Charles H. Peaslee Explained

Charles Hazen Peaslee
Office1:Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston
Term Start1:1853
Term End1:1857
Preceded1:Philip Greely Jr.
Succeeded1:Arthur W. Austin
State2:New Hampshire
District2:2nd
Term Start2:March 4, 1847
Term End2:March 3, 1853
Preceded2:District established
Succeeded2:George W. Morrison
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1833-1837
Birth Date:February 6, 1804
Birth Place:Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Death Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Party:Democratic

Charles Hazen Peaslee (February 6, 1804  - September 18, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, Peaslee attended Gilmanton Academy and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1824. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1828, commencing practice in Concord. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1833–1837, and as adjutant general of the State militia, 1839-1847.

Peaslee was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

He served as collector of the port of Boston by appointment of President Pierce, 1853-1857. He moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1860. He died while on a visit to Saint Paul, Minnesota, on September 18, 1866. He was interred in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth.