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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJosiah QUINCY
(1772-1864)
QUINCY, Josiah, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., February
4, 1772; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was
graduated from Harvard University in 1790; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced the practice of his
profession in Boston; unsuccessful candidate for election to the
Seventh and Eighth Congresses, served in the State senate in 1804
and 1805; elected as a Federalist to the Ninth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1813); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress;
again served in the State senate 1813-1820; member of the State
house of representatives in 1821 and 1822, serving the last year as
speaker; delegate to the Massachusetts State Constitutional
convention in 1820; judge of the Boston municipal court in 1822;
mayor of Boston 1823-1829; president of Harvard University from
1829 to 1845; died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., on July 1,
1864; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Bibliography
McCaughey, Robert A. Josiah Quincy, 1772-1864, the Last
Federalist. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974;
Quincy, Josiah. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy. 1825.
Reprint, New York: DaCapo Press, 1971.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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