Nathaniel Appleton Haven
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Nathaniel Appleton Haven (July 19, 1762 – March 13, 1831) was a U.S. Representative
from New Hampshire
.
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
, Haven pursued classical studies and graduated in medicine from Harvard College
in 1779. He practiced his profession in Portsmouth and also engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as a ship's surgeon in the latter part of the Revolutionary War
.
Haven was elected as a Federalist
to the Eleventh
Congress (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811). He died in Portsmouth, March 13, 1831, and was interred in Proprietors' Burying Ground.
United States House of Representatives
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from New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
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Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census...
, Haven pursued classical studies and graduated in medicine from Harvard College
Harvard College
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in 1779. He practiced his profession in Portsmouth and also engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as a ship's surgeon in the latter part of the Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
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Haven was elected as a Federalist
Federalist Party (United States)
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...
to the Eleventh
11th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore:** John Milledge ** Andrew Gregg , elected June 26, 1809** John Gaillard , elected February 28, 1810...
Congress (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811). He died in Portsmouth, March 13, 1831, and was interred in Proprietors' Burying Ground.