Henry W. Dwight

Henry Williams Dwight (February 26, 1788 - February 21, 1845) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Dwight attended Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.He studied law.He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Stockbridge. During the War of 1812 served as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of General Whiton.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818.

Dwight was elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress.He was reelected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress.

Dwight was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. And reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1831).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress.He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1834.He was interested in the breeding of purebred sheep and cattle.He died in New York City February 21, 1845.He was interred in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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