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George Bailey Loring (1818-1891) | George Bailey Loring (1818-1891) Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him. | ||
George Loring represented his district in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Massachusetts State House and Senate. A Harvard graduate, he also served in the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture and Minister to Portugal. | George Loring represented his district in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Massachusetts State House and Senate. A Harvard graduate, he also served in the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture and Minister to Portugal. | ||
George Bailey Loring | He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1866–1867); chairman of the Massachusetts State Republican committee (1869–1876); served in the State senate (1873–1876) and was also president of that body. | ||
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881). | |||
George Bailey Loring died on Sept. 13, 1891 and is buried in Harmony Grove. Adjacent headstones mark the graves of wife Mary and Loring's in-laws William, Love and Sophia Pickman. | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*Vertical File in Salem Collection- '''Loring Farm/George B. Loring''' | |||
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/record=b2382888~S24 Essex Institute Historical Collections] Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986) | |||
*"Obituary. George B. Loring" ''Salem Evening News'', Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1 | |||
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=loring+george&SUBKEY=loring%20george/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration] by George B. Loring | *[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=loring+george&SUBKEY=loring%20george/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xloring+george&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration] by George B. Loring | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 11 March 2011
George Bailey Loring (1818-1891) Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him.
George Loring represented his district in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Massachusetts State House and Senate. A Harvard graduate, he also served in the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture and Minister to Portugal.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1866–1867); chairman of the Massachusetts State Republican committee (1869–1876); served in the State senate (1873–1876) and was also president of that body.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881).
George Bailey Loring died on Sept. 13, 1891 and is buried in Harmony Grove. Adjacent headstones mark the graves of wife Mary and Loring's in-laws William, Love and Sophia Pickman.
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection- Loring Farm/George B. Loring
- Essex Institute Historical Collections Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986)
- "Obituary. George B. Loring" Salem Evening News, Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1
- Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration by George B. Loring
