Charles Stetson
| Charles Stetson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
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| Preceded by | James S. Wiley |
| Succeeded by | Israel Washburn, Jr. |
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| Born | November 2, 1801 New Ipswich, New Hampshire |
| Died | March 27, 1863 (aged 61) Bangor |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Emily J. Pierce |
| Alma mater | Hampden Academy, Yale College |
Charles Stetson (November 2, 1801 – March 27, 1863) was a United States Representative from Maine, and the eldest member of a powerful Bangor political family. He was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire on November 2, 1801, but moved with his parents to Hampden, Maine in 1802. His father Simeon Stetson (b. Braintree, Massachusetts) kept a store and a sawmill, and built vessels for the West India Trade. His uncle Amasa Stetson was proprietor of the nearby town of Stetson, Maine, where Simeon had briefly settled before moving to Hampden.
Stetson was 13 years old when a British invasion force sacked the town of Hampden and terrorized its inhabitants following the Battle of Hampden (1814). He subsequently attended Hampden Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1823. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hampden in 1826.
Stetson was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1828, then held various local offices. He moved to Bangor, adjoining Hampden, in 1833, as that city grew rapidly into the region's largest port. He was appointed Judge of the Bangor Municipal Court (1834–1839), Member of the Common Council of Bangor (1843–1844), and a Member of the Executive Council of Maine (1845–1848). Stetson was finally elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first United States Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851).
Stetson was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Thirty-second Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Bangor. He affiliated with the Republican Party in 1860, as had most local politicians, including fellow Hampdenite Hannibal Hamlin, who became Lincoln's Vice President. Stetson died in Bangor March 27, 1863, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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