Peleg Tallman

Peleg Tallman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 16th district
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Orchard Cook
Succeeded by	Samuel Davis
Personal details
Born	July 24, 1764 Tiverton, Rhode Island
Died	March 12, 1840 (aged 75) Bath, Maine
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Occupation	Merchant

Peleg Tallman (July 24, 1764 – March 12, 1840) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island 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, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts).

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.

External links

• Peleg Tallman at Find a Grave
• Tallman Family Papers relating to the Tallman family including Peleg Tallman (1764-1840), Peleg Tallman (1836-1863), Frank G.Tallman (1860-1938) and Annie Dickie Tallman at Hagley Museum and Library

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.