Thomas Oakes (representative)
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Thomas Oakes was a physician and politician in New England
, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
.
He born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
, on 18 June 1644, brother of Urian Oakes
, and graduated at Harvard College
in 1662. He subsequently studied medicine in London, and obtained some reputation as a physician. He was elected a representative after the Glorious Revolution
and the expulsion of Sir Edmund Andros in 1689, and was chosen speaker. In 1690 he was chosen assistant. In that year he went to England with Elisha Cooke to represent the interests of the colonists in the matter of a new charter. He was again chosen speaker to the House of Representatives in 1705. He died at Easthaven
in Massachusetts on 15 July 1719, leaving two sons.
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
.
He born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, on 18 June 1644, brother of Urian Oakes
Urian Oakes
Urian Oakes was an English-born American minister and educator.-Life:He was born in England in 1631 or 1632, and went when a child with his father to Massachusetts; Thomas Oakes was his brother. He graduated at Harvard College in 1649. While in America he married Ruth, daughter of the...
, and graduated at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
in 1662. He subsequently studied medicine in London, and obtained some reputation as a physician. He was elected a representative after the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...
and the expulsion of Sir Edmund Andros in 1689, and was chosen speaker. In 1690 he was chosen assistant. In that year he went to England with Elisha Cooke to represent the interests of the colonists in the matter of a new charter. He was again chosen speaker to the House of Representatives in 1705. He died at Easthaven
Easthaven
East Haven is a former fishing village in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated east of Carnoustie and south west of Arbroath...
in Massachusetts on 15 July 1719, leaving two sons.