Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from

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Early life

Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born on April 17, 1821, in

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. He graduated from

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and studied law in

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in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in

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Career

Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the

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in 1857, 1863, and 1864 and served as a

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in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881–1887). Ranney supported women’s suffrage.United States. Congress. House
Woman suffrage : views of the minority.
ashington : Government Printing Office, 1886?3 p. ; 23 cm. JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 99, #7 He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.

Personal life

Ranney died in

on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at

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in Boston.

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* Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts People from South End, Boston Dartmouth College alumni 19th-century American politicians 1821 births 1899 deaths {{Massachusetts-Representative-stub