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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGoldsmith Fox BAILEY
(1823-1862)
BAILEY, Goldsmith Fox, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 17, 1823; attended the public schools of
Fitchburg, Mass.; editor and publisher of the Bellows Falls (Vt.)
Gazette in 1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and
commenced practice in Fitchburg, Mass.; served on the school
committee 1849-1854; appointed postmaster of Fitchburg on May 3,
1851 and served until May 4, 1853, when his successor was
appointed; member of the State house of representatives in 1857;
served in the State senate 1858-1860; elected as a Republican to
the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until
his death in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., May 8, 1862;
interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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