John G. Palfrey

John Gorham Palfrey ( born 2 May 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts, † April 26, 1881 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Palfrey attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and then studied until 1815 at Harvard University. After studying theology and his 1818 ordination to the clergy made ​​the Unitarian Church, he started working in Boston in this profession. Between 1835 and 1843 Palfrey also published the newspaper " North American Review ". Politically, he was a member of the Whig party. In the years 1842 and 1843 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; 1844 to 1848 he was managing as Secretary of the Commonwealth official of the state government of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1846 Palfrey was in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Benjamin Thompson on March 3, 1847. Since he has not been confirmed in 1848, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1849. This was marked by the final phase of the Mexican-American War. During this time, Palfrey was a member of the short-lived Free Soil Party.

In the years 1861 to 1867 John Palfrey served as postmaster in Boston. He also dealt with literary matters. The mid-1870s he suffered a stroke. He died on 26 April 1881 in Cambridge.

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