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1852-12-01 |
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| Name | Joseph M. Harper |
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Canterbury, New Hampshire , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 21, 1787
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| Died | January 15, 1865
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 09, 2024 12:57am |
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| Info | HARPER, Joseph Morrill, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Limerick, York County, Maine, June 21, 1787; attended the district school and the Fryeburg Academy; studied medicine; commenced practice in Sanbornton, N.H., in 1810; moved to Canterbury, N.H., in 1811 and continued the practice of medicine; served as assistant surgeon in the Fourth Infantry in the War of 1812; member of the State house of representatives in 1826 and 1827; justice of the peace in Canterbury 1826-1865; served in the State senate in 1829 and 1830, the last year as president of the senate and as ex officio Governor from February until June 1831; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); resumed the practice of medicine; justice of the peace and quorum in the State 1835-1865; president of Mechanics’ Bank of Concord 1847-1856; died in Canterbury, N.H., January 15, 1865; interment in the Village Cemetery.
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