Asahel Stearns

Asahel Stearns (June 17, 1774 – February 5, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Asahel Stearns
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	Samuel Dana
Succeeded by	Timothy Fuller
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1817
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1830-1831
Personal details
Born	(1774-06-17)June 17, 1774 Lunenburg, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	February 5, 1839(1839-02-05) (aged 64) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Lawyer

Born in Lunenburg in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Stearns graduated from Harvard University in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He served as member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1813, the same year he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] He moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1815.

Stearns was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1817. He was professor of law at Harvard University from 1817 to 1829. He again served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1830 and 1831. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 5, 1839. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery.