Daniel Dewey | |
State: | Massachusetts |
Term Start: | March 4, 1813 |
Term End: | February 24, 1814 |
Preceded: | Ezekiel Bacon |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1766 |
Birth Place: | Sheffield, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Death Place: | Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Party: | Federalist |
Alma Mater: | Yale College |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Daniel Dewey (January 29, 1766 – May 26, 1815) was a U.S. Representative from Sheffield, Massachusetts.
Born in Sheffield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Dewey attended Yale College. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and commenced practice in Williamstown, Massachusetts.He was treasurer of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1798 to 1814. He served as member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council 1809–1812.
Dewey was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813, until February 24, 1814, when he resigned, having been assigned to a judicial position. He was appointed by Governor Caleb Strong an associate judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on February 24, 1814, and served until his death in Williamstown, Massachusetts, May 26, 1815.He was interred in West Lawn Cemetery.