Phanuel Bishop
Phanuel Bishop | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
In office March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1807 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Bullock (7th) Joseph Bradley Varnum (9th) |
Succeeded by | Nahum Mitchell (7th) Josiah Dean (9th) |
Constituency | 7th district (1799–1803) 9th district (1803–07) |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1788–1790 | |
Preceded by | Eph. Starkweather |
Succeeded by | David Perry |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1792 1793 1797 1798 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rehoboth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | September 3, 1739
Died | January 6, 1812 Rehoboth, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 72)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Phanuel Bishop (September 3, 1739 – January 6, 1812) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Rehoboth in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he attended the common schools, was an innkeeper, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1787 to 1791. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1792, 1793, 1797, and 1798, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixth through Ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1807. He died in Rehoboth, Mass; interment was in Old Cemetery, Rumford, Rhode Island.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Phanuel Bishop (id: B000488)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1739 births
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- Massachusetts state senators
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- People from Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives