Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

Nelson was born in [Rowley](/source/Rowley%2C_Massachusetts) in the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay) on September 14, 1769, to Solomon and Elizabeth (Mighill) Nelson.[1] He graduated from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College), [Hanover, New Hampshire](/source/Hanover%2C_New_Hampshire), in 1790. He engaged in the mercantile business in [Newburyport, Massachusetts](/source/Newburyport%2C_Massachusetts).[1]

He was a member of the [general court of Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts_General_Court) in 1803 and 1804, was elected as a [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party) to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. In 1811, he served as chairman of the board of selectmen of Newburyport. He was again elected to the Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825). During the (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses) he was chairman of the [Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings](/source/U.S._House_Committee_on_Expenditures_on_Public_Buildings). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.

He served as president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Co. in 1829. He returned to Congress as an [Anti-Jacksonian](/source/Anti-Jacksonian) for the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving politics, he engaged in the shipping business. Nelson died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 2, 1838, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Currier1909_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Currier1909_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Currier1909_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Currier1909_1-3) Currier, John James (1909), *History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2*, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 473

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Currier, John James (1909), *History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2*, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 600

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Currier1909a_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Currier1909a_3-1) Currier, John James (1909), *History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2*, Newburyport, MA: John James Currier, p. 474

- United States Congress. ["Jeremiah Nelson (id: N000036)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000036). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Manasseh Cutler Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 Succeeded by Edward St. Loe Livermore Preceded by Timothy Pickering Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825 Succeeded by John Varnum Preceded by John Varnum Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Succeeded by Gayton P. Osgood Political offices Preceded by Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts March 15, 1809 - March 18, 1812 Succeeded by Preceded by Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts 1811-1811 Succeeded by Preceded by Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1804-1805 Succeeded by

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