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Person Colby Cheney (February 25, 1828 – June 19, 1901) was a paper manufacturer,
Cheney at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
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abolitionist
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and Republican
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politician from Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire
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. He was the 35th governor of New Hampshire
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The governor is elected during the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Verm ...
and later represented the state in the United States Senate
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Biography
Cheney was born inHolderness
Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wi ...
(now Ashland) to abolitionists, Abigail and Moses Cheney
Moses Cheney (January 31, 1793 – July 17, 1875) was an abolitionist, printer and legislator from New Hampshire.
Cheney was born in 1793 in Thornton, New Hampshire. Cheney entered the paper printing business in a region of nearby Holderness w ...
. Oren Burbank Cheney
Oren Burbank Cheney (December 10, 1816 – December 22, 1903) was an American politician, minister, and statesman who was a key figure in the abolitionist movement in the United States during the later 19th century. Along with textile tycoon Be ...
, the founder of Bates College
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, was Person Cheney's older brother. Cheney attended academies in Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
and Hancock Hancock may refer to:
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and the Parsonsfield Seminary
Parsonsfield Seminary, which operated from 1832 to 1949, was a well-known Free Will Baptist school in North Parsonsfield, Maine, in the United States. Also known as the North Parsonsfield Seminary, its preserved campus of four buildings is locate ...
in Parsonsfield, Maine
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. He engaged in the manufacture of paper in Peterborough until 1866, and in 1854 was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
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.
During the Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...
he was first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster in the Thirteenth Regiment of the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry (1862–1863). He was state railroad commissioner 1864–1867. He moved to Manchester in 1867 and engaged in business as a dealer in paper stock and continued the manufacture of paper at Goffstown.
Political career
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits until being elected mayor of Manchester in 1871. He was Governor of New Hampshire from 1875 to 1877. Cheney was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Austin F. Pike, and served from November 24, 1886, to June 14, 1887, when a successor was elected and qualified. He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and resumed his former manufacturing pursuits. Cheney served asEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
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to Switzerland in 1892–1893. He died in Dover
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, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Strafford County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,889. Its county seat is Dover. Strafford County was one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in 1769. It was ...
in 1901 and is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery at Manchester.
External links
*Cheney at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
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