Frederick D. Ely
Frederick David Ely | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district | |
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | Theodore Lyman |
Succeeded by | Edward Burnett |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1878–1879 | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1873 | |
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Born | Wrentham, Massachusetts September 24, 1838 |
Died | Dedham, Massachusetts August 6, 1921 (aged 82) |
Resting place | Old Village Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Brown University |
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Frederick David Ely (September 24, 1838 – August 6, 1921) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
Ely attended Day’s Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1859. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Dedham. He was a trial justice, was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was also a member of the Dedham school committee.
Ely was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress and resumed the practice of law, and did serve as justice of the Municipal Court of Boston 1888-1914.
He died in Dedham on August 6, 1921 and was buried in Old Village Cemetery.
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- United States Congress. "Frederick D. Ely (id: E000165)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Politicians from Dedham, Massachusetts
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Massachusetts state senators
- Brown University alumni
- 1838 births
- 1921 deaths
- Massachusetts Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Lawyers from Dedham, Massachusetts
- Burials at Old Village Cemetery
- 19th-century American lawyers