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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAmbrose Arnold RANNEY
(1821-1899)
RANNEY, Ambrose Arnold, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Townshend, Windham
County, Vt., April 17, 1821; was graduated from Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H., in 1844; studied law in Woodstock, Vt.; was admitted
to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.;
corporation counsel for the city 1855-1857; member of the State
house of representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the
practice of law; died in Boston, Mass., March 5, 1899; interment in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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