Frederick D. Ely
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Frederick David Ely was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Wrentham on September 24, 1838. He attended Day’s Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1859. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Dedham. He was a trial justice, was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was also a member of the Dedham school committee.
Ely was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress and resumed the practice of law,and did serve as justice of the municipal court of Boston 1888-1914. He died in Dedham on August 6, 1921. His interment was in Old Parish Cemetery.
| Preceded by Theodore Lyman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district 1885-03-04 - 1887-03-03 |
Succeeded by Edward Burnett |
