John Bailey

Anti-Jacksonian Representative of Massachusetts's 10th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1786 (49 years old)

Birthday

July 26, 1835

Death

Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for three terms and part of a fourth from 1824 to 1831.
Graduated from Brown University in 1807 and worked as a tutor and librarian before entering politics.
Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1814 to 1817.
Worked as a clerk in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. from 1817 until 1823.
Elected to the Massachusetts State Senate, serving from 1831 to 1834.
Ran unsuccessfully as an Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1834.
Chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State during his congressional tenure.
His election to the Eighteenth Congress was contested due to residency requirements, leading to a House resolution declaring him not entitled to the seat.
Died in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1835.