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About Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead was an American lawyer, pioneer, and one of the early settlers in the new Louisiana Purchase in 1805. Born in New London, Connecticut, Hempstead was the delegate in the U.S. House for the Missouri Territory from 1812 to 1814. He served as territorial attorney general in Upper Louisiana and in the Missouri Territorial Legislature. He is the older brother of Charles S. Hempstead, the first Mayor of Galena, Illinois.
Everything about Edward Hempstead →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- non-voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 3, 1780
- Died
- August 10, 1817