John Bailey (Massachusetts politician)

John Bailey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office December 13, 1824 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	Francis Baylies
Succeeded by	Henry A. S. Dearborn
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1814–1817
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1831–1834
Personal details
Born	1786 (1786) Stoughton, Massachusetts (now Canton, Massachusetts)
Died	June 26, 1835(1835-06-26) (aged 48–49) Dorchester, Massachusetts
Political party	Adams-Clay Republican

John Bailey (1786 – June 26, 1835) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts for three terms and part of a fourth from 1824 to 1831.

Biography

Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (in that part of Stoughton which later became Canton). Bailey graduated from Brown University in 1807. Bailey worked as a tutor and librarian in Providence, Rhode Island from 1807 until 1814.

State House

Bailey was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served from 1814 to 1817; he served as a clerk in the Department of State in Washington, D.C. from 1817 until 1823.

Bailey was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1816.

Congress

Bailey presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Eighteenth Congress, but his election was contested on residency requirements. A House resolution on March 18, 1824, declared he was not entitled to the seat.

Upon returning to Canton, Bailey was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican; his subsequent re-elections allowed him to serve the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. During his tenure Bailey chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State.

Bailey ran as an Anti-Jacksonian in the Twenty-first Congress but was not a candidate for renomination in 1830.

State Senate

He was a member of the Massachusetts State senate from 1831 to 1834, and ran as the unsuccessful Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1834.

Death

He died in Dorchester, Massachusetts the following year.

See also

• Biography portal

References

• United States Congress. "John Bailey (id: B000041)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.