Question: Facts: - preceded: robert rantoul , jr. . - term: december 13 . 1852 -- march 3 , 1853 - party: whig - office: 1st mayor - district: 2nd - succeeded: samuel l. crocker - children: frank b. fay - state: massachusetts - name: francis ball fay Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis b. fay .
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francis ball fay -lrb- june 12 , 1793 -- october 6 , 1876 -rrb- was a united states merchant and politician .he served as u.s. representative from massachusetts .