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Barnabas Bidwell.
politician and lawyer of Massachusetts and Upper Canada (1763-1833)
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About Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas Bidwell was an author, teacher and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, active in Massachusetts and Upper Canada. Educated at Yale, he practised law in western Massachusetts and served as treasurer of Berkshire County. He served in the state legislature as representative and senator, as well as in the United States Congress as spokesman for the administration of Thomas Jefferson. He was effective in defending the administration's positions and passing important legislation. He resigned his seat in Congress in July 1807.
Everything about Barnabas Bidwell →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 23, 1763
- Died
- July 27, 1833