Martin Kinsley (June 2, 1754 – June 20, 1835) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Bridgewater in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Kinsley graduated from Harvard College in 1778. He studied medicine. He became a purveyor of supplies in the Revolutionary Army. He served as Treasurer of the Town of Hardwick. He moved to Hampden, and was a representative of that town in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He served as member of the executive council in 1810 and 1811, as a judge of the court of common pleas in 1811, as judge of the probate court, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Martin Kinsley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Preceded byJohn Wilson
Succeeded byDistrict eliminated[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1790–1792
1794–1796
1801–1804
1806
Treasurer of the
Town of Hardwick
Member of the
Massachusetts Governor's Council
In office
1810–1811
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1814
Judge of the
Probate Court
Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
In office
1811–1811
Personal details
Born(1754-06-02)June 2, 1754
Bridgewater, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedJune 20, 1835(1835-06-20) (aged 81)
Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Alma materHarvard

Kinsley was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress. He died in Roxbury, June 20, 1835.

References edit

  1. ^ This district was moved to Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
  • United States Congress. "Martin Kinsley (id: K000230)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 17th congressional district

(Maine district)
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Succeeded by
District eliminated,
Maine was set off as a state.

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