- Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas Bidwell (
August 23 ,1763 –July 27 ,1833 ) was a dualCanadian and American politician of the 19th Century.He was born to
Adonijah Bidwell andJemima Devotion inTownship No. 1 (nowMonterey, Massachusetts ), and graduated fromYale College in 1785. He later attendedBrown University inProvidence, Rhode Island . He was admitted to theMassachusetts state bar in 1805 and commenced practice inStockbridge, Massachusetts .He was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1801–1804,
Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805–1807. Bidwell was elected as aDemocratic-Republican and served in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses (March 4 ,1805 –July 13 ,1807 ). He wasAttorney General of Massachusetts (June 15 ,1807 –August 30 ,1810 ).Accused of embezzling money, he and his family fled to
Canada in about 1812 and settled inKingston, Ontario .He won a seat in the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada forLennox and Addington , but failed to take his seat. He died inBath, Ontario , and his remains are interred in Cataraqui Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.Legacy
His son
Marshall Spring Bidwell successfully sat in the same seat from 1824 to 1836. He too left for theUnited States .External links
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2754 Biography at "the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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