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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsQUINCY, Josiah
(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
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Blodgett, Geoffrey T. “Josiah Quincy, Brahmin Democrat.” New England Quarterly
38 (December 1965): 435-53.
Hewlett, Richard G. “Josiah Quincy: Reform Mayor of Boston.” New England Quarterly
24 (June 1951): 179-96.
McCaughey, Robert A. Josiah Quincy, 1772-1864, the Last Federalist.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974.
Nash, George H. “From Radicalism to Revolution: The Political Career of Josiah Quincy, Jr.” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
79 (1969): 253-90.
Quincy, Edmund. Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.
Quincy, Josiah. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy.
New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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