George B. Loring

George Bailey Loring
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Charles Perkins Thompson
Succeeded by	Eben F. Stone
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
In office 1876–1876
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
In office 1872–1872
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
In office 1868–1868
President of the Massachusetts State Senate
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
In office 1873–1876
Chairperson of the Massachusetts Republican Party
In office 1870–1876
Preceded by	??
Succeeded by	Alanson W. Beard
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1866–1867
In office May 4, 1853 – February 16, 1858
Postmaster of Salem, Massachusetts
In office May 4, 1853 – February 16, 1858
Personal details
Born	November 8, 1817 North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Died	September 14, 1891 (aged 74) Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Resting place	Harmony Grove Cemetery.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University
Profession	Physician

George Bailey Loring (November 8, 1817 – September 14, 1891)^[1] was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

A son of Unitarian minister Bailey Loring and Sally Pickman (Osgood) Loring, and fourth great grandson of early settler Deacon Thomas Loring,^[2] George B. attended Franklin Academy at Andover, Massachusetts and later briefly taught school. He graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and from the Harvard medical school in 1842. He practiced medicine for a short time in North Andover. Served as surgeon of the marine hospital at Chelsea, Massachusetts (1843–1850) and as surgeon of the Seventh Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (1842–1844).

He was appointed commissioner to revise the United States marine hospital system in 1849.

Moved to Salem, Massachusetts in 1851; appointed postmaster of Salem on May 4, 1853, and served until his successor was appointed on February 16, 1858.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1866–1867); chairman of the Massachusetts State Republican committee (1869–1876); served in the State senate (1873–1876) and was also president of that body.

He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880. Made United States Commissioner of Agriculture (1881–1885); appointed United States Minister to Portugal in 1889 and served until his resignation in 1890.

He died in Salem, Massachusetts on September 14, 1891, aged 73, and was interred in Harmony Grove Cemetery.

References

1. Pope gives death date as 13 September, not 14th. Charles Henry Pope, Loring Genealogy (1917), pp.193-4 accessed 4 December 2015
2. Charles Henry Pope, Loring Genealogy (1917), pp.193-4 accessed 4 December 2015

External links

• Obituary of George Bailey Loring, The New York Times, Sept. 15, 1891