Goldsmith Bailey

Infobox Congressman
name =Goldsmith Fox Bailey


state =Massachusetts
district =11th
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preceded =Eli Thayer
succeeded =Amasa Walker
birth_date =July 17, 1823
birth_place =East Westmoreland, NH
death_date =May 8, 1862
death_place =Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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spouse =Sophia
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occupation =Printer editor and publisher (up to 1848)
profession =Attorney (Admitted to the Bar in 1848)
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order2 = Member of the Fitchburg School Committee
term_start2 = 1849
term_end2 = 1854
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order3 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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order4 = Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
term_start4 = 1858
term_end4 = 1860
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Goldsmith Fox Bailey (July 17, 1823 - May 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. When he was three years old, his widowed mother moved with him to Fitchburg. [Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 284 | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887] Bailey attended the public schools of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

When he was 17 Bailey started work as an apprentice for the "Bellows Falls Gazzette". By 1844 Bailey became editor and publisher of the newspaper. [Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 284 | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887] In 1845 Bailey began to study law, first with William C. Bradley in Westminster, VT and later with the firm of Torrey and Wood in Fitchburg. [Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 284 | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887] Bailey was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Fitchburg, Massachusetts as a partner in the law firm of N. Wood & Co. [Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 284 | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887] Bailey served on the Fitchburg, Massachusetts school committee from 1849-1854.Bailey was appointed postmaster of Fitchburg on May 3, 1851 and served until May 4, 1853, when his successor was appointed.Bailey served as member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1857.Bailey served in the Massachusetts State Senate 1858-1860.

Bailey was the Republican Party candidate for congress in Massachusetts' ninth congressional district in the 1860 election. [Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 284 | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887] Bailey was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until his death in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 8, 1862.He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

References

* Image from: Citation |last = Emerson | first = William Andrew | year = 1887 | title = "Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present" | page = 286. | publisher =Press of Blanchard & Brown | location = Fitchburg, MA | date = 1887

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7498302 Goldsmith Bailey] at Find-A-Grave