Goldsmith Bailey

Goldsmith Fox Bailey (born July 17, 1823 in Westmoreland , Cheshire County , New Hampshire , †  May 8, 1862 in Fitchburg , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . In 1861 and 1862 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Goldsmith Bailey attended Fitchburg public schools. Then he got into the newspaper business. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1848, he began to work in this profession in Fitchburg. From 1849 to 1854 he was a member of the local school committee. From 1851 to 1853 he was also a postman in Fitchburg. Politically, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1857 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; from 1858 to 1860 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 1860 congressional election , Bailey was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Eli Thayer on March 4, 1861 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on May 8, 1862. His entire time as a congressman was overshadowed by his tuberculosis disease, from which he died. Otherwise, this time was marked by the events of the civil war . In the by-election that took place after his death, his party colleague Amasa Walker was elected as his successor in Congress.

Web links

• Goldsmith Bailey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Goldsmith Bailey in the database of Find a Grave (English)