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He was an American politician who served in the United States Congress as a Representative from Massachusetts. He was born September 23, 1756  and he died September 17, 1831. He was born in Swansea, Massachusetts. He studied medicine and began his medical practice in Waldoboro, Maine. A member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, he served as a state representative in 1809, 1811, 1812 and in 1819.