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Phineas Washington Leland
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1843–1843
Preceded by	Josiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded by	Frederick Robinson
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1843–1843
Preceded by	Josiah Quincy Jr.
Succeeded by	Levi Lincoln Jr.
Collector of Customs for Fall River, Massachusetts
In office 1834–1860
Appointed by	Andrew Jackson
Personal details
Born	October 4, 1798 Grafton, Massachusetts
Died	January 22, 1870
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Parmelia T. Wood
Alma mater	Bowdoin College, M.D., 1826
Occupation	Physician, US Collector of Customs, journalist
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Phineas Washington Leland (October 4, 1798 – January 22, 1870) was a Massachusetts physician and journalist, and the Collector of Customs for Fall River, Massachusetts, who also served as a member, and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.

Early life

Leland was born on October 4, 1798, in Grafton, Massachusetts, to David Warren and Mary (Rawson) Leland.

Family life

In 1826 Leland married Pamelia W. Wood of Mendon, Massachusetts, they had five children.

Journalist

In 1836 Leland was the first editor of The Fall River Patriot, and he was also the first editor of the Fall River Weekly News. While he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate Leland wrote for The Boston Post.

Death

Leland died on January 22, 1870.

See also

• 64th Massachusetts General Court (1843)

Notes

1. ^ Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 522
2. ^ Pierce, Clifton (1879), History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879. Including the Genealogies of Seventy-nine of the Older Families, Grafton, Massachusetts: Press of C. Hamilton, p. 521
3. ^ Hurd, D. Hamilton (1889), History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.W. Lewis & Company, p. 934
4. ^ Bowdoin College (1894), Memorial of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the incorporation of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College, p. 105
5. Hurd, D. Hamilton (1889), History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume II, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.W. Lewis & Company, p. 935
6. ^ Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 372
7. Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 371
8. Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1905), Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. VI 1864-1871, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 373

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• People from Medfield, Massachusetts
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• Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
• American male journalists
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• Bowdoin College alumni
• 1870 deaths
• The Boston Post people
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