George B. Loring

George Bailey Loring
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
Preceded byCharles Perkins Thompson
Succeeded byEben F. Stone
United States Minister to Portugal
In office
March 30, 1889 – May 31, 1890
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byEdward Parke Custis Lewis
Succeeded byGeorge S. Batcheller
5th United States Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1881–1885
PresidentJames A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Preceded byWilliam Gates LeDuc
Succeeded byNorman Jay Coleman
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1875–1876
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1873–1876
Chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee
In office
1869–1876
Succeeded byAlanson W. Beard
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1866–1868
In office
May 4, 1853 – February 16, 1858
Postmaster of Salem, Massachusetts
In office
May 4, 1853 – February 16, 1858
Personal details
BornNovember 8, 1817
North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
DiedSeptember 14, 1891 (aged 73)
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Resting placeHarmony Grove Cemetery.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materHarvard University
ProfessionPhysician
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George Bailey Loring (November 8, 1817 – September 14, 1891)[1] was an American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

  1. ^ Pope gives death date as 13 September, not 14th. Charles Henry Pope, Loring Genealogy (1917), pp. 193–194 accessed December 4, 2015