Joshua Gage

Not to be confused with contemporary poet Joshua Gage

Joshua Gage
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 19th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Preceded by	Samuel S. Conner
Succeeded by	Joshua Cushman
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[1]
In office 1813–1813
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[1]
In office 1815–1818
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1815–1817
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1805–1807
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Abigail[1]
Children	Daniel, Henry, Caroline, Franklin[1]

Joshua Gage (August 7, 1763 – January 24, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Harwich, Massachusetts, Gage completed preparatory studies. In 1795, he moved to Augusta, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts). He was a master mariner, and subsequently became engaged in mercantile pursuits. Gage was the Chairman of the Augusta, Massachusetts, Board of Selectmen, in 1803.^[1] He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He also served as Treasurer of Kennebec County from 1810 to 1831.

Gage was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). After leaving the House Gage served as member of the Executive Council of Maine in Governor Parris' administration.^[1] Gage died in Augusta on January 24, 1831.

Sources

• Joshua Gage at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Notes

1. North, James W. (1870), The history of Augusta, from the earliest settlement to the present time, Augusta, ME: Clapp & North, p. 874.

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