| Ambrose Arnold Ranney | |
| State1: | Massachusetts |
| District1: | 3rd |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1881 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1887 |
| Preceded1: | Walbridge A. Field |
| Succeeded1: | Leopold Morse |
| Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Term2: | 1857 1863-1864 |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1821 |
| Birth Place: | Townshend, Vermont, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Alma Mater: | Dartmouth College |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Signature: | Signature of Ambrose Arnold Ranney (1821–1899).png |
Ambrose Arnold Ranney (April 17, 1821 – March 5, 1899) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Ambrose Arnold Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont on April 17, 1821, a son of Waitstill R. Ranney and Phebe (Atwood) Ranney.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.[2]
Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city from 1855 to 1857. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1857, 1863, and 1864 and served as a Republican in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (1881–1887).[2] Ranney supported women’s suffrage.[3] He failed reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He then resumed the practice of law until his death.[2]
Ranney died in Boston on March 5, 1899. Ranney was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.[2]
A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A. D. 1888–'89
. Boston . First National Publishing Company . 500–501.