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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Abbott, Josiah Gardner
Abbott, Josiah Gardner, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Mass., November 1, 1814; attended the common schools and Chelmsford Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in 1832; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Lowell, Mass., in 1837; member of the State house of representatives in 1836; served in the State senate in 1841 and 1842; member of the staff of Governor Morton in 1843; master in chancery 1850-1855; member of the State constitutional convention in 1853; appointed justice of the superior court of Suffolk County in 1865 and served until 1858, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law; one of the overseers of Harvard College 1859-1865; several times was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Senator; declined an appointment to the supreme court bench in 1860; moved to Boston in 1861 and continued the practice of law; declined the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 1861; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Rufus S. Frost to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from July 28, 1876, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; appointed a member of the Electoral Commission created by the act of Congress approved January 29, 1877, to decide the contests in various States in the presidential election of 1876; resumed the practice of law; also interested in manufacturing and various other enterprises; died in Wellesley Hills, near Boston, Mass., June 2, 1891; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, Mass.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Abbott, Josiah Gardner," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.759 Original Sources, accessed March 27, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YNHJ8EKB9MXE3L.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Abbott, Josiah Gardner." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.759, Original Sources. 27 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YNHJ8EKB9MXE3L.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Abbott, Josiah Gardner' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.759. Original Sources, retrieved 27 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YNHJ8EKB9MXE3L.
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