About Caleb Stetson
Lived 1801 – 1885 (aged 83–84). Caleb Stetson was an American politician.
Caleb Stetson (January 6, 1801 – January 1885) was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, in 1852 he was elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In the legislature he chaired the House Committee on Banking. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853. He was also an early promoter and president of the South Shore Railroad. He lost property in the Great Boston Fire.
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American politician
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Caleb Stetson was born on 6 January 1801 in Braintree.
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Caleb Stetson died in 1885.
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Caleb Stetson was a politician.
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