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Goldsmith Fox Bailey | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Eli Thayer |
| Succeeded by | Amasa Walker |
| Member of the Fitchburg School Committee | |
| In office 1849–1854 | |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1857 | |
| Member of theMassachusetts State Senate | |
| In office 1858–1860 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1823 |
| Died | May 8, 1862(1862-05-08) (aged 38) |
| Spouse | Sophia Bailey |
| Occupation | Printer editor and publisher (up to 1848) |
| Profession | Attorney (admitted to the bar in 1848) |
Goldsmith Fox Bailey (July 17, 1823 – May 8, 1862) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.
Born inEast Westmoreland, New Hampshire, when he was three years old, his widowed mother moved with him to Fitchburg.[1]
Bailey attended the public schools ofFitchburg, Massachusetts. When he was 17 Bailey started work as an apprentice for theBellows Falls Gazette. By 1844 Bailey became editor and publisher of the newspaper.[1]
In 1845 Bailey began to study law, first with William C. Bradley inWestminster, Vermont, and later with the firm of Torrey and Wood in Fitchburg.[1]
Bailey wasadmitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice inFitchburg, Massachusetts, as a partner in the law firm of N. Wood & Co.[1]
Bailey served on the Fitchburg, Massachusetts school committee from 1849 to 1854. He was appointed postmaster of Fitchburg on May 3, 1851, and served until May 4, 1853, when his successor was appointed.Bailey served as member of theMassachusetts house of representatives in 1857. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate 1858–60. Bailey was the Republican Party candidate for congress in Massachusetts' ninth congressional district in the 1860 election.[1]
Bailey was elected as aRepublican to theThirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until his death inFitchburg, Massachusetts, May 8, 1862. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery, with acenotaph at theCongressional Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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