Phineas Washington Leland
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1843[1]–1843[1]
Preceded byJosiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded byFrederick Robinson
Member of
the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1843[1]–1843[1]
Preceded byJosiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded byLevi Lincoln Jr.
Collector of Customs for
Fall River, Massachusetts[2]
In office
1834[2]–1860[1]
Appointed byAndrew Jackson[2]
Personal details
BornOctober 4, 1798[3][4]
Grafton, Massachusetts[3]
DiedJanuary 22, 1870[4]
Political partyDemocratic[5]
SpouseParmelia T. Wood[6][2]
Alma materBowdoin College, M.D., 1826[2]
OccupationPhysician, US Collector of Customs,[4] journalist[6]
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Phineas Washington Leland[4] (October 4, 1798 – January 22, 1870) was a Massachusetts physician and journalist, and the Collector of Customs for Fall River, Massachusetts,[2] who also served as a member, and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[1]

Early life

Leland was born on October 4, 1798, in Grafton, Massachusetts, to David[3] Warren and Mary (Rawson) Leland.[7]

Family life

In 1826 Leland married Pamelia W. Wood[2] of Mendon, Massachusetts, they had five children.[6]

Journalist

In 1836 Leland was the first editor of The Fall River Patriot, and he was also the first editor of the Fall River Weekly News.[8] While he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate Leland wrote for The Boston Post.[6]

Death

Leland died on January 22, 1870.[4][6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 522
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 521
  3. ^ a b c Hurd, D. Hamilton (1889), History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.W. Lewis & Company, p. 934
  4. ^ a b c d e Bowdoin College (1894), Memorial of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the incorporation of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College, p. 105
  5. ^ Hurd, D. Hamilton (1889), History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.W. Lewis & Company, p. 935
  6. ^ a b c d e Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 372
  7. ^ Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 371
  8. ^ Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 373
Political offices Preceded byJosiah Quincy Jr. President of the Massachusetts Senate 1842 Succeeded byFrederick Robinson
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