Stephen Higginson (Continental Congress)

Stephen Higginson
Portrait of Higginson by Gilbert Stuart
Member of the Second Continental Congress
In office 1783
Personal details
Born	(1743-11-28)November 28, 1743
Died	November 28, 1828(1828-11-28) (aged 85)
Resting place	Central Burying Ground
Political party	Federalist
Spouses	Susanna Cleveland ​ ​ (m. 1764⁠–⁠1788)​ Elizabeth Perkins ​ ​ (m. 1789, died)​ Sarah Perkins ​ (m. 1792)​
Relatives	George Cabot (cousin) Francis Higginson (great-great-great-grandfather)

Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743 – November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. He took an active part in suppressing Shays' Rebellion, was the author of the Laco letters (1789), and served the United States government as navy agent from May 11 to June 22, 1798. Although he was a privateer during the American Revolutionary War he became a "blue light", extreme-Federalist during the War of 1812 and was one of the members of the Essex Junto.^{[citation needed]}