Ossian Ray

Ossian Ray.

Ossian Ray (December 13, 1835 – January 28, 1892) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

Early years

Ray was born in Hinesburg, Vermont and his family moved to Irasburg, Vermont when he was young. He attended the public schools and an academy in nearby Derby. He studied law in Irasburg and in Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he moved in 1854. Mr. Ray was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced in Essex and Coos counties.

Politics

Ray was the solicitor for Coos County, New Hampshire from 1862 to 1872. He twice served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1868 and, again, in 1869. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872. For a short time, Ray was a United States attorney for the district of New Hampshire from February 22, 1879, to December 23, 1880, when he resigned. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Evarts W. Farr and was re-elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from January 8, 1881, to March 3, 1885. He did not seek renomination in 1884.

Death

Ossian Ray died in Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1892 and was buried in the Summer Street Cemetery.

References

• Ossian Ray at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Ossian Ray at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Ray, Ossian
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 13, 1835
Place of birth	Hinesburg, Vermont
Date of death	January 28, 1892
Place of death	Lancaster, New Hampshire