Levi Lincoln Jr. | |
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| 13th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office May 26, 1825 – January 9, 1834 | |
| Lieutenant | none (1825–1826) Thomas L. Winthrop (1826–1833) Samuel Turell Armstrong (1833–1834) |
| Preceded by | Marcus Morton (acting) |
| Succeeded by | John Davis |
| 11th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office May 31, 1823 – May 26, 1824 | |
| Governor | William Eustis |
| Preceded by | William Phillips Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Morton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district | |
| In office February 17, 1834 – March 16, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | John Davis |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hudson |
| 1st Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| In office April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | Board of Selectmen |
| Succeeded by | Henry Chapin |
| 29th President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1845 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Robinson |
| Succeeded by | William B. Calhoun |
| 23rd Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office May 31, 1822 – May 31, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Luther Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | William C. Jarvis |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1814–1820 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1812–1814 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 25, 1782 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1868 (aged 85) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican Whig National Republican Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse | Penelope Winslow Sever |
| Children | Daniel Waldo Lincoln |
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Levi Lincoln Jr. (October 25, 1782 – May 29, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th governor of Massachusetts (1825–1834) and represented the state in the U.S. Congress (1834–1841). Lincoln's nine-year tenure as governor is the longest consecutive service in state history; only Michael Dukakis (12 years), John Hancock (11 years) and Caleb Strong (10 years) served more years, but they were not consecutive.
Born to Levi Lincoln Sr., a prominent Worcester lawyer, he studied law and entered the state legislature in 1812 as a Democratic-Republican. He supported the War of 1812 (a minority position in Federalist-dominated Massachusetts) and opposed the Hartford Convention. Over the next ten years his politics moderated, and he was elected governor in 1825 in a nonpartisan landslide after serving one year on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Lincoln oversaw significant economic development in Massachusetts during his tenure and issued the first-ever veto by a Massachusetts governor. Lincoln and Daniel Webster were leading forces in the foundation of the National Republican (later Whig) Party in Massachusetts, which dominated state politics until the 1850s.
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1835, serving in the House of Representatives until 1841, when President William Henry Harrison appointed him collector of the Port of Boston. He was a major civic and philanthropic force in Worcester, owning and developing land in the city, and serving as its first mayor in 1848.