William Croad Lovering
William C. Lovering circa 1908[1]
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1897 – February 4, 1910
Preceded by	Elijah A. Morse
Succeeded by	Eugene Foss
Constituency	12th district (1897–1903) 14th district (1903–10)
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1874–1875
Delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention[2]
In office 1880–1880
Personal details
Born	(1835-02-25)February 25, 1835 Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Died	February 4, 1910(1910-02-04) (aged 74) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Residence(s)	Taunton, MA
Alma mater	Hopkins Classical School, Cambridge High School[1]
Occupation	Cotton Manufacturer[1]
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Branch/service	Union Army
Battles/wars	American Civil War

William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837. He attended the Cambridge High School and the Hopkins Classical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He left school in 1859 for employment in his father's mill. During the Civil War served as quartermaster of Engineers in the Second Massachusetts Brigade, consisting of the Second and Third Regiments. He engaged in cotton manufacturing in Taunton at the Whittenton Mills. First president of the Taunton Street Railway. He served as president of the American Liability Insurance Co. He was interested in several other business enterprises. He served as president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (now the National Textile Association) for two years. He served as member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1874 and 1875. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880. Presided at the Republican State convention in 1892.

Lovering was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1910 of pneumonia.^[3] He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Massachusetts.

His daughter, Frances, married Charles Francis Adams III, United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and a member of the Adams political family.