Josiah Quincy III

Josiah Quincy III
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813
Preceded byWilliam Eustis
Succeeded byArtemas Ward Jr.
2nd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
May 1, 1823[1] – January 5, 1829[2]
Preceded byJohn Phillips
Succeeded byHarrison Gray Otis
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
January 10, 1821[3] – 1822
Preceded byElijah H. Mills
Succeeded byLuther Lawrence
15th President of Harvard University
In office
1829–1845
Preceded byJohn Thornton Kirkland
Succeeded byEdward Everett
Personal details
Born(1772-02-04)February 4, 1772
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
DiedJuly 1, 1864(1864-07-01) (aged 92)
Quincy, Massachusetts, US
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery[4]
Political partyFederalist
SpouseEliza Susan Morton[5]
ChildrenEliza Susan Quincy, Josiah Quincy Jr., Abigail Phillips Quincy, Maria Sophia Quincy, Margaret Morton Quincy, Edmund Quincy, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy
RelativesQuincy family
Alma materHarvard University
ProfessionPolitician, 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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Quincy, Edmund (1868), Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., p. 545
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Melvin G. Holli, The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders (Pennsylvania State UP, 1999), p. 4–11.