Ambrose Ranney
Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Ambrose Arnold Ranney | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Walbridge A. Field |
| Succeeded by | Leopold Morse |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1857 1863-1864 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 17, 1821 Townshend, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 1899 (aged 77) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Early life
Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born on April 17, 1821, in Townshend, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.[1]
Career
Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864 and served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881–1887).[1] Ranney supported women’s suffrage.[2] He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.[1]
Personal life
Ranney died in Boston on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.[1]
References
- "Biography, Ambrose Ranney". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- United States. Congress. House. Woman suffrage : views of the minority. [Washington : Government Printing Office, 1886?] 3 p. ; 23 cm. JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 99, #7
- United States Congress. "Ambrose Ranney (id: R000058)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First National Publishing Company. pp. 500–501.
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