Asahel Stearns Explained

Asahel Stearns
State1:Massachusetts
Term Start1:March 4, 1815
Term End1:March 3, 1817
Predecessor1:Samuel Dana
Successor1:Timothy Fuller
Office2:Member of the Massachusetts Senate
Term2:1817
Office3:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term3:1830-1831
Birth Date:17 June 1774
Birth Place:Lunenburg, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Party:Federalist
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Occupation:Lawyer

Asahel Stearns (June 17, 1774 – February 5, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Lunenburg in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Stearns graduated from Harvard University in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He served as member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1813, the same year he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] He moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1815.

Stearns was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817. He was professor of law at Harvard University from 1817 to 1829. He again served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1830 and 1831. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 5, 1839. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter S. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. September 8, 2016.