QUINCY, Josran, an American lawyer, orator, and man of letters, and son of Josiah Quincy, a distinguished orator of the revolution, was b. at Boston, Feb. 4, 1772; gradu ated at Harvard college, 1790; studied the profession of law; took an active interest iu politics as a leading member of the federal party in New England; entered congress in 1805, where he Decame distinguished as a ready, earnest, and fervent orator, in opposi tion to the policy of Jefferson and Madison. lie was one of the earliest to denounce slavery iu congress, and dqclared that the purchase of Louisiana was a sufficient cause for the dissolution of the union. Disgusted with the triumph of the democratic party and the war of 1812 he declined a reelection to congress, and devoted his attention'to scientific agriculture. He became, however, a member of the senate of Massachusetts, and in 1822 judge of the municipal court of Boston. In 1823 he was elected mayor of
Boston; and in 1829 accepted the post of president of Harvard college, which he held until 1845. Among' his published works are a memoir of his father, 1825; History of Harvard University, 1840; History of the Boston Atheneum, 1851; The Municipal history of the Town and City of Boston, 1852; Life of John Quincy AdamS, 1858; Essays on the Soiling of Cattle, 1859. Born before the American revolution, in which his father took an active and distinguished part., he lived to denounce the secession of the confederate states in 1860, and urge on the war for their subjugation. He died at Boston July 1, 1864.—His son, EDMUND QUINCY, is a distinguished author and orator, and was an active member of the abolitionist party.