Ambrose Ranney

Ambrose Arnold Ranney was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life

Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont on April 17, 1821, a son of Waitstill R. Ranney and Phebe Ranney. He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.

Career

Ranney 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 and served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses. Ranney supported women’s suffrage. He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.

Personal life

Ranney died in Boston on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.