For other people with the same name, see Josiah Quincy.
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 by
William Eustis
Succeeded by
Artemas Ward Jr.
2nd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office May 1, 1823[1] – January 5, 1829[2]
Preceded by
John Phillips
Succeeded by
Harrison Gray Otis
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office January 10, 1821[3] – 1822
Preceded by
Elijah H. Mills
Succeeded by
Luther Lawrence
15th President of Harvard University
In office 1829–1845
Preceded by
John Thornton Kirkland
Succeeded by
Edward Everett
Personal details
Born
(1772-02-04)February 4, 1772 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
Died
July 1, 1864(1864-07-01) (aged 92) Quincy, Massachusetts, US
Resting place
Mount Auburn Cemetery[4]
Political party
Federalist
Spouse
Eliza Susan Morton[5]
Children
Eliza Susan Quincy, Josiah Quincy Jr., Abigail Phillips Quincy, Maria Sophia Quincy, Margaret Morton Quincy, Edmund Quincy, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy
Relatives
Quincy family
Alma mater
Harvard University
Profession
Politician, 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]
^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
^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
^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
^Quincy, Edmund (1868), Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., p. 545
^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
^Melvin G. Holli, The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders (Pennsylvania State UP, 1999), p. 4–11.
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