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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge ASHMUN
(1804-1870)
ASHMUN, George, (son of
Eli Porter Ashmun), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Blandford, Hampden County, Mass., December 25, 1804; moved to
Northampton with his parents in 1807; attended the local schools;
was graduated from Yale College in 1823; studied law; was admitted
to the bar and commenced practice in Springfield in 1828; member of
the State house of representatives in 1833, 1835, 1836, 1838, and
1841, serving as speaker in 1841; member of the State senate in
1838 and 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth,
and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1850; resumed the practice of law
in Springfield; chairman of the Republican National Convention at
Chicago in 1860; director of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.;
delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866;
died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 16, 1870;
interment in Springfield Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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