Misplaced Pages

Joseph Cheever was an American farmer and politician who held office in Saugus, Massachusetts.

Cheever was born on February 22, 1772. In 1816 he became Saugus' first Town Treasurer. He represented Saugus in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1821, 1831, 1832, and 1835. Cheever died on June 19, 1872, at the age of one hundred years, three months, and 28 days. During his political career, Cheever frequently competed with his brother Abijah Cheever.

Notes

1. Until 1857, a majority of votes at a town meeting was needed to elect a representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. If no person received a majority of votes, no representative was sent. After electing Cheever in 1817 and 1818, Saugus was unable to select a representative in 1819. Cheever was returned to office in 1820 and 1821.

References

1. ^ The New England magazine, Volume 2. New England Magazine Company. 1885. p. 143.
2. Atherton, Horace H. (1916). History of Saugus, Massachusetts. Citizens Committee of the Saugus Board of Trade. p. 94.
3. "Sketch of Saugus". The Bay State Monthly. John N. McClintock and Company. 1885. p. 149. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
4. Lynn Historical Society (Lynn, Mass.) (1913). The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Volumes 16-18.
5. Duane Hamilton Hurd, ed. (1888). History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1. J. W. Lewis & Company. p. 394. Retrieved April 2, 2013.

This article about a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1772 births
• 1872 deaths
• American men centenarians
• Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• People from Saugus, Massachusetts
• 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
• Massachusetts State House of Representatives stubs