Joseph Weeks (February 13, 1773 – August 4, 1845) was a

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from

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. He was the grandfather of Joseph Weeks Babcock who represented

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in the

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from 1893 to 1907. He was born in

Warwick, Massachusetts Warwick is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 780 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Warwick was first settled in 1739 and was off ...

, where he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to

Richmond, New Hampshire Richmond is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,197 at the 2020 census. History The town was first chartered in 1735 by Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts. Granted to soldiers returning from ...

, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Weeks served as the town clerk of Richmond, New Hampshire 1802–1822. He also served as a member of the

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1807–1809, 1812, 1813, 1821–1826, 1830, and 1832–1834 and as an associate judge of the court of common pleas 1823 and 1827. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the

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and reelected as a Democrat to the

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(March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839). He died in

Winchester, New Hampshire Winchester is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,150 at the 2020 census. The primary community in the town, where 1,606 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Win ...

in 1845.

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1773 births 1845 deaths People from Warwick, Massachusetts New Hampshire state court judges Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire People from Richmond, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-politician-stub