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Peleg Wadsworth | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1807 | |
Preceded by | Theodore Sedgwick |
Succeeded by | Daniel Ilsley |
Constituency | 4th district (1793–95) 13th district (1795–1803) 15th district (1803–07) |
Personal details | |
Born | Duxbury, Massachusetts, British America | May 6, 1748
Died | November 12, 1829 Hiram, Maine, U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Federalist |
Relations | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (grandson) |
Children | at least ten,[1] including Zilpha Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth, Alexander Scammel Wadsworth |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Occupation | Merchant |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Massachusetts United States |
Branch/service | ![]() ![]() |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | |
Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American Patriot officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2]