Amos Abbott

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name =Amos Abbott


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =March 4, 1843
term_end =March 3, 1849
preceded =Caleb Cushing
succeeded =James H. Duncan
birth_date =September 10, 1786
birth_place =Andover, Massachusetts
death_date =November 2, 1868
death_place =Andover, Massachusetts
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party =Whig
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Amos Abbott (September 10 1786, Andover, Massachusetts – November 2 1868, Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States Congressman from Massachusetts.

He worked as a merchant, a highway surveyor, a market clerk, town clerk, town treasurer, a member of the school committee, a business executive. In 1833, he was one of the founders of the Boston & Portland railway, which later changed its name to the Boston & Maine Railroad, and served as its director from 1834 to 1841. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1835 to 1837 and in 1843. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1840 to 1842.

Abbott was elected as a Whig to the United States Congress, serving from March 4 1843 to March 3 1849.

Following his term in Congress, he returned to his earlier mercantile activities and served as the postmaster in Andover, where he died, aged 82.

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state=Massachusetts
district=3
before=Caleb Cushing
after=James H. Duncan
years=March 4 1843 – March 3 1849