Martin Kinsley

{{Short description|American politician (1754–1835)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Martin Kinsley | image = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 17th congressional district|17th]] | term_start = March 4, 1819 | term_end = March 3, 1821 | preceded = [[John Wilson (Massachusetts)|John Wilson]] | succeeded = District eliminated<ref>This district was moved to Maine as a result of the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820.</ref> | order3 = | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1790–1792 1794–1796 1801–1804 1806 | office4 = Treasurer of the Town of [[Hardwick, Massachusetts|Hardwick]] | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = | office5 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] | term_start5 = 1810 | term_end5 = 1811 | preceded5 = | succeeded5 = | order6 = | office6 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term6 = 1814 | order7 = | office7 = Judge of the Probate Court | term_start7 = | term_end7 = | preceded7 = | succeeded7 = | order8 = | office8 = Judge of the Court of Common Pleas | term_start8 = 1811 | term_end8 = 1811 | preceded8 = | succeeded8 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1754|6|2}} | birth_place = [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1835|6|20|1754|6|2}} | death_place = [[Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S]] | resting_place = | party = [[Democratic-Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University|Harvard]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Martin Kinsley''' (June 2, 1754 – June 20, 1835) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Kinsley graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1778. He studied medicine. He became a purveyor of supplies in the [[Continental Army|Revolutionary Army]]. He served as Treasurer of the Town of [[Hardwick, Massachusetts|Hardwick]]. He moved to [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]], and was a representative of that town in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House in 1801 and 1802.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Nation Votes |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5q47rp65r |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Nation Votes |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5712m748r |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref> He served as member of the executive council in 1810 and 1811, as a judge of the court of common pleas in 1811, as judge of the probate court, and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]].

Kinsley was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[16th United States Congress|Sixteenth]] Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth]] Congress. He died in [[Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury]], June 20, 1835.

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