Ira Allen Eastman was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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, nephew of Nehemiah Eastman

Nehemiah Eastman

Nehemiah Eastman was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He attended the local academy in Gilmanton and then studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1807, he practiced in Farmington, New Hampshire.Eastman served as a member of the New Hampshire...

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Born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire

Gilmanton, New Hampshire

Gilmanton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,777 at the 2010 census. Gilmanton includes the villages of Gilmanton Corner and Gilmanton Ironworks...

, Eastman attended the local schools. He was graduated from Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

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 in Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover, New Hampshire

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, in 1829. He studied and was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 in 1832, commencing practice in Troy, New Hampshire

Troy, New Hampshire

Troy is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,145 at the 2010 census. It is situated at the base of Mount Monadnock....

. He returned to Gilmanton in 1834 and continued the practice of law. He served as clerk of the State house of representatives

New Hampshire House of Representatives

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 in 1835. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1836-1838, and served as speaker in 1837 and 1838. He was Register of Probate from 1836 to 1839.

Eastman was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Twenty-sixth

26th United States Congress

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 and Twenty-seventh

27th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

He served as judge of the court of common pleas 1844-1849. He served as associate judge of the supreme court 1849-1855 and as judge of the superior judicial court from 1855 to 1859. He was chosen trustee of Dartmouth College in 1859. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1863 and for United States Senator in 1866.

He resumed the practice of law, and died in Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...

, March 21, 1881. He was interred in Valley Cemetery

Valley Cemetery

The Valley Cemetery is a public cemetery located in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. It is bounded on the east by Pine Street, on the north by Auburn Street, on the west by Willow Street, and on the south by Valley Street, from which it derives its name.It came into existence in 1840, when the...

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