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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Bassett ALLEY
(1817-1896)
ALLEY, John Bassett, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lynn, Essex County,
Mass., January 7, 1817; attended the common schools; at the age of
fourteen was apprenticed as a shoemaker, but was released at
nineteen; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1836; freighted merchandise
up and down the Mississippi River; moved to Lynn, Mass., in 1838
and entered the shoe manufacturing business; established a hide and
leather house in Boston in 1847; member of the first board of
aldermen of Lynn in 1850; member of the Governor’s council
1847-1851; served in the State senate in 1852; member of the
constitutional convention of 1853; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1859-March 3, 1867); chairman, Committee on the Post Office and
Post Roads (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1866; became connected with the Union
Pacific Railroad; abandoned active business pursuits in 1886 and
lived in retirement until his death in West Newton, Mass., January
19, 1896; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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