Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Ambrose Arnold Ranney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byWalbridge A. Field
Succeeded byLeopold Morse
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1857
1863-1864
Personal details
Born(1821-04-17)April 17, 1821
Townshend, Vermont, U.S.
DiedMarch 5, 1899(1899-03-05) (aged 77)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materDartmouth College
ProfessionLawyer
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Early life

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Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont on April 17, 1821, a son of Waitstill R. Ranney and Phebe (Atwood) Ranney.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.[2]

Career

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Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864 and served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881–1887).[2] Ranney supported women’s suffrage.[3] He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.[2]

Personal life

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Ranney died in Boston on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Adams, Charles Collard (1908). Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800. New York, NY: The Grafton Press. pp. 250–254 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biography, Ambrose Ranney". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  3. ^ United States. Congress. House. Woman suffrage : views of the minority. [Washington : Government Printing Office, 1886?] 3 p. ; 23 cm. JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 99, #7
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1887
Succeeded by