Edward D. Bangs

Edward Dillingham Bangs[1]
6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth[1]
In office
1824[1]–1836[1]
GovernorWilliam Eustis
Marcus Morton
Levi Lincoln Jr.
John Davis
Preceded byAlden Bradford
Succeeded byJohn P. Bigelow
County Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts[3]
In office
February 19, 1824[2] – 1824[2]
Preceded byRejoice Newton[2]
Succeeded byPliney Merrick[2][4]
Member the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820[3]
Personal details
BornAugust 24, 1790[1]
Worcester, Massachusetts[1]
DiedApril 1, 1838 (1838-05) (aged 47)[1]
SpouseMary Grosvenor[5]
Alma materHarvard University M.A. 1827[3]
ProfessionAttorney[3]

Edward Dillingham Bangs (August 24, 1790 – April 1, 1838) was an American politician who served as the 6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1824 to 1836.

Early life

Bangs was born on August 24, 1790, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Hannah (Lynde) Bangs[6] and Judge Edward Bangs.[1]

Bangs was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1819.[7]

Family life

On April 12, 1824,[6] Bangs married Mary Grosvenor[5] of Pomfret, Connecticut.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Nichols, Charles Lemuel (1899), Bibliography of Worcester: a List of Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and Broadsides Printed in the Town of Worcester From 1775 to 1848, Worcester, MA: Charles Lemuel Nichols, p. 90
  2. ^ a b c d Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 41
  3. ^ a b c d Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 357
  4. ^ The American Law Review (1867), The American Law Review, 1866–1867 Volume I, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, and Company., p. 583
  5. ^ a b Worcester Historical Society (1899), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XIX, Worcester, MA: Worcester Society of Antiquity, pp. 390–391
  6. ^ a b c Worcester Historical Society (1899), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XIX, Worcester, MA: Worcester Society of Antiquity, p. 391
  7. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
Political offices
Preceded by 6th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
1824–1836 		Succeeded by