Charles Humphrey Atherton
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Charles Humphrey Atherton (14 August 1773 – 8 January 1853) was an American
Federalist
Representative
from New Hampshire
.
Born in Amherst, New Hampshire
on 14 August 1773, Atherton graduated from Harvard University
in 1794. He was admitted to the bar in 1797 and started practicing law in Amherst.
He was elected and served as a Federalist
Representative to the Fourteenth United States Congress and served from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1817. He declined to run for reelection in 1816 and instead served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from 1823 to 1839. He resumed the practice in law after leaving the State House and died in Amherst 8 January 1853.
He is the father of Charles Gordon Atherton.
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Federalist Party (United States)
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Representative
United States House of Representatives
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from New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
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Born in Amherst, New Hampshire
Amherst, New Hampshire
Amherst is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,201 at the 2010 census. Amherst is home to Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Hodgman State Forest, the Joe English Reservation and Baboosic Lake....
on 14 August 1773, Atherton graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1794. He was admitted to the bar in 1797 and started practicing law in Amherst.
He was elected and served as a Federalist
Federalist Party (United States)
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...
Representative to the Fourteenth United States Congress and served from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1817. He declined to run for reelection in 1816 and instead served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
New Hampshire House of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 103 districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300...
from 1823 to 1839. He resumed the practice in law after leaving the State House and died in Amherst 8 January 1853.
He is the father of Charles Gordon Atherton.