Amos Abbott

Amos Abbott ( born September 10, 1786 in Andover, Massachusetts, † November 2, 1868 ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1849 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Amos Abbott attended the Bradford Academy. In the following years, he served as traders, road surveyors and municipal employee in Andover. From 1828 to 1830 he sat in the local school board. In 1833 he was among the founders of the railway company Boston and Maine Railroad; 1834 to 1841 he was its president. Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party, founded in 1835. From 1835 to 1837, and again in 1843 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Between 1840-1842 he was member of the State Senate in years.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Abbott was in the third electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Caleb Cushing on March 4, 1843. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1849 three legislative periods. In this time of the Mexican -American War was launched. In 1848 Abbott on another Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1853 he was postmaster in Andover. Otherwise, he worked in the trade. He died on 2 November 1868 in Andover.