Stephen Longfellow

American politician (1776–1849)

Stephen Longfellow

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by| Mark Harris
Succeeded by| John Anderson
Personal details
Born| (1776-03-23)March 23, 1776
Gorham, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died| August 2, 1849(1849-08-02) (aged 73)
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
Resting place| Western Cemetery,
Portland, Maine,
United States of America
Political party| Federalist
Spouse|

Zilpah Wadsworth

(m. 1804)​

Children| 8, including Henry and Samuel

Stephen Longfellow (March 23, 1776 – August 2, 1849)[1] was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

## Biography

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Born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Gorham, Maine) to Stephen Longfellow and Patience (Young) Longfellow, Longfellow attended Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, and then from Harvard University in 1798.[2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine. He married Zilpah Wadsworth in 1804 and, with her, had eight children, including the poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Samuel Longfellow.

He served as a member of the general court of Massachusetts in 1814 and 1815. He belonged to the Federalist Party and was a delegate to the Hartford Convention in 1814 and 1815. He also served as a Federalist presidential elector in 1816.

Longfellow was elected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824 and resumed his law practice for a time.

He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1826. He served as overseer of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, from 1811 to 1817 and was a trustee of the college from 1817 to 1836. He supported the Portland Athenaeum.[3][4] One of its founding members, he also served as president of the Maine Historical Society in 1834.

Longfellow died in Portland, Maine, on August 2, 1849, and was buried in the Western Cemetery.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Family of Stephen Longfellow" (PDF). Maine Historical Society. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
2. ^ "Descendants of Thomas Bragdon". Family Tree Maker. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012.
3. ^ Eastern Argus, May 16, 1826
4. ^ Eastern Argus, Jan 25, 1831
5. ^ "Western Cemetery". Political Graveyard.

* United States Congress. "Stephen Longfellow (id: L000430)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Mark Harris

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825  | Succeeded by

John Anderson

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Prose|

* Outre-Mer (1830s)
* Hyperion (1839)
* Kavanagh (1849)

Poetry|

* "The Battle of Lovells Pond" (1820)
* "A Psalm of Life" (1838)
* "Excelsior" (1841)
* "The Village Blacksmith" (1841)
* "The Skeleton in Armor" (1841)
* "The Wreck of the Hesperus" (1842)
* Poems on Slavery (collection, 1842)
* Evangeline (1847)
* The Song of Hiawatha (The Death of Minnehaha) (1855)
* "Santa Filomena" (1857)
* The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
* "The Children's Hour" (1860)
* "Paul Revere's Ride" (1860)
* "The Saga of King Olaf" (1863)
* Tales of a Wayside Inn (collection, 1863)
* "Christmas Bells" (1863)
* "The Sermon of St. Francis" (1875)

Family|

* Alexander S. Wadsworth (uncle)
* Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. (nephew)
* Alice Mary Longfellow (daughter)
* Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (son)
* Mary King Longfellow (niece)
* Nathan Appleton (father-in-law)
* Peleg Wadsworth (grandfather)
* Richard Bonython (ancestor)
* Richard Henry Dana III (son-in-law)
* Samuel Longfellow (brother)
* Stephen Longfellow (father)

Historic houses|

* Birthplace (Portland, Maine)
* Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Maine)
* Longfellow House (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Memorials|

* Longfellow Square
* Portland, Maine memorial
* Washington, D.C. memorial

Namesakes|

* Longfellow Bridge
* Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
* Longfellow Mountains

Related|

* Dante Society of America
* "the mills of God grind slowly"
* "Whom the gods would destroy"

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

People|

* US Congress

Other|

* SNAC
* Yale LUX

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