Josiah Quincy VI (; October 15, 1859 – September 8, 1919) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as

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from 1896 to 1900. His grandfather Josiah Quincy IV (known as Josiah Quincy Jr.) and great-grandfather

Josiah Quincy III Josiah Quincy III (; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), an ...

also had served as mayors of Boston.

Biography

Quincy was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on October 15, 1859, and pursued a career as a lawyer. A Democrat, he was a member of

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from 1887 to 1888 and from 1890 to 1891. Quincy was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Representative from the 2nd District of Massachusetts in 1888 and served as the Massachusetts Democratic state chairman from 1891 to 1894 and in 1905 to 1906. He was appointed

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by President

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in 1893, but resigned after six months. Quincy served two terms as mayor of Boston, being elected in December 1895, re-elected in December 1897, and holding office from January 1896 to January 1900. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1901, and a delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1917. Quincy was an unsuccessful candidate for Massachusetts attorney general in 1917. He was a member of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. Quincy died on September 8, 1919 at age 59.

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Quincy election records
at ourcampaigns.com

1859 births 1919 deaths Mayors of Boston United States Assistant Secretaries of State Politicians from Quincy, Massachusetts Phillips family (New England) Quincy family Harvard College alumni {{Boston-stub

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