Absalom Greeley (April 18, 1823 – October 28, 1885) was the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Prince Edward in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1870.
[2] Absalom Greeley is believed to have emigrated from Maine, U.S.A. with his parents in the early half of the 19th-century.
In 1869, he is reported in Toronto newspapers as supporting the extravagant expenses at the Governors residence in an attempt to curry favour with the Family Compact.
[3] He is also reported to have tried to sell his party nomination for a county seat as Reeve; an attempt which eventually failed and became public knownledge.
In 1881, Greeley was charged with forgery in the town of Picton, Prince Edward County.