Josiah Quincy
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Josiah Quincy is the name of:
- Colonel Josiah Quincy I (1709–1784), Revolutionary War soldier, built Josiah Quincy House (1770)
- Josiah Quincy IIJosiah Quincy IIJosiah Quincy, Jr., was an American lawyer and patriot. He was a principal spokesman for the Sons of Liberty in Boston prior to the Revolution and was John Adams' co-counsel during the trials of Captain Thomas Preston and the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.-Family:Quincy was father of...
(1744–1775), attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist, son of Josiah Quincy I - Josiah Quincy IIIJosiah Quincy IIIJosiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...
(1772–1864), president of Harvard University (1829–1845), US representative (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), son of Josiah Quincy II - Josiah Quincy, Jr.Josiah Quincy, Jr.Josiah Quincy, Jr. was mayor of Boston , as was his father Josiah Quincy III and grandson Josiah Quincy . He was the author of Figures in the Past . As a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1837, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Massachusetts Board of Education...
(1802–1882), mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built Josiah Quincy Mansion (1848), son of Josiah Quincy III - Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829–1910), poet, writer, publicist, son of Josiah Quincy, Jr.
- Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)Josiah Quincy was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1895 to 1899. His grandfather, Josiah Quincy, Jr., and great-grandfather, Josiah Quincy III, also served as mayor of Boston.-External links:*...
, General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899), son of Josiah Phillips Quincy
See also
- Josiah Quincy HouseJosiah Quincy HouseThe Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six illustrious Josiah Quincys that included three Boston mayors and a president of...
, the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I - Quincy MansionQuincy MansionThe Quincy Mansion was a summer home built by Josiah Quincy, Jr. in 1848. The mansion itself was situated where Angell Hall now stands on the campus of the Eastern Nazarene College...
, a summer home built by Josiah Quincy, Jr. - Quincy political familyQuincy political familyThe Quincy family was a prominent political family in the United States during the mid-17th century through early 20th century and is connected to the Adams family through Abigail Adams....
, a prominent political family