Ambrose Ranney

Ambrose Arnold Ranney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Walbridge A. Field
Succeeded by	Leopold Morse
Personal details
Born	April 17, 1821 Townshend, Vermont
Died	March 5, 1899 (aged 77) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican

Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont. 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.

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 (1881–1887). He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.

References

• Ambrose Ranney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Ambrose Ranney at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
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

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