South Carolina, along with the 129 slaves who farmed it. After the Revolution Wadsworth became a "pioneer in banking, insurance, and the breeding of cattle" after the war, according to historian North Callahan. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1788 and a member of the Connecticut convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. From 1789 to 1795 he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wadsworth initially lost reelection in 1790 but was specially reelected when his initial successor Pierpont Edwards declined to take his seat. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1795 and of the state Executive Council from 1795 to 1801. He was appointed Treaty Commissioner, by George Washington, at the Treaty of Big Tree between the U.S. and the Seneca nation in 1797. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, April 30, 1804, and is interred in the Ancient Burying Ground. His domestic arrangements were described by Lydia Sigourney in her memoirs. He built two mansions near his own house, one for his daughter Catharine, who had married Nathaniel Terry, and one for his son, Daniel Wadsworth. Legacy Footnotes External links People of Connecticut in the American Revolution 1743 births 1804 deaths Continental Congressmen from Connecticut 18th-century American politicians Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Council of Assistants (1662–1818) Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut Pro-Administration Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut American Congregationalists Wadsworth family Members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut