{{Short description|American politician (1754–1846)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000329. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name = Laban Wheaton | image = LabanWheaton.jpg | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1809 | term_end1 = March 3, 1817 | predecessor1 = [[Josiah Dean]] | successor1 = [[Marcus Morton]] (10th) | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district|9th district]] (1809–15)<br>[[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|10th district]] (1815–17) | order2 = Chief Justice of the <br>Court of Sessions for Bristol County | term_start2 = May 25, 1819 | term_end2 = 1820 | preceded2 = [[Josiah Dean]]<ref name="BenchandBaroftheComm.1895pgs237–238_yr1895"/> | succeeded2 = Office Abolished | order3 = Chief Justice of <br>The Court of Common Pleas of Bristol County | term_start3 = May 18, 1810 | term_end3 = May 25, 1819 | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = | office4 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term4 = 1803-1808<br>1825 | birth_date = {{birth date|1754|3|13}} | birth_place = [[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1846|3|23|1754|3|13}} | death_place = [[Norton, Massachusetts|Norton]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = Norton Cemetery | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | spouse = | relations = | children = Laban M. Wheaton<ref name="BenchandBaroftheComm.1895pg336_yr1895">{{Citation|last=Davis|first= William Thomas| title =Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II| page = 336 | publisher = The Boston History Company| location = Boston, MA | year = 1895}}</ref> <br> Eliza Wheaton Strong | alma_mater = [[Harvard College]] | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Laban Wheaton''' (March 13, 1754 – March 23, 1846) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
==Early life and education== Born in [[Mansfield, Massachusetts|Mansfield]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Wheaton attended Wrentham Academy. He was graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1774. He studied theology under a private instructor at [[Woodstock, Connecticut]]. He also studied law.
Wheaton was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1788 and commenced practice in [[Milton, Massachusetts]].
==Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives== Wheaton served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1803–1808, and again in 1825.
==Judicial career== Wheaton served as judge of the [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County Court]]. He was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas of [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County]] May 18, 1810, which position he held until appointed chief justice of the court of sessions for [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol County]]<ref name="BenchandBaroftheComm.1895pgs237–238_yr1895">{{Citation|last=Davis|first= William Thomas| title =Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II| pages = 237–238 | publisher = The Boston History Company| location = Boston, MA | year = 1895}}</ref> on May 25, 1819, but this court was abolished in 1820.<ref>{{Citation|last=Hurd|first= Duane Hamilton| title =History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 2| page = 627 | publisher = J. W. Lewis & Co.| location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 1883}}</ref>
==Election to congress== [[Image:Laban Wheaton.png|thumb|left|upright]] Wheaton was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[11th United States Congress|Eleventh]] and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817).
In 1834 Wheaton established the Wheaton Female Seminary (now [[Wheaton College (Massachusetts)|Wheaton College]] in [[Norton, Massachusetts]]) as a memorial to his recently deceased daughter, Eliza Wheaton Strong.
==Death and burial== Wheaton died in [[Norton, Massachusetts]], on March 23, 1846, at the age of 92. He was interred in [[Norton, Massachusetts|Norton]] Cemetery.
==References== {{CongBio|W000329}}
==Notes== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Massachusetts | district=9 | before=[[Josiah Dean]] | after= [[John Reed, Jr.]] | years=March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815}} {{US House succession box | state=Massachusetts | district=10 | before=[[Elijah Brigham]] | after= [[Marcus Morton]] | years=March 3, 1815 – 1817}} {{s-legal}} {{succession box | title=Judge of the Bristol County Court | before= | after= | years= }} {{succession box | title=Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Bristol County | before= | after= | years=May 18, 1810 – May 25, 1819}} {{succession box | title=Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions for Bristol County| before=[[Josiah Dean]] | after=Office Abolished| years=May 25, 1819 – 1820}} {{s-end}}
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