William Soden Hastings | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1837 – June 17, 1842 | |
| Preceded by | William Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Henry Williams |
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| Born | (1798-06-03)June 3, 1798 |
| Died | June 17, 1842(1842-06-17) (aged 44) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
William Soden Hastings (June 3, 1798 – June 17, 1842) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts.
Born inMendon, Massachusetts, his father wasSeth Hastings, also a U.S. Representative. On his father's side of the family, he was a descendant ofThomas Hastings (colonist) who came from theEast Anglia region of England to theMassachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. The younger Hastings completed preparatory studies and graduated fromHarvard University in 1817; he studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1820 and commenced practice in Mendon.
Hastings became a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1828, and served in theMassachusetts State Senate from 1829 to 1833.He was elected as aWhig to theTwenty-fifth,Twenty-sixth, andTwenty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837, until his death in 1842. He died inRed Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia) and was buried in Old Cemetery, Mendon.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 9th congressional district 1837–1842 | Succeeded by |
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