Phanuel Bishop

Phanuel Bishop
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1799  March 3, 1803
Preceded by Stephen Bullock
Succeeded by Nahum Mitchell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1803  March 3, 1807
Preceded by Joseph B. Varnum
Succeeded by Josiah Dean
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1788–1790
Preceded by Eph. Starkweather
Succeeded by David Perry
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1792
1793
1797
1798
Personal details
Born September 3, 1739
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Died January 6, 1812 (aged 72)
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic-Republican

Phanuel Bishop (September 3, 1739 – January 6, 1812) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Rehoboth, he attended the common schools, was an innkeeper, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1787 to 1791. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1792, 1793, 1797, and 1798, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixth through Ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1807. He died in Rehoboth, Mass; interment was in Old Cemetery, Rumford, Rhode Island.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Stephen Bullock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district

March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803
Succeeded by
Nahum Mitchell
Preceded by
Joseph B. Varnum
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807
Succeeded by
Josiah Dean
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