Swansea, Bristol Co., MA, Deputies & Representatives
Extracted from History of Swansea, Massachusetts
1667 - 1917
Compiled & Edited by Otis Olney Wright
Published by the Town, 1917
http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/swansea_ma_representatives.htm
Deputies and Representatives, from 1670 to 1899 have been as follows:
- 1670 | John ALLEN
- 1671-72 | James BROWN
- 1674-75 | Hugh COLE
- 1677-79 | Samuel LUTHER
- 1680 | Hugh COLE
- 1681-82 | Obadiah BROWN
- 1683-86 | Hugh COLE
- 1689 | Lieut. Timothy BROOKS & William HOWARD
- 1691 | Capt. John BROWN
- 1692 | "Representatives to a great and general court or assembly to be held at ye town-house in Boston:" Capt. John BROWN & Samuel NEWMAN
- 1693 | Ebenezer BRENTON
- 1697 | Ensign Joseph KENT
- 1698-1705 | Ephraim PIERCE
- 1706 | Hezekiah LUTHER
- 1707-8 | Joseph MASON
- 1709-10 | Epharim PIERCE
- 1711-12 | John THOMAS
- 1716-18 | John ROGERS Esq.
- 1720 | Joseph MASON, Jr., & William SALISBURY
- 1724 | Captain John BROWN
- 1726-27 | Eph PLERCE
- 1728 | Hugh COLE
- 1730-33 | Joseph MASON, Jr.
- 1736 | Justice BRANDFORD, Esq.
- 1739 | William ANTHONY
- 1741 | Mr. Ezek. BROWN
- 1743 | Perez BRANDFORD, Esq.
- 1744 | "Voted not to have a Representative"
- 1745 | Ezek. BROWN
- 1746 | Mr. Caleb LUTHER
- 1747-50 | Mr. Ezek. BROWN
- 1751-52 | William SLADE
- 1754 | John ANTHONY
- 1756 | William SLADE
- 1757-58 | John ANTHONY
- 1759-74 | Jeruthamel BOWERS
- 1775 | “Jeruthamel BOWERS & Philip SLEAD to represent the Town in the Provincial Congress and that these two persons have no more than the wages of one;"
- 1777 | Col. Andrew COLE & Mr. Philip SLEAD
- 1778 | Col. Edward ANTHONY
- 1779 | Philip SLEAD & Israel BARNEY; “Israel BARNEY, delegate to the Convention at Concord in October;" "Capt. Philip SLEAD & Mr. John MASON delegates to represent the town at Cambridge in forming a new constitution."
- 1780-1783 | Jurathamel BOWERS, "John RICHMOND to go to Boston the first Wednesday of June."
- 1781-82 | Voted not to send a Representative
- 1784 | Simeon POTTER
- 1785-86 | Christopher MASON
- 1787 | Christopher MASON & James LUTHER
- 1789-1803 | Christopher MASON
- 1806-7 | Daniel HALE
- 1809-10 | Daniel HALE & Edward MASON
- 1811-12 | Daniel HALE & Benanuel MARVEL
- 1813-19 | Daniel HALE
- 1820 | Dr. John WINSLOW
- 1821-22 | John MASON
- 1823-25 | Benjamin MARVEL
- 1826 | Benjamin TAYLOR
- 1827 | Daniel HALE & John BUFFINGTON; “Voted that D. HALE be instructed to attend the Legislature, and if in his opinion it is necessary for John BUFFINGTON to attend, he must write or send to him, and he is instructed to attend if called for."
- 1828 | John MASON & John BUFFINGTON
- 1829 (May) | "Voted to exonerate John MASON from paying into the Treasury the sum generally expended in treating the inhabitants of the town at a choice of representatives, which he agreed to at his election in 1828."
- 1829 | Luther BAKER & Benjam MASON; "Voted, That the Reps be instructed to oppose all R.R. constructed at the expense of the State."
- 1830 | L. BAKER & B. MASON
- 1831 | John EARL & B. MASON
- 1832 | Menanuel MARVEL
- 1833 | B. MARVEL & John EARL
- 1834 | James CORNELL
- 1835 | J. CORNELL & George AUSTIN
- 1836-37 | George MASON
- 1838-39 | Artemas STEBBINS
- 1840 | Jonathan R. BROWN
- 1841-42 | Stephen BUFFINGTON
- 1843 | James CORNELL
- 1844-45 | Philip M. MARVEL
- 1848-49 | Ezra P. SHORT
- 1850 | William T. CHASE
- 1855 | Benjamin S. EARL
- 1856 | Voted not to send a representative
Representatives, from the District of which Swansea was a part, residents of this town:
- 1859 | Edward F. GARDNER
- 1862 | William H. PEARSE
- 1865 | Ezra P. SHORT
- 1868 | Rufus SLADE
- 1871 | Job GARDNER
- 1874 | Nathan M WOOD
- 1878 | James E. ESTABROOKS
- 1882 | James H. MASON
- 1886 | Mason BARNEY
- 1890 | Daniel R. CHILD
- 1894 | Henry O. WOOD
- 1899 | Edward M. THURSTON