Joseph Ferdinand Wingate (June 29, 1786 – unknown), son of Joshua and Hannah Carr Wingate, was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Joseph F. Wingate
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byEbenezer Herrick
Succeeded byEdward Kavanagh
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1818–1819
Personal details
Born
Joseph Ferdinand Wingate

(1786-06-29)June 29, 1786
Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedWindsor, Maine, U.S.
Resting placeRest Haven Cemetery
Political partyAnti-Jacksonian
Other political
affiliations
Adams
Spouse
Margaret Gay Tingey
(m. 1808)
Children1
Parent(s)Joshua Wingate
Hannah Carr Wingate

Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Wingate received a limited schooling. He engaged in the mercantile business in Bath, Maine, until 1820, part of Massachusetts, District of Maine. He married Margaret Gay Tingey, daughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey, USN, in 1808. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1818 and 1819. He served as collector of customs at the port of Bath from 1820 to 1824.

Wingate was elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831). Wingate's uncle, Paine Wingate, was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Justice of the Supreme Court, all of New Hampshire. Joseph Wingate moved eventually to Windsor, Maine. His daughter, Sydney Ellen Wingate, married George P. Sewall.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Joseph F. Wingate (id: W000632)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 3rd congressional district

1827–1831
Succeeded by