- Josiah Quincy, Jr.
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name =Josiah Quincy, Jr.
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order =11th
office =Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start =December 11, 1845
term_end =January 1, 1849
predecessor =Benson Leavitt
successor =John P. Bigelow
birth_date =1802
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death_date =1882 (aged 80?)
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footnotes =Mayor Davis died on November 22, 1845. Benson Leavitt, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen served as Acting Mayor from November 22, 1845 to December 11, 1845. After Quincy was elected Mayor on December 8, 1845 for the term beginning January 5, 1846, Quincy was appointed by the city council as acting mayor on December 11, 1845 to serve out Mayor Davis' term.Josiah Quincy, Jr. (1802-1882) was
mayor of Boston (December 11, 1845 - January 1, 1849), as was his fatherJosiah Quincy III (mayor 1823-1828) and grandson Josiah Quincy (mayor 1895-1899).As a member of the
Massachusetts State Legislature in 1837, Mr. Quincy was instrumental in the establishment of theMassachusetts Board of Education .References
Description of the Boston and Worcester and Western Railroads: In which is Noted the Towns, Villages, Station, Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels, Cuttings, Embankments, Gradients, &c., the Scenery and Its Natural History, and Other Objects Passed by this Line of Railway. With Numerous Illustrations By William Guild Published by Bradbury & Guild, 1847 p. 13.
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*gutenberg|no=18422|name=Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z, contains Quincy's speech of welcome to Boston for
Charles Dickens .
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