Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Leonard, George

Leonard, George, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Norton, Mass., July 4, 1729; was graduated from Harvard College in 1748; register of probate 1749-1783; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Norton in 1750; member of the provincial assembly 1764-1766; executive councilor 1770-1775; judge of the probate court 1784-1790; judge of the common pleas court 1785-1798 and chief justice 1798-1804; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); member of the State senate in 1792 and 1793; elected to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); served in the State house of representatives in 1801 and 1802; died in Raynham, Mass., July 26, 1819; interment in the local cemetery at Norton, Mass.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Leonard, George," 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.1455 Original Sources, accessed January 25, 2020, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4L6YX91J6CNGCGC.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Leonard, George." 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.1455, Original Sources. 25 Jan. 2020. www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4L6YX91J6CNGCGC.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Leonard, George' 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.1455. Original Sources, retrieved 25 January 2020, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4L6YX91J6CNGCGC.