Goldsmith Fox Bailey

Republican Representative of Massachusetts's 9th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

July 17, 1823 (38 years old)

Birthday

May 8, 1862

Death

Served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, at the age of three
Attended public schools in Fitchburg
Started working as an apprentice at the Bellows Falls Gazette at 17 and became its editor and publisher by 1844
Began studying law in 1845 and was admitted to the bar in 1848
Practiced law in Fitchburg as a partner in the law firm of N. Wood & Co.
Served on the Fitchburg School Committee from 1849 to 1854
Appointed postmaster of Fitchburg, serving from 1851 to 1853
Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857 and the Massachusetts State Senate from 1858 to 1860
Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1861, until his death on May 8, 1862
Interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery, with a cenotaph at the Congressional Cemetery