HOLTEN, Samuel, a Delegate and a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Danvers, Mass., June 9, 1738;
completed preparatory studies; studied medicine and practiced in Gloucester,
Mass., for a short time; returned to Danvers and continued the practice of
medicine; member of the State house of representatives in 1787; served in the
State senate 1780-1782, 1784, 1786, 1789, and 1790; member of the Governor’s
council 1780-1782, 1784, 1786, 1789-1792, 1795, and 1796; Member of the
Provincial Congress 1774-1775; member of the committee of safety in 1775; Member
of the Continental Congress 1778-1780, 1783-1785 and 1787; elected president pro
tempore August 17, 1785; member of the State constitutional convention in 1779;
elected to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795); appointed judge of
the probate court for Essex County in 1796 and served until his resignation in
1815; died in Danvers, Mass., on January 2, 1816; interment in the Holten
Cemetery.- -Biographical
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