What type of details about amos abbott can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: amos abbott -lrb- september 10 , 1786 , andover , massachusetts -- november 2 , 1868 , andover , massachusetts -rrb- was a united states congressman from massachusetts . son of jeduthan abbott -lrb- 1749 -- 1810 -rrb- and hannah poor -lrb- 1754 -- 1823 -rrb- , he was born in andover , essex , ma , usa he married ester west -lrb- 1796 - ? -rrb- on dec. 6,1812 . they had two children alfred amos abbott , and elizabeth amos abbott . he worked as a merchant , a highway surveyor , a market clerk , town clerk , town treasurer , a member of the school committee , a business executive . in 1833 , he was one of the founders of the boston & portland railway , which later changed its name to the boston & maine railroad , and served as its director from 1834 to 1841 . he was a member of the massachusetts house of representatives from 1835 to 1837 and in 1843 . he was a member of the massachusetts senate from 1840 to 1842 . abbott was elected as a whig to the united states congress , serving from march 4 , 1843 to march 3 , 1849 . following his term in congress , he returned to his earlier mercantile activities and served as the postmaster in andover , where he died , aged 82 .
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