Ambrose Arnold Ranney | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | Walbridge A. Field |
Succeeded by | Leopold Morse |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1857 1863-1864 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1821-04-17)April 17, 1821 Townshend, Vermont, U.S. |
Died | March 5, 1899(1899-03-05) (aged 77) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Resting place | Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Early life
Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont on April 17, 1821, a son of Waitstill R. Ranney and Phebe (Atwood) Ranney. He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.
Career
Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864 and served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881–1887). Ranney supported women’s suffrage. He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.
Personal life
Ranney died in Boston on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.
References
- Adams, Charles Collard (1908). Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800. New York, NY: The Grafton Press. pp. 250–254 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Biography, Ambrose Ranney". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- United States. Congress. House. Woman suffrage : views of the minority. 3 p. ; 23 cm. JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 99, #7
External links
- United States Congress. "Ambrose Ranney (id: R000058)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Rand, John C., ed. (1890). "Ranney, Ambrose A." . One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A. D. 1888–'89. Boston: First National Publishing Company. pp. 500–501.
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Preceded byWalbridge A. Field | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1887 |
Succeeded byLeopold Morse |
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