George Loring | |
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 Loringc. 1865–80 | |
| United States Minister to Portugal | |
| In office August 29, 1889 – May 31, 1890 | |
| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Edward Parke Custis Lewis |
| Succeeded by | George S. Batcheller |
| 5thUnited States Commissioner of Agriculture | |
| In office July 1, 1881 – March 4, 1885 | |
| President | James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | William Gates LeDuc |
| Succeeded by | Norman Jay Coleman |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Perkins Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Eben F. Stone |
| President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1873–1876 | |
| Preceded by | Horace H. Coolidge |
| Succeeded by | John B. D. Cogswell |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1873–1876 | |
| Chair of theMassachusetts Republican Party | |
| In office 1869–1876 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Alley (1859) |
| Succeeded by | Alanson W. Beard |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1866–1867 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Bailey Loring (1817-11-08)November 8, 1817 |
| Died | September 14, 1891(1891-09-14) (aged 73) Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Harvard University (BS,MD) |
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George Bailey Loring (November 8, 1817 – September 14, 1891)[1] was an American politician and member of theUnited States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
A son of Unitarian minister Bailey Loring and Sally Pickman (Osgood) Loring, and fourth great grandson of early settler DeaconThomas Loring,[2] George B. attended Franklin Academy atAndover, Massachusetts and later briefly taught school. He graduated fromHarvard University in 1838 and from the Harvard medical school in 1842. He practiced medicine for a short time in North Andover. Served as surgeon of the marine hospital atChelsea, Massachusetts (1843–1850) and as surgeon of the Seventh Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (1842–1844).
He was appointed commissioner to revise the United States marine hospital system in 1849.
Moved toSalem, Massachusetts in 1851; appointed postmaster of Salem on May 4, 1853, and served until his successor was appointed on February 16, 1858.
He was a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives (1866–1867); chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee (1869–1876); served in theMassachusetts Senate (1873–1876) and was alsopresident of that body.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the state of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the45th and46th Congresses.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880. MadeUnited States commissioner of agriculture (1881–1885); appointedUnited States minister to Portugal in 1889 and served until his resignation in 1890.
Loring married Mary Toppan Pickman (1816-1878), daughter of Dr. Thomas Pickman and his wife, Sophia Palmer Pickman, and also his cousin.[3] His great-uncle, and his wife's uncle, wasBenjamin Pickman Jr., Congressman from Massachusetts; his third cousin, once removed, and her first cousin, twice removed wasGeorge P. Wetmore, Governor and United States Senator from Rhode Island. Another great-uncle isSamuel Osgood. After Mary's death, Loring married Anna Smith Hildreth, daughter of former U.S. consul to Siam Isaac Townsend Smith and widow of Charles Henry Hildreth, in 1880.[3][4][5]
Loring died inSalem, Massachusetts on September 14, 1891, aged 73, and was interred inHarmony Grove Cemetery.[6]
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