William Stedman

William Stedman

William Stedman (January 21, 1765 - August 31, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Stedman was Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester.He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1790. Town clerk of Lancaster 1795-1800.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1802. Executive chancellor of Lancaster from 1803 to 1807.

Stedman was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress. He was elected from the Massachusetts 11th district. The district he represented had been drawn in the redistricting following the 1800 Census. It essential covered the area of Worcester and northward to the New Hampshire border. [The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in Congress, pp. 76-77.] . Stedman was reelected to three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignation July 16, 1810.He served as clerk of Worcester County Courts 1810-1816. Late in life moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he died August 31, 1831.He was interred in Old Hill Burying Ground.

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