Joseph Healy Explained

Joseph Healy
State1:New Hampshire
District1:At large
Term Start1:March 4, 1825
Term End1:March 3, 1829
Preceded1:William Plumer, Jr.
Succeeded1:Henry Hubbard
Office2:Member of the New Hampshire Senate
Term2:1824
Birth Date:21 August 1776
Resting Place:Old Cemetery
Washington, Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Spouse:Ruth Jaquith Healy
Sally Copeland Healy
Children:Harvey Healy
Clara Healy
Louisa Healy
John Plummer Healy
Langdon Healy
Sullivan Wight Healy
Parents:John Healy
Mary Wight Healy
Profession:Farmer
Hotel Keeper
Politician
Party:Adams Party

Joseph Healy (August 21, 1776 – October 10, 1861) was an American politician, farmer, innkeeper, and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Healy completed his preparatory studies, and worked at farming and as an inn keeper.

Career

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 1829-1832.[2] He resumed agricultural pursuits and the hotel business.

Death

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Wight. William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His Descendants, 1635-1890 Genealogy and local history. 1890. Swain & Tate, 1890. 43. 30 August 2014.
  2. Book: United States. Congress, O. M. Enyart. 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. 1903. Govt print. off., 1903 - United States. 588. Joseph Healy - New Hampshire Executive Council.. 30 August 2014.
  3. Book: New England Historic Genealogical Society. 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. 1907. The Society, 1907. 30 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Joseph Healy. Ancestry.com. 30 August 2014.