Edward D. Bangs

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Edward Dillingham Bangs[1]
6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth[1]
In office
1824[1]  1836[1]
Preceded by Alden Bradford
Succeeded by John P. Bigelow
County Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts[2]
In office
February 19, 1824[3]  1824[3]
Preceded by Rejoice Newton[3]
Succeeded by Pliney Merrick[3][4]
Member the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820[2]
Personal details
Born August 24, 1790[1]
Worcester, Massachusetts[1]
Died April 1, 1838[1]
Spouse(s) Mary Grosvenor[5]
Alma mater Harvard University M.A. 1827[2]
Profession Attorney[2]

Edward Dillingham Bangs (August 24, 1790 – April 1, 1838) was an American politician who served as the 6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1824 to 1836.

Early life

Bangs was born on August 24, 1790 in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Hannah (Lynde) Bangs[6] and Judge Edward Bangs.[1]

Family life

On April 12, 1824,[6] Bangs married Mary Grosvenor[5] of Pomfret, Connecticut.[6]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Nichols, Charles Lemuel (1899), Bibliography of Worcester: a List of Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and Broadsides Printed in the Town of Worcester From 1775 to 1848, Worcester, MA: Charles Lemuel Nichols, p. 90 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 357. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 41. 
  4. The American Law Review (1867), The American Law Review, 1866–1867 Volume I, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, and Company., p. 583. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Worcester Historical Society (1899), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XIX, Worcester, MA: Worcester Society of Antiquity, pp. 390–391 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Worcester Historical Society (1899), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XIX, Worcester, MA: Worcester Society of Antiquity, p. 391 
Political offices
Preceded by
Alden Bradford
6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
1824–1836
Succeeded by
John P. Bigelow
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