Ginery Bachelor Twichell
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rd district
In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Alexander H. Rice
Succeeded by	William Whiting
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Born	(1811-08-26)August 26, 1811 Athol, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 23, 1883(1883-07-23) (aged 71) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Theolotia Ruggles ​ ​ (m. 1846; died 1876)​ Catherine M. (Burt) Vinal ​ ​ (m. 1877)​
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Ginery Twichell (August 26, 1811 – July 23, 1883) was president of theBoston and Worcester Railroad in the 1860s, theRepublicanRepresentative forMassachusetts for three consecutive terms and the sixth president of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

He was born inAthol, Massachusetts. Some references list his actual birth date as August 22, 1811 (Waters, p. 43), while others list it as August 26, 1811 (Congress Bioguide; and Massachusetts Vital Records).^[1] In 1827 Twichell left school to seek employment in a local mill. Subsequent jobs saw him working with livestock and later in retail. His strengths in transportation began to show in 1830 when he took control of a stage line betweenBarre andWorcester.

As a manager and business owner, Twichell gained a reputation for kindness and generosity, even toward his business competition. He saw his stage line grow to include many more lines throughoutNew England. When theBoston and Worcester Railroad (B&W) opened on July 1, 1835, Twichell's stage lines were both competition and complement to the railroad's service. This quasi-partnership lasted until June 1, 1848, when Twichell became the assistant superintendent of the railroad. Twichell rose through the B&W's ranks, becoming president in 1857.

In 1867 Twichell was elected toCongress where he served as a Republican Representative for Massachusetts. He was twice reelected, in 1869 and again in 1871, to stretch his tenure to three consecutive terms.

During his third term as a Representative, Twichell became president of the growingAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1870. During his term with the Santa Fe, the railroad built the rest of the mainline acrossKansas fromTopeka, connecting toDodge City, Kansas, on September 5, 1872, and then theColorado state line by the end of 1873. Twichell served the Santa Fe Railroad for three years, leaving in 1873 to return toMassachusetts where he led theBoston, Barre and Gardner Railroad and theHoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad.

Twichell died on July 23, 1883, inBrookline, Massachusetts, oftyphoid fever.^[2]

• Ginery Twichell House, a property he owned (but did not live in) in Brookline

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,Ginery Twichell. Retrieved July 15, 2005. (lists birth date as August 26, 1811).
• Denehy, John William.history of Brookline, Massachusetts, from the first settlement of Muddy River Until the Present Time 1630-1906, page 136 (1906). (lists birth date as August 26
• Twitchel, Ralph E.:Stage Driver to Railroad President, Ginery Twitchell, Progressive in Transportation Matters becomes one or the First Presidents of the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Magazine, January 1923, Vol XVII, Number 2. (lists birth date as August 25, 1811).
• Waters, Lawrence L. (1950).Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. p 43–44. (lists birth date as August 22, 1811).

• 1811 births
• 1883 deaths
• Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway presidents
• People from Athol, Massachusetts
• Deaths from typhoid fever in the United States
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
• 19th-century American businesspeople
• 19th-century United States representatives

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