Jeremiah Bailey (May 1, 1773 – July 6, 1853) was a

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from

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. He was born in

Little Compton, Rhode Island Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town of Westport, Massachusetts. The pop ...

on May 1, 1773. He attended the common schools and graduated from Brown University in 1794. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

Wiscasset, Maine Wiscasset is a town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was 3,742 as of the 2020 census. Home to the Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset is a ...

(until 1820 a district of Massachusetts). He was a presidential elector on the

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ticket in 1808. He was a member of the general court 1811–1814; judge of probate 1816–1834; elected as an

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to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. As a member of the Whig Party, he was appointed collector of customs of Wiscasset 1849–1853, and died there July 6, 1853. His interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

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1773 births 1853 deaths People from Little Compton, Rhode Island Massachusetts Federalists Maine Whigs Brown University alumni People from Wiscasset, Maine National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine People of colonial Rhode Island {{Maine-politician-stub