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American politician
William Helms (died 1813) was a
United States representative from
New Jersey . Born in
Sussex County , he served during the
Revolutionary War as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain, and was
brevetted major on September 30, 1783. Following the War, he was admitted as an original member of The
Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey.
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Helms was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly in 1791 and 1792 and was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to the Seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1811.
[4] He moved to
Hamilton County, Ohio and died in 1813.
References
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"William Helms | The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey" . njcincinnati.org . Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
^ Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the
Society of the Cincinnati , 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., p. 158.
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"Officers Represented in the Society of the Cincinnati" . The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati . Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
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"William Helms" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved December 29, 2008 .
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