Rufus Choate
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office February 23, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Webster |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Webster |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin W. Crowninshield |
| Succeeded by | Stephen C. Phillips |
| 10th Massachusetts Attorney General | |
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In office 1853–1854 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Clifford |
| Succeeded by | John H. Clifford |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
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In office 1827 |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1825–1826 |
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October 1, 1799 Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 1859 (aged 59) Halifax, British Canada |
| Political party | Whig |
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Dartmouth College Harvard University |
| Profession | Law |
| Religion | Christian |
Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799 – July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Congressman.
Rufus Choate was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the son of Miriam (Foster) and David Choate, a teacher and Revolutionary War veteran. He was a descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His first cousin, physician George Choate, was the father of George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate. Rufus Choate's birthplace, Choate House, remains virtually unchanged to this day.
A precocious child, at six he is said to have been able to repeat large parts of the Bible and of Pilgrim's Progress from memory. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Dartmouth College in 1819, was a tutor there in 1819–1820, and spent a year in the law school of Harvard University, receiving the LL.D. degree in 1845. Choate studied for a like period in Washington, D.C., in the office of William Wirt, then Attorney General of the United States.
He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1823 and practiced at what was later South Danvers (now Peabody) for five years, during which time he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1825–1826) and in the Massachusetts Senate (1827).
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