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Senate Years of Service: 1813-1816 Party: Federalist
GORE, Christopher, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., September 21, 1758;
graduated from Harvard College in 1776; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in Boston; member of the State constitutional convention in 1788; member, State house of
representatives 1788-1789, 1808; United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts
1789-1796; commissioner to England 1796-1803; Charge dAffaires at London 1803-1804;
member, State senate 1806-1807; Governor of Massachusetts 1809; appointed and subsequently
elected to the United States Senate as a Federalist to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
James Lloyd and served from May 5, 1813, until May 30, 1816, when he resigned; overseer of
Harvard University 1810-1815 and a fellow 1812-1820; died in Waltham, Mass., March 1, 1827;
interment in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
BibliographyPinkney, Helen. Christopher Gore, Federalist
of Massachusetts, 1758-1827. Waltham, Mass.: Gore Place Society, 1969.
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