Phineas Washington Leland
(October 4, 1798 – January 22, 1870) was a Massachusetts physician and journalist, and the Collector of Customs for
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, tenth-largest city in the state, and the second- ...
,
who also served as a member, and as the
President of the Massachusetts Senate
The president of the Massachusetts Senate is the presiding officer. Unlike the United States Congress, in which the vice president of the United States is the ''ex officio'' president of the United States Senate, in Massachusetts, the president ...
.
Early life
Leland was born on October 4, 1798, in
Grafton, Massachusetts
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,664 at the 2020 census. The town consists of the North Grafton, Grafton, and South Grafton geographic areas, each with a separate ZIP Code. Incorporated ...
, to David
Warren and Mary (Rawson) Leland.
Family life
In 1826 Leland married Pamelia W. Wood
of
Mendon, Massachusetts
Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, ...
, they had five children.
Journalist
In 1836 Leland was the first editor of ''
The Fall River Patriot'', and he was also the first editor of the Fall River ''Weekly News''.
While he was a member of the
Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...
Leland wrote for ''
The Boston Post
''The Boston Post'' was a daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before its final shutdown in 1956. The ''Post'' was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G. Greene and William Beals.
Edwin Groz ...
''.
Death
Leland died on January 22, 1870.
See also
*
64th Massachusetts General Court (1843)
The 64th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1843 during the governorship of Marcus Morton. Phineas W. Leland and Frederick Robinson served as presidents ...
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1798 births
People from Medfield, Massachusetts
Politicians from Fall River, Massachusetts
Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
American male journalists
Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
Bowdoin College alumni
1870 deaths
The Boston Post people
19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court