Pilsbury, Timothy

LC control no.	n 2005175184
Personal name heading	Pilsbury, Timothy *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pilsbury, Mr. (Timothy) Pilsbury, T. (Timothy)
Found in	NUCMC data from Maine Historical Society for Shepard Cary papers, 1829-1857 (Timothy Pilsbury; correspondent of Shepard Cary, U.S. rep.) New Mexico, 1849: p. 1 (Mr. Pilsbury, from the Committee on Territories) p. 9 (T. Pilsbury) Phone call to Me. Hist. Soc., July 18, 2008 (T. Pilsbury; all correspondence deals with political appointments and related issues) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed July 18, 2008 (Pilsbury, Timothy, a Representative from Tex.; b. in Newburyport, Mass., Apr. 12, 1789; became a sailor and during the War of 1812 commanded the privateer Yankee; engaged in shipping; settled in Eastport, Me.; memb. of the Me. House of Reps., 1825-1826; memb. of the exec. council 1827-1836; moved to Ohio, thence to New Orleans, La., and later to Brazoria, Tex.; memb. of the House of Reps. of the Rep. of Tex., 1840-1841; served in the Senate of that Republic in 1842; chief justice of the county court; judge of probate for Brazoria Co.; again a memb. of the Tex. Senate in 1845; upon the admission of Tex. as a State, elected as a Democrat to the 29th and 30th Congresses (Mar. 30, 1846, to March 3, 1849); d. in Henderson, Tex., Nov. 23, 1858)