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Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn ( March 3 , 1783 – July 29 , 1851 ) was an American lawyer, author, Statesman and soldier. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire , the son of Henry Dearborn by his second wife and named for his father's friend Alexander Scammel . He attended the common schools and went to Williams College for two years and then graduated from the College Of William And Mary in 1803 . He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Salem, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine (which was then a part of Massachusetts). He was the collector of customs in Boston from 1812 - 1829 and served as brigadier general commanding the Volunteers in the defenses of Boston Harbor during the War of 1812. He was a delegate to the Massachusetts state constitutional convention in 1820 . He was a member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives in 1829 and a member of state senate in 1830 . He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District to the Twenty-second Congress (1831-1833). He was defeated running for reelection in 1832 . He was president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society , a member of the Society Of The Cincinnati , and the author of many books. He died in Portland, Maine and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Roxbury, Massachusetts . EXTERNAL LINK |
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