Walbridge A. Field
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Walbridge Abner Field was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives
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 from Massachusetts
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, and as the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He was born in North Springfield, Vermont
Springfield, Vermont
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 on April 26, 1833. He graduated from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
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 in 1855, where he also served as a tutor. He studied law in Boston, Massachusetts and at the Harvard Law School
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. Field was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston. He served as a member of the City's school committee, and represented wards 5 and 8 on Boston's Common Council.
Field was appointed assistant United States Attorney
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 in 1865, serving in this capacity until April 1869, when he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the United States, holding this office until August 1870, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Boston, and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress where he served from March 4, 1877, to March 28, 1878, when he was succeeded by Benjamin Dean
Benjamin Dean
Benjamin Dean was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.-Early life:Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Banjamin Dean, he moved with his family to America at the age of five, and grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He attended Lowell schools...

 who contested his election. He was elected as a Republican
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 to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881). He declined to be a candidate for renomination.

Field was appointed by Governor
Governor of Massachusetts
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 John Davis Long
John Davis Long
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 to the bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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 on February 21, 1881. He was promoted by Governor
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 John Quincy Adams Brackett
John Q. A. Brackett
- Biography :He was born in Bradford, New Hampshire to Ambrose S. Brackett and Nancy Brackett. He was a 1865 graduate of Harvard College and an 1868 graduate of Harvard Law School and a lawyer by profession, holding the post of Judge Advocate of the Massachusetts Militia's First Brigade at one...

 to the position of Chief Justice
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 on September 4, 1890 and served until his death in Boston on July 15, 1899. His interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery
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 in West Roxbury
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