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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAmasa NORCROSS
(1824-1898)
NORCROSS, Amasa, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Rindge, Cheshire County,
N.H., January 26, 1824; attended the common schools and Appleton
Academy, New Ipswich, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1847 and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass.; member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives in 1858, 1859, and again in
1862; assessor of internal revenue from August 1862 until May 1873,
when the office was abolished; mayor of the city of Fitchburg,
Mass., in 1873 and 1874; served in the State senate in 1874;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and
Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of law;
died in Paris, France, April 2, 1898, while on a visit to his
daughter; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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