George A. Marden
George Augustus Marden (August 9, 1839 – December 19, 1906) was an American journalist, attorney and politician who served as Massachusetts Treasurer and as assistant treasurer of the United States for the Boston subtreasury.
George Augustus Marden | |
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| Assistant Treasurer of the United States for the Boston sub-treasury | |
| In office April 1, 1899 – December 19, 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph H. O'Neil |
| Massachusetts Treasurer | |
| In office 1889–1894 | |
| Governor | Oliver Ames John Q. A. Brackett William E. Russell |
| Preceded by | Alanson W. Beard |
| Succeeded by | Henry W. Phillips |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1883–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Charles J. Noyes |
| Succeeded by | John Q. A. Brackett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 9, 1839 Mont Vernon, New Hampshire |
| Died | December 19, 1906 (aged 67) Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary P. Fiske |
| Alma mater | Appleton Academy, Dartmouth College, 1861 |
| Profession | Attorney, Journalist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years of service | December, 1861-September, 1864 |
| Unit | Second Regiment Berdan's Sharpshooters First Regiment Berdan's Sharpshooters 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment Third Brigade, Third Division Third Army Corps |
Newspaper career
Marden worked for the Concord Monitor, and The Boston Advertiser. Marston also was the editor and part owner of the Lowell Courier.
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gollark: No, lambda calculus is a relatively simple model you can understand fairly easily.
gollark: And with neural networks, you don't actually know *how* the network does its job, just that you feed in pixels and somehow get classification data out.
gollark: There is still not, as far as I know, an approach to detect what an object is other than just training neural networks on the task.
gollark: It's simple to say, for example, "the program should detect if something is a bird", but incredibly hard to actually explain how to detect birds.
See also
- 104th Massachusetts General Court (1883)
References
Bibliography
- Toomey, Daniel.:, Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Columbia Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, page 32, (1892).
- The Boston Globe, HON GEORGE A. MARDEN DEAD AT LOWELL HOME Assistant U S Treasurer Was Victim Of Angina Pectoris. CAREER ONE OF HONOR. George A. Marden Won Fame as Soldier, Newspaper Man, Legislator and Public Official. As Newspaper Owner. As Legislator. Genial to All. page 1, (December 20, 1906).
- New York Times Assistant Treasurer at Boston, Page 4 (April 2, 1899).
Footnotes
| Massachusetts House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Charles J. Noyes |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1883 — 1884 |
Succeeded by John Q. A. Brackett |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Alanson W. Beard |
Massachusetts Treasurer 1889 — 1894 |
Succeeded by Henry M. Phillips |
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