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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAmos ABBOTT
(1786-1868)
ABBOTT, Amos, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Andover, Mass.,
September 10, 1786; attended the Bradford Academy; merchant;
highway surveyor; market clerk, 1819-1822; town clerk, 1822, 1826,
and 1828; town treasurer, 1824-1829; member of the school
committee, 1828-1829, 1830; business executive; member of the
Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1835-1837, 1843;
member of the Massachusetts state senate, 1840-1842; elected as a
Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for reelection
in 1848; postmaster, Andover, Mass., 1849-1853; died on November 2,
1868, in Andover, Mass.; interment in South Parish Cemetery,
Andover, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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