Background
Atherton, Charles Gordon was born on July 4, 1804 in Amherst, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles and Mary Ann (Toppan) Atherton.
Atherton, Charles Gordon was born on July 4, 1804 in Amherst, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles and Mary Ann (Toppan) Atherton.
Graduated from Harvard, 1822.
Admitted to New Hampshire (U.S.) bar, 1825. Member New Hampshire (U.S.) Legislature, 1830. Clk New Hampshire (U.S.) Senate, 1831-1832.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, 1833-1836.
Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from New Hampshire (U.S.), 25th-27th congresses, 1837-1843, on December 11, 1838 he introduced gag resolutions which held that Congress has no jurisdiction over the institution of slavery in the several states of the Confederacy (in effect to 1845). Member United States Senate from New Hampshire (U.S.), 1843-1849, member ways and means committee.
Chairman finance committee New Hampshire (U.S.) Constitutional Convention of 1850.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) Legislature, 1830. Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, 1833-1836. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from New Hampshire (U.S.), 25th-27th congresses, 1837-1843, on December 11, 1838 he introduced gag resolutions which held that Congress has no jurisdiction over the institution of slavery in the several states of the Confederacy (in effect to 1845).
Member United States Senate from New Hampshire (U.S.), 1843-1849.
Married Ann Clark, 1828.