Joseph Healy
Joseph Healy | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At large district | |
| In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | William Plumer, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Henry Hubbard |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1824 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1776 |
| Died | October 10, 1861 (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Old Cemetery Washington, Sullivan County New Hampshire, USA |
| Party | Adams Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Jaquith Healy Sally Copeland Healy |
| Children | Harvey Healy Clara Healy Louisa Healy John Plummer Healy Langdon Healy Sullivan Wight Healy |
| Parent(s) | John Healy Mary Wight Healy |
| Profession | Farmer Hotel Keeper Politician |
Joseph Healy (August 21, 1776 – October 10, 1861) was an American politician, farmer, innkeeper, and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
[edit]Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Healy completed his preparatory studies, and worked at farming and as an inn keeper.
Career
[edit]Healy became a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1824.
Elected by a 4,000 majority over Federalist, Ezekiel Webster,[1] as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, Healy served as a United States representative from the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829).
After leaving Congress, Healy was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 1829 to 1832.[2] He resumed agricultural pursuits and the hotel business.
Death
[edit]Healy died in Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire on October 10, 1861 (age 85 years, 50 days). He is interred at Old Cemetery, Washington, New Hampshire.
Family life
[edit]Son of John Healy and Mary Wight Healy, he married Ruth Jaquith on December 21, 1801, and their son, Harvey was born December 24, 1802. After her death on June 19, 1807, he married Sally Copeland on February 2, 1808, and they had two daughters, Clara and Louisa; and three sons, John Plummer Healy,[3] Langdon Healy, and Sullivan Wight Healy.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wight, William Ward (1890). The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His Descendants, 1635-1890 Genealogy and local history. Swain & Tate, 1890. p. 43. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ↑ United States. Congress, O. M. Enyart (1903). A biographical congressional directory, 1774 to 1903: The Continental Congress: September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, inclusive. The United States Congress: the First Congress to the Fifty-seventh Congress, March 4, 1903, inclusive. Govt print. off., 1903 - United States. p. 588. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
Joseph Healy - New Hampshire Executive Council.
- ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907). Volume 8 of Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: Towne Memorial Fund. V. 1-9: 1845-97, New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Society, 1907. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Joseph Healy". Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Joseph Healy (id: H000425)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1776 births
- 1861 deaths
- Farmers from New Hampshire
- United States representatives from New Hampshire
- Politicians from Newton, Massachusetts
- New Hampshire National Republicans
- National Republican Party United States representatives
- Politicians from Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- American innkeepers
- 19th-century United States representatives
- 19th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court