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George Bailey Loring (1818-1891) Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him. | George Bailey Loring (1818-Sept. 15, 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. | ||
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*Vertical File in Salem Collection- '''Loring Farm/George B. Loring''' | *Vertical File in Salem Collection- '''Loring Farm/George B. Loring''' | ||
*[http:// | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1744216?locg=63 Salem, Massachusetts] Turino and Schier, p. 41 (photo of Loring residence) | ||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2382888?locg=63 Essex Institute Historical Collections] Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986) | |||
*"Obituary. George B. Loring" ''Salem Evening News'', Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1 | *"Obituary. George B. Loring" ''Salem Evening News'', Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1 | ||
*[http:// | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1744216?locg=63 Salem, Massachusetts] ed. by K. Turino, p. 41 (photograph of Loring Farm) | ||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2058815?locg=63 Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration] by George B. Loring | |||
*"Loring Avenue's storied history" ''Salem News'', Aug. 24, 2016, p. 9 | |||
Latest revision as of 11:34, 12 September 2019
George Bailey Loring (1818-Sept. 15, 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
- Salem, Massachusetts Turino and Schier, p. 41 (photo of Loring residence)
- Essex Institute Historical Collections Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986)
- "Obituary. George B. Loring" Salem Evening News, Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1
- Salem, Massachusetts ed. by K. Turino, p. 41 (photograph of Loring Farm)
- Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration by George B. Loring
- "Loring Avenue's storied history" Salem News, Aug. 24, 2016, p. 9
