Phineas W. Leland

Phineas Washington Leland
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1843[1]–1843[1]
Preceded byJosiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded byFrederick Robinson
Member of
the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1843[1]–1843[1]
Preceded byJosiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded byLevi Lincoln Jr.
Collector of Customs for
Fall River, Massachusetts[2]
In office
1834[2]–1860[1]
Appointed byAndrew Jackson[2]
Personal details
BornOctober 4, 1798[3][4]
Grafton, Massachusetts[3]
DiedJanuary 22, 1870[4]
Political partyDemocratic[5]
SpouseParmelia T. Wood[6][2]
Alma materBowdoin College, M.D., 1826[2]
OccupationPhysician, US Collector of Customs,[4] journalist[6]
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Phineas Washington Leland[4] (October 4, 1798 – January 22, 1870) was a Massachusetts physician and journalist, and the Collector of Customs for Fall River, Massachusetts,[2] who also served as a member, and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 522
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 521
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  5. ^ Hurd, D. Hamilton (1889), History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.W. Lewis & Company, p. 935
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