Peleg Tallman

Peleg Tallman (July 24, 1764 – March 12, 1840) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Tiverton in the Rhode Island Colony and attended public schools. He served in the Revolutionary War on the privateer Trumbull, and lost an arm in an engagement in 1780. He was captured and imprisoned by the British. After the War, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bath (which was a part of Massachusetts' District of Maine until 1820).

Peleg Tallman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded byOrchard Cook
Succeeded bySamuel Davis
Personal details
Born(1764-07-24)July 24, 1764
Tiverton, Rhode Island Colony, British America
DiedMarch 12, 1840(1840-03-12) (aged 75)
Bath, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
OccupationMerchant

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He declined to be a candidate for renomination, and became an overseer of Bowdoin College 1802-1840. Tallman served as a member of the Maine State Senate, and died in Bath. His interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, and was reinterred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

References
  • United States Congress. "Peleg Tallman (id: T000033)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Orchard Cook		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 16th congressional district
1811-1813		 Succeeded by
Samuel Davis
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