George B. Loring
U.S. Congressperson
1817 – 1891
Who was George B. Loring?
George Bailey Loring was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
He attended Franklin Academy at Andover, Massachusetts and later briefly taught school. He graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and from the Harvard medical school in 1842. He practiced medicine for a short time in North Andover. Served as surgeon of the marine hospital at Chelsea, Massachusetts and as surgeon of the Seventh Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
He was appointed commissioner to revise the United States marine hospital system in 1849.
Moved to Salem, Massachusetts in 1851; appointed postmaster of Salem on May 4, 1853, and served until his successor was appointed on February 16, 1858.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; chairman of the Massachusetts State Republican committee; served in the State senate and was also president of that body.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses.
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