{{Short description|American judge}} {{other people|Matthew Harvey|Matt Harvey (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Matthew Harvey | honorific_suffix = | image = Matthew Harvey New Hampshire Governor.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | term_start = November 2, 1830 | term_end = April 7, 1866 | nominator = | appointer = Andrew Jackson | predecessor = John Samuel Sherburne | successor = Daniel Clark | order1 = 13th | office1 = Governor of New Hampshire | term_start1 = June 3, 1830 | term_end1 = February 28, 1831 | predecessor1 = Benjamin Pierce | successor1 = Joseph M. Harper (acting) | state2 = New Hampshire | district2 = at-large | term_start2 = March 4, 1821 | term_end2 = March 3, 1825 | predecessor2 = Clifton Clagett | successor2 = Nehemiah Eastman | office3 = Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | term_start3 = 1818 | term_end3 = 1820 | predecessor3 = Henry B. Chase | successor3 = Ichabod Bartlett | pronunciation = | birth_name = Matthew Harvey | birth_date = {{Birth date|1781|06|21}} | birth_place = Sutton, New Hampshire, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1866|04|07|1781|06|21}} | death_place = Concord, New Hampshire, US | death_cause = | resting_place = Old North Cemetery (Concord, New Hampshire) | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Democratic-Republican<br>Democratic | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = Jonathan Harvey<br>Augusta Harvey Worthen | education = Dartmouth College<br>read law | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Matthew Harvey''' (June 21, 1781 – April 7, 1866) was a United States representative from New Hampshire, the 13th governor of New Hampshire and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
==Education and career==
Born on June 21, 1781, in Sutton, New Hampshire,<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|994|nid=1381906|name=Matthew Harvey<!--(1781–1866)-->}}</ref> Harvey studied under private tutors, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806, and read law in 1809.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dartmouth College. Alumni Association|title=Memorials of Judges Recently Deceased, Graduates of Dartmouth College. 1880|year=1881|publisher=Republican Press association|page=[https://archive.org/details/memorialsofjudge00dart/page/31 31]|url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsofjudge00dart }}</ref> He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, from 1809 to 1814.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/ci/history/jdc.asp?print=true#MH|title=Judges of the District Court|publisher=New Hampshire US Courts |access-date= January 1, 2014}}</ref> He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1814 to 1821, serving as Speaker for three terms, from 1818 to 1820.<ref name="TheInflNHBarpg60">{{Citation |last= Benton|first=Josiah Henry| title =Influence of the Bar in Our State and Federal Government: Annual Address before the Southern New Hampshire Bar Association, Feb. 23, 1894 | page= 60 | publisher= Josiah Henry Benton| location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1894}}</ref>
==Congressional service==
Harvey was elected as a Democratic-Republican from New Hampshire's at-large congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 17th United States Congress and reelected as a National Republican to the 18th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1825.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lanman|first=Charles|title=Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century. From Original and Official Sources|year=1876|publisher=J. Anglim|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalann00lanmgoog/page/n205 191]|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalann00lanmgoog|quote=matthew Harvey was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=H. Rept. 17-22 - Report of the Committee of Elections. January 21, 1822. Ordered to lie on the table |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-00070_00_00-023-0022-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=24 June 2023 |page=1}}</ref>
Because of Harvey’s 14-inch club foot on his right leg, fellow Congressmen ironically nicknamed him “Lefty”.
==Later career==
Harvey was a member of the New Hampshire Senate from 1825 to 1827, serving as President.<ref name="TheInflNHBarpg61">{{Citation |last= Benton|first=Josiah Henry| title =Influence of the Bar in Our State and Federal Government: Annual Address before the Southern New Hampshire Bar Association, Feb. 23, 1894 | page= 61 | publisher= Josiah Henry Benton| location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1894}}</ref> He was a member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire from 1828 to 1829.<ref name="auto"/> He was the 13th Governor of New Hampshire from 1830, until his resignation on February 28, 1831, to accept a federal judicial appointment.<ref name="auto1">{{cite book|last=New Hampshire. General Court. Senate|title=Journal of the Senate and House|year=1829|publisher=New Hampshire. General Court. Senate|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTMTAAAAYAAJ&q=matthew+harvey+Governor+of+New+Hampshire&pg=RA3-PA19}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/harvmatt.html|title=Publications - A Guide to Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governors on Public Display at the Legislative Office Building and the State House Concord, New Hampshire, to 1998|publisher=New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources |access-date= January 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service==
Harvey received a recess appointment from President Andrew Jackson on November 2, 1830, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by Judge John S. Sherburne.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Andrew|title=The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-July 1866|year=1992|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|page=405|isbn=9780870497643|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNv4TroT2UcC&q=matthew+harvey+Governor+of+New+Hampshire&pg=PA405}}</ref> He was nominated to the same position by President Jackson on December 14, 1830.<ref name="auto"/> He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received his commission the same day.<ref name="auto"/> His service terminated on April 7, 1866, due to his death in Concord, New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chase|first=Salmon Portland and Niven, John|title=The Salmon P. Chase Papers|year=1993|publisher=Kent State University Press|page=496|isbn=9780873384728|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quBEK5sya8MC&q=matthew+harvey+Governor+of+New+Hampshire&pg=PA496}}</ref> He was interred in Old North Cemetery in Concord.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Thomas E.|title=Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated |year=1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|page=222|isbn=9780806348230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&q=matthew++Harvey+buried+Old+North+Cemetery&pg=PA222}}</ref>
==Family==
Harvey was the son of Matthew and Hannah (Hadley) Harvey.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jonathan Harvey|year=1905|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NXEtAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NXEtAAAAYAAJ/page/n158 143]|quote=who was father of Jonathan and Matthew Harvey, representatives of New Hampshire?.|publisher=Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> Harvey was the brother of Jonathan Harvey, also a United States representative from New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Benjamin|first=Walter Romeyn|title=The Collector: A Monthly Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors, Volume 16, Issue 10|year=1903|publisher=W. R. Benjamin Autographs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onZTAAAAYAAJ&q=jonathan+harvey+Matthew+Harvey&pg=PA106}}</ref>
==See also== * List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{CongBio|H000309}} * {{FJC Bio|994|nid=1381906|name=Matthew Harvey<!--(1781–1866)-->}} * [http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_new_hampshire/col2-content/main-content-list/title_harvey_matthew.html National Governors Association]
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