William Eustis (June 10 1753 – February 6 1825) was an early American physician politician and statesman from Massachusetts. Trained in medicine he served as a military surgeon during the American Revolutionary War notably at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He resumed medical practice after the war but soon entered politics.After several terms in the state legislature Eustis won election to the United States Congress in 1800 serving as a moderate Democratic-Republican.
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1805-03-04, 1813-01-13, 1823-03-04, 1825-02-06
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1801-03-04, 1809-03-07, 1820-08-21, 1823-05-31
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Harvard University
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American Revolutionary War, Battle of Bunker Hill, Siege of Boston, Shays' Rebellion, Battles of Lexington and Concord
12th, Governor of Massachusetts, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st & 8th districts, 6th United States Secretary of War, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 13th district
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