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Ambrose Arnold Ranney, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Townshend, Windham County, Vt., April 17 , 1821 ; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1844; studied law in Woodstock, Vt.; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; corporation counsel for the city 1855-1857; member of the State house of representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses ( March 4 , 1881 - March 3 , 1887 ); unsuccessful candidate for Reelection In 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Boston, Mass., March 5 , 1899 ; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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