Josiah Quincy III | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | William Eustis |
| Succeeded by | Artemas Ward Jr. |
| 2nd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
| In office May 1, 1823[1] – January 5, 1829[2] | |
| Preceded by | John Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Harrison Gray Otis |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office January 10, 1821[3] – 1822 | |
| Preceded by | Elijah H. Mills |
| Succeeded by | Luther Lawrence |
| 15th President of Harvard University | |
| In office 1829–1845 | |
| Preceded by | John Thornton Kirkland |
| Succeeded by | Edward Everett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 4, 1772 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America |
| Died | July 1, 1864 (aged 92) Quincy, Massachusetts, US |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery[4] |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse | Eliza Susan Morton[5] |
| Children | Eliza Susan Quincy, Josiah Quincy Jr., Abigail Phillips Quincy, Maria Sophia Quincy, Margaret Morton Quincy, Edmund Quincy, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy |
| Relatives | Quincy family |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Politician, university president |
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Josiah Quincy III (/ˈkwɪnzi/; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him among the ten best mayors in American history.[6]
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 213
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, p. 219
- ^ Crocker, Matthew H. (1999), Matthew H. Crocker. The Magic of the Many: Josiah Quincy and the Rise of Mass Politics in Boston 1800–1830., Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, p. 42
- ^ Quincy, Edmund (1868), Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., p. 545
- ^ Allibone, S. Austin (1870), A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American Authors vol. II, Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co., p. 1718
- ^ Melvin G. Holli, The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders (Pennsylvania State UP, 1999), p. 4–11.