John Bailey (Massachusetts politician)
John Bailey (1786 – June 26, 1835) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1824 to 1831.
John Bailey | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district | |
| In office December 13, 1824 – March 3, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Baylies |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. S. Dearborn |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1814–1817 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1831–1834 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1786 Stoughton, Massachusetts (now Canton, Massachusetts) |
| Died | June 26, 1835 (aged 48–49) Dorchester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Adams-Clay Republican |
Biography
Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (in that part of Stoughton which later became Canton). Bailey graduated from Brown University in 1807. Bailey worked as a tutor and librarian in Providence, Rhode Island from 1807 until 1814. Bailey was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served from 1814 to 1817; he served as a clerk in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. from 1817 until 1823.
Bailey was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1816.[1]
Congress
Bailey presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Eighteenth Congress, but his election was contested on residency requirements. A House resolution on March 18, 1824, declared he was not entitled to the seat.
Upon returning to Canton, Bailey was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican; his subsequent re-elections allowed him to serve the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. During his tenure Bailey chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State.
Bailey ran as an Anti-Jacksonian in the Twenty-first Congress but was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. He was a member of the Massachusetts State senate, 1831–1834, and ran as the unsuccessful Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1834.
Death
He died in Dorchester, Massachusetts the following year.
See also
References
- United States Congress. "John Bailey (id: B000041)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
