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Quincy, Josiah (Lawyer jurist college)

lawyer, jurist, college president, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 4, 1772, in Boston, Mass. In 1804 he was chosen a representative from Massachusetts in the congress of the United States, and held that position eight successive years. He was chosen state senator for Suffolk from 1814 to 1821, was representative from Boston, and was speaker of the house in 1820. He was judge of the municipal court in Boston in 1821 and 1822. He was mayor of Boston in 1823, and held the office of mayor six successive years. In 1829 he was chosen president of Harvard university, and held that office until his resignation in 1845. His published works are Speeches in Congress, and Orations on Various Occasions; Memoir of Josiah Quincy, Jr., of Massachusetts: Centennial Address on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Boston; A History of Harvard University from 1636 to 1836; Memoir of James Grahame, Historian of the United States Army; Memoir of Major Samuel Shaw; History of the Boston Athenæum; and other works. He died July 1, 1864, in Quincy, Mass.