JOHN GORHAM PALFREY

Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 2, 1796; completed preparatory studies in Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and was graduated from Harvard University in 1815; studied theology and was ordained minister of Brattle Square Unitarian Church, Boston, June 17, 1818; editor of the North American Review 1835-1843; member of the State house of representatives in 1842 and 1843; secretary of state of Massachusetts 1844-1848; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate on the Free-Soil ticket for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; postmaster of Boston 1861-1867; devoted himself to literary pursuits; died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 26, 1881; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Parents: John Palfrey, Mary Sturgis Gorham
Spouse: Mary Ann Hammond
Born: 15 Jan 1800 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 1897 in Cambridge, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Marriage: 1823 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Sarah Hammond Palfrey F 1825 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Anna R. Palfrey F 1827 in Massachusetts
Francis Winthrop Palfrey M 1831 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John Carver Palfrey M 25 Dec 1833 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Mary G. Palfrey F 1838 in Massachusetts

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell