Jonathan Ogden Moseley (April 9, 1762 – September 9, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, the only child of Thomas Moseley, a physician, and Phebe Ogden. He graduated from Yale College in 1780, studied law, was admitted to the bar and began practice in East Haddam. Moseley was a member of the State house of representatives from 1794 to 1804 and served as

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of East Haddam from 1794 to 1817. He also served as

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of Middlesex County from 1801 to 1805, and was colonel of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Militia in 1802. He was elected as a

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to the

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and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1821). After leaving Congress he moved to Saginaw, Michigan, and continued the practice of law until his death in 1838.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moseley, Jonathan 1762 births 1838 deaths People from East Haddam, Connecticut American people of English descent Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Yale College alumni