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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsFrederic Thomas GREENHALGE
(1842-1896)
GREENHALGE, Frederic
Thomas, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Clitheroe, England, July 19, 1842; immigrated with his parents to
the United States in early childhood; attended the public schools
of Lowell, Mass., and Harvard University 1859-1862; taught school
and studied law; during the Civil War was with the Union Army in
New Bern, N.C., for five months; was admitted to the bar in Lowell,
Mass., in 1865; served in the common council of Lowell in 1868 and
1869; member of the school committee 1871-1873; mayor of Lowell in
1880 and 1881; unsuccessful candidate for election to the State
senate in 1881; delegate to the Republican National Convention in
1884; member of the State house of representatives in 1885;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection; city solicitor in 1888;
practiced law in Middlesex and other counties; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3,
1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the
Fifty-second Congress; elected Governor of Massachusetts and served
from January 1894 until his death in Lowell, Mass., on March 5,
1896; interment in Lowell Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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