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Joseph Healy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At large district
In office
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Preceded byWilliam Plumer, Jr.
Succeeded byHenry Hubbard
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office
1824
Personal details
Born(1776-08-21)August 21, 1776
Newton, Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
DiedOctober 10, 1861(1861-10-10) (aged 85)
Washington, Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Resting placeOld Cemetery
Washington, Sullivan County
New Hampshire, USA
Political partyAdams Party
Spouse(s)Ruth Jaquith Healy
Sally Copeland Healy
ChildrenHarvey Healy
Clara Healy
Louisa Healy
John Plummer Healy
Langdon Healy
Sullivan Wight Healy
Parent(s)John Healy
Mary Wight Healy
ProfessionFarmer
Hotel Keeper
Politician

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

Early life

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

Career

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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

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Wight, William Ward (1890). The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His Descendants, 1635-1890 Genealogy and local history. Swain & Tate, 1890. p. 43. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  • ^ United States. Congress, O. M. Enyart (1903). 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. Govt print. off., 1903 - United States. p. 588. Retrieved 30 August 2014. Joseph Healy - New Hampshire Executive Council.
  • ^ New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907). 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. The Society, 1907. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  • ^ "Joseph Healy". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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    Party political offices
    First Whig nominee for Governor of New Hampshire
    1835, 1836, 1837
    Succeeded by

    James Wilson II

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    William Plumer, Jr.

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from New Hampshire's at-large congressional district

    1825-1829
    Succeeded by

    Henry Hubbard


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