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Laban Wheaton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byJosiah Dean
Succeeded byJohn Reed, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office
March 3, 1815 – 1817
Preceded byElijah Brigham
Succeeded byMarcus Morton
Chief Justice of the
Court of Sessions for Bristol County
In office
May 25, 1819 – 1820
Preceded byJosiah Dean[1]
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Chief Justice of
The Court of Common Pleas of Bristol County
In office
May 18, 1810 – May 25, 1819
Personal details
BornMarch 13, 1754
Mansfield, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 23, 1846(1846-03-23) (aged 92)
Norton, Massachusetts
Resting placeNorton Cemetery
Political partyFederalist
ChildrenLaban M. Wheaton[2]
Alma materHarvard

Laban Wheaton (March 13, 1754 – March 23, 1846) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Wheaton attended Wrentham (Massachusetts) 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 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 Court. He was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas of Bristol County May 18, 1810, which position he held until appointed chief justice of the court of sessions for Bristol County[1] on May 25, 1819, but this court was abolished in 1820.[3]

Election to congress

Wheaton was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817).

In 1834 Wheaton established the Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, as a memorial to his recently deceased daughter.

Death and burial

Wheaton died in Norton, Massachusetts, March 23, 1846, he was interred in Norton Cemetery.

References

  • United States Congress. "Laban Wheaton (id: W000329)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, pp. 237–238.
  2. ^ Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 336.
  3. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 2, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 627.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
March 3, 1815 – 1817 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
 Judge of the Bristol County Court Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Bristol County
May 18, 1810 – May 25, 1819 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions for Bristol County
May 25, 1819 – 1820 		Succeeded by
Office Abolished

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