Amasa Norcross

Amasa Norcross
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Julius Hawley Seelye
Succeeded by	William W. Rice
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1858-1859 1862
Personal details
Born	(1824-01-26)January 26, 1824 Rindge, New Hampshire
Died	April 2, 1898(1898-04-02) (aged 74) Paris, France
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer
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Amasa Norcross (January 26, 1824 – April 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, 1859, and again in 1862. He was assessor of internal revenue from August 1862 until May 1873, when the office was abolished. He served as mayor of the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1873 and 1874. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1874.

Norcross was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Paris, France, April 2, 1898, while on a visit to his daughter, painter Eleanor Norcross. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

See also[]

• 1874 Massachusetts legislature
• Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district

References[]

• United States Congress. "Amasa Norcross (id: N000134)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links[]

• Amasa Norcross at Find a Grave

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