John Q. A. Brackett
| John Quincy Adams Brackett | |
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Gilman in 1899
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| 36th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 7, 1890 – January 8, 1891 |
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| Lieutenant | William H. Haile |
| Preceded by | Oliver Ames |
| Succeeded by | William E. Russell |
| 34th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 8, 1887 – January 4, 1890 |
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| Governor | Oliver Ames |
| Preceded by | Oliver Ames |
| Succeeded by | William H. Haile |
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City of Boston Common Council (Ward 10, 1874-1875; Ward 17, 1876) |
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In office January 4, 1873 – January 1, 1877 |
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City of Boston, President of the Common Council |
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In office January 3, 1876 – January 1, 1877 |
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| Preceded by | Halsey Joseph Boardmen |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Pope |
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 17th Suffolk District |
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In office 1877–1881 |
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 17th Suffolk District |
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In office 1884–1886 |
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| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office January 7, 1885 – 1886 |
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| Preceded by | George Augustus Marden |
| Succeeded by | Charles J. Noyes |
| Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention | |
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In office June 6, 1917 – April 6, 1918 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 8, 1842 Bradford, New Hampshire |
| Died | April 6, 1918 (aged 75) Arlington, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Angie Moore Peck (June 20, 1878) |
| Children | John G. Brackett, Beatrice Brackett |
| Education | Harvard College A.B., 1865; Harvard Law School L.L.B., 1868 |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Unitarian |
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (June 8, 1842 – April 6, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican and temperance advocate, he served one term as the 36th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1890 to 1891. Born in New Hampshire and educated at Harvard, he practiced law in Boston before entering politics.
In the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Brackett rose to become Speaker in 1885, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts under Governor Oliver Ames. He succeeded Ames, but his bid for reelection in 1891 was ended by strict enforcement of restrictive liquor laws, and by the negative economic effects on the state of the McKinley Tariff. He was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–1918, but died before it ended.
John Quincy Adams Brackett was born on June 8, 1842, in Bradford, New Hampshire to Ambrose S. Brackett, a shoemaker and farmer, and Nancy (Brown) Brackett. He attended Colby Academy in nearby New London before entering Harvard College. He received a bachelor's from Harvard in 1865, where he was class orator, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1868. He then opened a law practice in Boston, first as a sole practititioner, and then in partnership with Levi C. Wade. He held the post of Judge Advocate of the Massachusetts Militia's First Brigade from 1874 to 1876. He married Angie Moore Peck of Arlington, Massachusetts on June 20, 1878; they had four children.
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