Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the 19th Century. He was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1, and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He was admitted to the Massachusetts state bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1801–1804, Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805–1807.

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  • Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the 19th Century. He was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1, and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He was admitted to the Massachusetts state bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1801–1804, Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805–1807. Bidwell was elected as a Democratic-Republican and served in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses. He was Attorney General of Massachusetts. Accused of embezzling money, he and his family fled to Canada in about 1812 and settled in Kingston, Ontario. He won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Lennox and Addington, but failed to take his seat. He died in Bath, Ontario, and his remains are interred in Cataraqui Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.
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  • Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the 19th Century. He was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1, and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He was admitted to the Massachusetts state bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1801–1804, Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805–1807.
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  • Barnabas Bidwell
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