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Edward D. Bangs

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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

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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

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

Notes

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  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
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