Asahel Stearns
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's4th district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	Samuel Dana
Succeeded by	Timothy Fuller
Member of theMassachusetts Senate
In office 1817
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1830-1831
Personal details
Born	(1774-06-17)June 17, 1774 Lunenburg,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America
Died	February 5, 1839(1839-02-05) (aged 64) Cambridge,Massachusetts,U.S.
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Lawyer

Asahel Stearns (June 17, 1774 – February 5, 1839) was aU.S. Representative fromMassachusetts.

Born inLunenburg in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay, Stearns graduated fromHarvard University in 1797. He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law inChelmsford, Massachusetts. He served as member of theMassachusetts Senate in 1813, the same year he was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[1] He moved toCharlestown, Massachusetts, in 1815.

Stearns was elected as aFederalist to theFourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He served in theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1817. He was professor of law atHarvard University from 1817 to 1829. He again served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1830 and 1831. He died inCambridge, Massachusetts, February 5, 1839. He was interred inMount Auburn Cemetery.

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