Aaron MATSON, Congress, NH (1770-1855)

MATSON, Aaron, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1770; moved to Cheshire County, N.H.; judge of probate of Cheshire County; member of the state house of representatives 1806-1808, 1810-1814, 1817, and 1818; member of the executive council 1819-1821; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825); again a member of the state house of representatives in 1827 and 1828; died in Newport, Orleans County, Vt., July 18, 1855.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present