Joseph Warren Mansur (December 7, 1808 – February 4, 1892) was an American lawyer, politician, and investor. He represented

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...

in the

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in 1837, and in 1852 represented Fitchburg.Charles Cowley, 1868
''A History of Lowell'', 2nd Revised Ed.
Boston: Lee & Shepard.Charles Carroll Carpenter, 1903,
Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy, Andover, 1778-1830
', Andover Press. p. 139 He served in the

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representing

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in 1840 and Worcester District in 1854.William A.Emerson, 1903,
Fitchburg Past and Present
'''The Harvard Graduates Magazine'', Vol. 1, 1892-93.
pp. 320-1 (The brief obituary indicates he served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1857, a date not corroborated by other sources consulted.) He later moved to Michigan where he owned and edited the ''

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'' in 1862-65. Mansur was born in

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, the son of Aaron Mansur and Rebecca Warren. He studied at

Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness , address = 180 Main Street , city = Andover , state = Ma ...

and graduated from

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and Law School in 1831.C.W. Sever, 1888,
Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Law School of Harvard University, 1817-1887
', Harvard Law School. He later settled in

Fitchburg, Massachusetts Fitchburg is a city in northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The third-largest city in the county, its population was 41,946 at the 2020 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private e ...

, where he owned a textile mill, and served as director in two local companies and as Postmaster (1859- Sept. 1861). He married Anna Stewart Fitzpatrick, an Irish immigrant, and they had five children, of whom three survived to adulthood. In addition to his terms in the state legislature, Mansur also held local office, ran unsuccessfully for US Congress in 1842, and ran unsuccessfully for statewide office on the Democratic ticket in 1860. Mansur's eulogy of Daniel Webster (who died in 1852) won him note."Death Notices," ''The Newtown Register'', Thursday, February 18, 1892
/ref> In the early 1860s Mansur moved to Michigan, and in November 1862 bought the ''Kalamazoo Gazette''. He sold the paper some time after April 1865. Mansur later lived in

Sandwich, Ontario Old Sandwich Town (Olde Sandwich Towne) is located along the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border of the Detroit River, and was established in 1797.Windsor Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (WACAC). ''Historic Sandwich Town ...

and

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, before returning to Massachusetts where he lived in

Duxbury Duxbury (alternative older spelling: "Duxborough") is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately to the southeast of Boston, the population was 16,090 at the 20 ...

and

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. He died in Milton in February 1892.Some sources have his place of death as

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. However a contemporary note from a Samuel A. Green (15 Feb. 1892) on file at the Harvard University Archives indicates that it was actually Milton.

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1832: Joseph Warren Mansur to William Saxton Morton
(correspondence) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mansur, Joseph W. Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Harvard College alumni Phillips Academy alumni 1808 births 1892 deaths 19th-century American legislators Harvard Law School alumni 19th-century Massachusetts politicians