Joseph Ferdinand Wingate (June 29, 1786 - August 26, 1845), son of Joshua and Hannah Carr Wingate, was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Maine

Maine

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Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...

, Wingate received a limited schooling.
He engaged in the mercantile business in Bath, Maine

Bath, Maine

Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Located on the Kennebec River, Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its...

, until 1820, part of Massachusetts, District of Maine

District of Maine

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. He married Margaret Gay Tingey, daughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey

Thomas Tingey

Thomas Tingey was a Commodore of the United States Navy.-History:Tingey was born in London on 11 September 1750. As a youth, he served in the British Navy commanding a blockhouse at Chateaux Bay on the Labrador coast. He later commanded merchant vessels in the West Indies before coming to the...

, USN, in 1808.
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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, 1818 and 1819.
He served as collector of customs at the port of Bath from 1820 to 1824.

Wingate was elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831). Wingate's uncle, Paine Wingate

Paine Wingate

Paine Wingate was an American preacher, farmer, and statesman from Stratham, New Hampshire. He served New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and both the United States Senate and House of Representatives....

, was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Justice of the Supreme Court, all of New Hampshire. Joseph moved to Windsor, Maine

Windsor, Maine

Windsor is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,204 at the 2000 census. The town was formerly known as Malta, and gave its name to the "Malta War", a minor rebellion against the Massachusetts state government in Boston over settlement and land ownership rights in...

. His daughter, Sydney Ellen Wingate, married George P. Sewall

George P. Sewall

George Popham Sewall was an American lawyer and State Representative from Old Town, Maine. He was born in Georgetown, Maine the son of Joseph and Hannah Shaw Sewall....

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He died in 1845 in South Windsor, Maine.
He was interred in Rest Haven Cemetery.