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John Augustus Bolles
8th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
In office
1843–1844
Governor Marcus Morton
Preceded by John P. Bigelow
Succeeded by John G. Palfrey
Personal details
Born April 16, 1809
Ashford, Connecticut
Died May 25, 1878 (1878-05-26) (aged 69)
Washington, D.C.
Resting place Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain Massachusetts
Political party Whig
Spouses Catherine Hartwell Dix, m. November 11, 1834.
Alma mater Brown University, 1829, M.A. 1832
Profession Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Branch/service Union Army
Years of service January 30, 1862-July 17, 1865
Rank Union army maj rank insignia.jpg Major
Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg Bvt. Brigadier General
Unit VII Corps
Commands Aide de Camp to John Adams Dix, and Judge Advocate
Battles/wars Battle of South Mountain, American Civil War

John Augustus Bolles (April 16, 1809 – May 25, 1878) was an American politician who, from 1843–1844, served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. He also served as a staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was brevetted to Brigadier General. Bolles was the son of an abolitionist preacher and the brother in law of General John Adams Dix. He was also an accomplished legal scholar prior to the war and advised the War Department on the legality of upholding the conviction of Clement Vallandigham. Bolles had conducted the first broad study of the Dorr Rebellion as well as Chief Justice Taney's opinion in Luther v. Borden and concluded that the federal judiciary could not take jurisdiction over Vallandigham's appeals. The judiciary sided with Bolles on this matter.

He was a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, an organization that assisted fugitive slaves.

Death

Bolles died on May 25, 1878 in Washington, D.C., he was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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