Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859

LC control no.	n 80007898
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Choate, Mr. (Rufus), 1799-1859
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Massachusetts
Birth date	1799-10-01
Death date	1859-07-13
Place of birth	Ipswich (Mass.)
Place of death	Halifax (N.S.)
Affiliation	Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Massachusetts. General Court. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Whig Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Orators Legislators--United States
Found in	His Speech of Mr. Choate, of Massachusetts, 1842: t.p. (Senate of the United States) Wikipedia, April 3, 2014 (Rufus Choate; born October 1, 1799, Ipswich, Massachusetts; died July 13, 1859 in Halifax, Nova Scotia; lawyer, orator, United States senator from Massachusetts) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 17, 2016 (Choate, Rufus, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Essex, Mass., on October 1, 1799; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1819; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Danvers, Mass., in 1823; member, State house of representatives 1825; member, State senate 1826; moved to Salem in 1828; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1831, to June 30, 1834, when he resigned; moved to Boston in 1834; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Webster and served from February 23, 1841, to March 3, 1845; retired from political life to devote his time to law; member of the State constitutional convention in 1853; attorney general of Massachusetts in 1853; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 13, 1859; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.)
Associated language	eng