Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: democratic-republican - predecessor: james sullivan - succeeded: ezekiel bacon - birth date: august 23 , 1763 - profession: attorney - caption: portrait by john brewster , jr. . - death date: 27 july 1833 - office: member of the - district: 12th - term end: march 3 , 1807 august , 1810 - name: barnabas bidwell - death place: bath , upper canada - birth place: township no. 1 now monterey , massachusetts - successor: perez morton - restingplace: cataraqui cemetery , kingston , ontario - state: massachusetts - nationality: american , canadian - alma mater: yale college class of 1785 , brown university - imagesize: 144px - preceded: simon larned - children: marshall spring bidwell - term start: march 4 , 1805 september , 1791 - image: barnabasbidwellbyjohnbrewsterjr.jpg - religion: presbyterian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of barnabas bidwell .
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barnabas bidwell -lrb- august 23 , 1763 -- july 27 , 1833 -rrb- was an author , teacher , and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries , active in massachusetts and upper canada .educated at yale , he practiced law in western massachusetts and served as treasurer of berkshire county .he served in the state legislature as representative and senator , in the united states congress as spokesman for the administration of thomas jefferson where he was effective in defending administration positions and passing important legislation , and was the state attorney general from 1807 to 1810 , when exaggerated press accounts of irregularities in the berkshire county books halted his political career and prompted his flight to upper canada .bidwell later paid the $ 63.18 plus fines that he attributed to a berkshire county clerk while he was away on duties in boston .nonetheless , the controversy , exaggerated in the press by his federalist party enemies effectively scuppered his potential appointment to the u.s. supreme court .in canada he won a seat in the provincial assembly , but was denied on account that he had held office in the united states .