George Bliss |
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Massachusetts, United States Died: April 19, 1873, Springfield, MA Occupation: Lawyer, State Senator Source Citation: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I and Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America. George Bliss, lawyer, was born in Springfield, Mass.,
Nov. 16, 1793. In 1813 he was graduated from Yale college and in 1816 he
opened a law office at Monson, Mass. In 1822 he returned to Springfield,
and in 1827 was made a member of the Massachusetts house of
representatives. He was twice re-elected, and in 1835 became president of
the state senate. He was a prominent railroad man, at one time acting as
president of the railroad running between Worcester, Mass., and Albany,
N.Y. In 1853 he was elected again to the state legislature, and filled the
speaker's chair during his term, The last twelve years of his life were
spent quietly in Springfield, where his death occurred April 19, 1873.
Christ
Church's second rectory in Springfield is the former Bliss mansion.
Mr. Bliss also donated the land for
Springfield's
library. Lineage
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