Goldsmith Bailey

Goldsmith Fox Bailey (July 17, 1823 – May 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Goldsmith Fox Bailey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862
Preceded by	Eli Thayer
Succeeded by	Amasa Walker
Member of the Fitchburg School Committee
In office 1849–1854
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1857
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
In office 1858–1860
Personal details
Born	July 17, 1823 East Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Died	May 8, 1862 (aged 38) Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)	Sophia Bailey
Occupation	Printer editor and publisher (up to 1848)
Profession	Attorney (admitted to the bar in 1848)

Born in East Westmoreland, New Hampshire, when he was three years old, his widowed mother moved with him to Fitchburg.[1]

Bailey attended the public schools of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. When he was 17 Bailey started work as an apprentice for the Bellows Falls Gazette. By 1844 Bailey became editor and publisher of the newspaper.[1]

In 1845 Bailey began to study law, first with William C. Bradley in Westminster, Vermont and later with the firm of Torrey and Wood in Fitchburg.[1]

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.[1]

Bailey served on the Fitchburg, Massachusetts school committee from 1849 to 1854. He 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. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate 1858–60. Bailey was the Republican Party candidate for congress in Massachusetts' ninth congressional district in the 1860 election.[1]

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, with a cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery.[2]

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Emerson, William Andrew (1887), Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present, Fitchburg, MA: Press of Blanchard & Brown, p. 284, hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t5db8626n
2. Goldsmith Bailey profile, Findagrave.com; accessed June 15, 2015.

External links

• United States Congress. "Goldsmith Bailey (id: B000038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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