Frederick David Ely (September 24, 1838 – August 6, 1921) was a
United States representative
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from
.
Biography
Frederick D. Ely was born in
Wrentham, Massachusetts
Wrentham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,178 at the 2020 census.
History
In 1660, five men from Dedham were sent to explore the lakes near George Indian's wigwam and to report back to the ...
on September 24, 1838.
He attended
Day’s Academy and graduated from
Brown University
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in 1859. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at
Dedham. He was a trial justice, was elected a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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, and served in the
Massachusetts State Senate
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. He was also a member of the Dedham school committee.
Ely was elected as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress and resumed the practice of law, and did serve as justice of the
Municipal Court of Boston from 1888 to 1914.
He married Eliza Baldwin Whittier on December 6, 1866. She died on February 12, 1881, and he remarried to Anna Emerson on August 10, 1885.
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He died at his home in Dedham on August 6, 1921, and was buried in ]Old Village Cemetery
The Old Village Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts.
History
The first portion of the cemetery was set apart at the first recorded meeting of the settlers of Dedham on August 18, 1636, with land taken from Nicholas Phillips a ...
.
See also
* 1873 Massachusetts legislature
The 94th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1873 during the governorship of Republican William B. Washburn. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate ...
* 1878 Massachusetts legislature
The 99th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1878 during the governorship of Alexander H. Rice. John B. D. Cogswell served as president of the Senate and Joh ...
References
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Politicians from Dedham, Massachusetts
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Republican Party Massachusetts state senators
Brown University alumni
1838 births
1921 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Lawyers from Dedham, Massachusetts
Burials at Old Village Cemetery
19th-century American lawyers