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"New Hampshire Senator" Joseph Healy Hand Signed Album Page Todd Mueller COA
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Up for auction a RARE!"New Hampshire Senator" Joseph Healy Hand Signed Album Page. This item is signed on reverse by Joseph Edwards Commissioner of pensions. There is paper loss to this rare item not affecting the signatures.
This item is authenticated By Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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Joseph Healy
(August 21, 1776 – October 10, 1861) was an
American
politician, farmer, innkeeper, and a
United States Representative
from
New Hampshire
. Born in
Newton
,
Middlesex County
,
Massachusetts
, Healy completed his preparatory studies, and worked at farming and as an inn keeper. Healy became a member of the
New Hampshire Senate
in 1824. Elected by a 4,000 majority over
Federalist
, Ezekiel Webster, as an
Adams
candidate to the
Nineteenth
and
Twentieth
Congresses, Healy served as a United States Representative from the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). After leaving Congress, Healy was a member of the
New Hampshire Executive Council
from 1829-1832.
[2]
He resumed agricultural pursuits and the hotel business. Healy died in
Washington
,
Sullivan County
,
New Hampshire
on October 10, 1861 (age 85 years, 50 days). He is
interred
at Old Cemetery, Washington, New Hampshire. Son of John Healy, Mary Wight Healy, he married Ruth Jaquith on December 21, 1801 and their son, Harvey was born December 24, 1802. After her death on June 19, 1807, he married Sally Copeland on February 2, 1808 and they had two daughters, Clara and Louisa; and three sons, John Plummer Healy, Langdon Healy, and Sullivan Wight Healy.