| LC control no. | nr2004034751 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Turner, Charles, Jr., 1760-1839 |
| Birth date | 1760-06-20 |
| Death date | 1839-05-16 |
| Place of birth | Duxbury (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Scituate (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Massachusetts. Militia Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Massachusetts. General Court. Senate United States Marine Hospital at Boston |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States Legislators--Massachusetts |
| Found in | Baylies, W. A view of the proceedings of the House of Representatives of the United States in the case of the Plymouth election, 1809: p. 10, etc. (Charles Turner of Scituate; Charles Turner, Jun.; Charles Turner, Esq.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Turner, Charles, Jr., repr. from Mass.; served in Mass. militia; appointed first postmaster at Scituate 1800; justice of peace; in Mass. House of Reps. 1803, 1805-8, 1817, 1819, 1823; U.S. Cong. 1809-13; Mass. Senate 1816; steward of Marine Hosp. at Chelsea, Mass.; del. to state const. conv. 1820; engaged in agri. pursuits; b. Duxbury, Mass., June 20, 1760; d. Scituate, Mass., May 16, 1839) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 6, 2015 (Turner, Charles, Jr. (1760-1839); a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Duxbury, Mass., June 20, 1760; received a common-school education at Duxbury and Scituate, Mass.; was commissioned an adjutant in the Massachusetts State Militia in 1787; promoted to major in 1790, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel commandant 1798-1812; appointed first postmaster of Scituate, Mass., in 1800; justice of the peace; member of the State house of representatives in 1803 and 1805-1808; successfully contested as a Republican the election of William Baylies to the Eleventh Congress; reelected to the Twelfth Congress and served from June 28, 1809, to March 3, 1813; chairman, Committee on Accounts (Twelfth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirteenth Congress; served in the State senate in 1816; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1817, 1819, and 1823; appointed steward of the Marine Hospital at Chelsea, Mass.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., May 16, 1839; interment in the burial ground of the First Parish of Norwell (formerly Scituate)) |
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