Ambrose Ranney
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Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821-March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
He was born in Townshend, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College. He studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced in Boston.
He was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864. He served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881-1887). He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.
| Preceded by Walbridge A. Field |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1887 |
Succeeded by Leopold Morse |
