Charles Hudson (Massachusetts)

For other people of the same name, see Charles Hudson (disambiguation).

Charles Hudson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district
In office May 3, 1841 – March 3, 1849
Preceded by	Levi Lincoln, Jr.
Succeeded by	Charles Allen
Member of the Lexington, Massachusetts Board of Selectman
Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council[1]
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[1]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1828[1] – 1833[1]
Personal details
Born	November 4, 1795 Marlborough, Massachusetts[2]
Died	May 4, 1881 Lexington, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Ann Rider, m. 1825, Martha B. Rider m. 1830[1]
Profession	Minister
Religion	Universalist
Military service
Battles/wars	War of 1812

Charles Hudson (November 4, 1795—May 4, 1881) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Hudson was born in Marlborough on November 14, 1795. He attended the common schools and later an academy, taught school, served in the War of 1812 and studied theology. Hudson was ordained as a Universalist minister in 1819 and located in Westminster.

Hudson was an author of religious textbooks. Hudson was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, served in the Massachusetts State Senate, was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln, Jr.. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses and served from May 3, 1841, to March 3, 1849.

Hudson was reportedly a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln.

Hudson was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress, and moved to Lexington. He lived in a large house on the town Common ("Battle Green"), about where the driveway of the Hancock Church is today. The house was moved to Belfry Terrace in the early 1900s. He served as a naval officer of the port of Boston, edited the Boston Daily Atlas, was assessor of internal revenue 1864-1868, served as a selectman of Lexington, and wrote a comprehensive history of the Town, first published 1868. Hudson died in Lexington on May 4, 1881. Interment was in Munroe Cemetery, on Massachusetts Avenue in that town. A member of congress for four terms from 1841-1849 he was a member of the Whig Party.

Hudson, Massachusetts

The town of Hudson, Massachusetts is named after Charles Hudson. The reason being is because he offered the newly-incorporated town $500 towards the construction of a public library, but only if the new town was named after him.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Massachusetts Historical Society (1889), Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol IV - Second Series. 1887-1889, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Historical Society, p. 29. 
2. ^ Massachusetts Historical Society (1889), Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol IV - Second Series. 1887-1889, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Historical Society, p. 28. 

• Charles Hudson (Massachusetts) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Levi Lincoln, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Succeeded by Charles Allen

Persondata
Name	Hudson (Massachusetts), Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 4, 1795
Place of birth	Marlbourough, Massachusetts
Date of death	May 4, 1881
Place of death	Lexington, Massachusetts