Jeremiah Nelson

Jeremiah Nelson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
Preceded by	Manasseh Cutler
Succeeded by	Edward St. Loe Livermore
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Timothy Pickering
Succeeded by	John Varnum
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	John Varnum
Succeeded by	Gayton P. Osgood
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1811–1812
Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Newburyport, Massachusetts[2]
In office March 15, 1809 – March 18, 1812
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1804–1805
Personal details
Born	(1769-09-14)September 14, 1769 Rowley, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	October 2, 1838(1838-10-02) (aged 69) Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Political party	Federalist Republican
Spouse	Mary Balch[3]
Children	Mary Balch Nelson, b. May 29, 1832, d. June 27, 1887; Elizabeth Mighill Nelson, b. February 8, 1834, d. June 14, 1851; Jeremiah Nelson, b. January 12, 1836; John B.Nelson, b. January 3, 1839.[3]
Alma mater	Dartmouth

Jeremiah Nelson (September 14, 1769 – October 2, 1838) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Nelson was born in Rowley in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on September 14, 1769, to Solomon and Elizabeth (Mighill) Nelson.^[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1790. He engaged in the mercantile business in Newburyport, Massachusetts.^[1]

He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1803 and 1804, was elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. In 1811, he served as chairman of the board of selectmen of Newburyport. He was again elected to the Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1825). During the (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses) he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.

He served as president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Co. in 1829. He returned to Congress as an Anti-Jacksonian for the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832. After leaving politics, he engaged in the shipping business. Nelson died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 2, 1838, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Jeremiah Nelson (id: N000036)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.