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Goldsmith Fox Bailey Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district In office March 4, 1861 – May 8, 1862 Preceded by Eli Thayer Succeeded by Amasa Walker Member of the Fitchburg School Committee In office 1849–1854 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1857 Member of the Massachusetts State Senate In office 1858–1860 Personal details Born July 17, 1823 East Westmoreland, New Hampshire, US Died May 8, 1862(1862-05-08) (aged 38) Fitchburg, Massachusetts, US Spouse Sophia Bailey Occupation Printer editor and publisher (up to 1848) Profession Attorney (admitted to the bar in 1848)

**Goldsmith Fox Bailey** (July 17, 1823 – May 8, 1862) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

Born in [East Westmoreland, New Hampshire](/source/Westmoreland%2C_New_Hampshire), when he was three years old, his widowed mother moved with him to Fitchburg.[1]

Bailey attended the public schools of [Fitchburg, Massachusetts](/source/Fitchburg%2C_Massachusetts). When he was 17 Bailey started work as an apprentice for the *Bellows Falls Gazette*. By 1844 Bailey became editor and publisher of the newspaper.[1]

In 1845 Bailey began to study law, first with William C. Bradley in [Westminster, Vermont](/source/Westminster%2C_Vermont), and later with the firm of Torrey and Wood in Fitchburg.[1]

Bailey was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1848 and commenced practice in [Fitchburg, Massachusetts](/source/Fitchburg%2C_Massachusetts), as a partner in the law firm of N. Wood & Co.[1]

Bailey served on the Fitchburg, Massachusetts school committee from 1849 to 1854. He was appointed postmaster of Fitchburg on May 3, 1851, and served until May 4, 1853, when his successor was appointed. Bailey served as member of the [Massachusetts house of representatives](/source/Massachusetts_house_of_representatives) in 1857. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate 1858–60. Bailey was the Republican Party candidate for congress in Massachusetts' ninth congressional district in the 1860 election.[1]

Bailey was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Thirty-seventh](/source/37th_United_States_Congress) Congress and served from March 4, 1861, until his death in [Fitchburg, Massachusetts](/source/Fitchburg%2C_Massachusetts), May 8, 1862. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery, with a [cenotaph](/source/Cenotaph) at the [Congressional Cemetery](/source/Congressional_Cemetery).

## See also

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-emerson_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-emerson_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-emerson_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-emerson_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-emerson_1-4) Emerson, William Andrew (1887), *Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present*, Fitchburg, MA: Press of Blanchard & Brown, p. 284, [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[2027/loc.ark:/13960/t5db8626n](https://hdl.handle.net/2027%2Floc.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft5db8626n)

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Goldsmith Bailey (id: B000038)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000038). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Eli Thayer Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district 1861–1862 Succeeded by Amasa Walker

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