John Q. A. Brackett

Infobox Governor
name = John Quincy Adams Brackett


imagesize=150px
order = 36th
office = Governor of Massachusetts
term_start = January 7, 1890
term_end = January 8, 1891
lieutenant = William H. Haile
predecessor = Oliver Ames
successor = William E. Russell
office3 = City of Boston Common Council
(Ward 10, 1874-1875; Ward 17, 1876)
term_start3 = January 4, 1873
term_end3 = January 1, 1877 [citation |Printed by Order of the City Council |year=1909 |title=A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | pages = 262-265 |publisher=City of Boston Printing Department |location=Boston, MA |date=1909]
preceded3 =
succeeded3 =
office4 = City of Boston,
President of the Common Council [citation |last=Hurd | first = Duane Hamilton |year=1890 |title=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1| page = lviii |publisher=J. W. Lewis & CO.
location=Philadelphia, PA |date=1890]
term_start4 = January 3, 1876
term_end4 = January 1, 1877
preceded4 = Halsey Joseph Boardmen
succeeded4 = Benjamin Pope [citation |Printed by Order of the City Council |year=1909 |title=A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | pages = 262-265 |publisher=City of Boston Printing Department |location=Boston, MA |date=1909]
office5 = Massachusetts House of Representatives [citation |last=Hurd | first = Duane Hamilton |year=1890 |title=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1| page = lviii |publisher=J. W. Lewis & CO.
location=Philadelphia, PA |date=1890]
17th Suffolk District [citation |last=Gifford | first = Stephen Nye|year=1877 |title=A Manual for the Use of the General Court |page=345. |publisher=Massachusetts General Court |location=Boston, MA |date=1877]
term_start5 = 1877
term_end5 = 1881
preceded5 =
succeeded5 =
office6 = Massachusetts House of Representatives [citation |last=Hurd | first = Duane Hamilton |year=1890 |title=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1| page = lviii |publisher=J. W. Lewis & CO.
location=Philadelphia, PA |date=1890]
term_start6 = 1884
term_end6 = 1886
preceded6 =
succeeded6 =
office7 = Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives [citation |last=Hurd | first = Duane Hamilton |year=1890 |title=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1| page = lviii |publisher=J. W. Lewis & CO.
location=Philadelphia, PA |date=1890]
term_start7 = January 7, 1885
term_end7 = 1886
preceded7 = George Augustus Marden
succeeded7 = Charles J. Noyes
birth_date = birth date|1842|6|8|mf=y
birth_place = Bradford, New Hampshire
death_date = death date and age|1918|4|6|1842|6|8|mf=y
death_place = Arlington, Massachusetts
party = Republican
spouse = Angie M. Peck (June 20, 1878) [citation |last=Hurd | first = Duane Hamilton |year=1890 |title=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1| page = lviii |publisher=J. W. Lewis & CO.
location=Philadelphia, PA |date=1890]
children = John G. Brackett, Beatrice Brackett [citation |last=Rotch | first = William |year=1921 |title=Harvard College Class of 1865 Secretary's Report No. 11 1907 to 1921 | pages = 13-16 | Harvard College Class of 1865 Printed by Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co. (Inc.)
location=Boston, MA |date=1921]
alma_mater = Harvard College A.B., 1865; Harvard Law School L.L.B., 1868
occupation =
profession = Attorney
religion = Unitarian


order2 = 34th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
term_start2 = 1887
term_end2 = 1890
governor2 = Oliver Ames
predecessor2 = Oliver Ames
successor2 = William H. Haile

John Quincy Adams Brackett (June 8, 1842–April 6, 1918) was born in Bradford, New Hampshire to Ambrose S. Brackett and Nancy (Brown) Brackett. He was a 1865 graduate of Harvard College and an 1868 graduate of Harvard Law School and a lawyer by profession, holding the post of Judge Advocate of the Massachusetts Militia's First Brigade at one point during his career. He married Angie M. Peck on June 20, 1878 and they had four children.

Brackett, a Republican, served on the Boston Common (City) Council he later served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1877 to 1882 representing Boston from the 17th Suffolk District,17th Suffolk District [citation |last=Gifford | first = Stephen Nye|year=1877 |title=A Manual for the Use of the General Court |page=345. |publisher=Massachusetts General Court |location=Boston, MA |date=1877] and again from 1884 to 1887 representing Arlington; from 1885 to 1887 he was Speaker of the House.

His major accomplishment as a legislature was the establishment of cooperative banks. These banks were designed to encourage thrift among the working class.

From 1887 to 1890 he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts under Oliver Ames. In 1889, when Ames retired, Brackett was elected to succeed him as Governor, holding office from 1890 to 1891. During his year in office, he effectively advanced an agenda of tax reform and advocated further improvements in Massachusetts prisons. However, he was defeated for re-election in 1890 by the Democrat William E. Russell.

Brackett then returned to his Boston law practice, remaining active in his party: in 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention and he served as a presidential elector in 1896 and 1900.

In 1887 Brackett built a Queen Anne style home at 87 Pleasant Street, Arlington, Massachusetts where he lived until his death in 1918. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is also part of Arlington's Pleasant Street Historic District.

The Brackett School at 66 Eastern Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts built in 1931 was named after him.

References

External links

* [http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/jbrackett.htm Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography]