Nathaniel Silsbee

Nathaniel Silsbee
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (class 2)
In office May 31, 1826 – March 4, 1835
Preceded by	James Lloyd
Succeeded by	John Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1821
Preceded by	Timothy Pickering
Succeeded by	Gideon Barstow
President of the Massachusetts State Senate
In office 1823–1825
Preceded by	John Phillips
Personal details
Born	January 14, 1773(1773-01-14) Salem, Massachusetts
Died	July 14, 1850(1850-07-14) (aged 77) Salem, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist, Whig
Spouse(s)	Mary Crowninshield
Relations	Jared Sparks, Son in law.[1]
Children	Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. , b. Dec. 2 1804[1] Mary Crowninshield Silsbee, b. April 10, 1809[1] Georgina Silsbee, b. January 27, 1824[1] d. January 25, 1901.[2]
Occupation	Merchant

Nathanial Silsbee (January 14, 1773 – July 14, 1850) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

Silsbee was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Capt. Nathanial Silsbee and Sarah Beckett.^[1] On December 12, 1802 Silsbee married Mary Crowinishield.^[1]

Silsbee went to sea and became a sea captain, ship owner and merchant; he held several local offices in Salem and Boston, Massachusetts.

Political career

United States House of Representatives

Silsbee was elected to the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1817-March 4, 1821). He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions in the Twenty-first Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1820.

Massachusetts government

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1821 and the Massachusetts Senate (1823-1825), serving as president. He was a presidential elector in 1824.

United States Senate

He was elected to the United States Senate in 1826 to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 4, 1841, caused by the resignation of James Lloyd. He was re-elected in 1829 and served from May 31, 1826 to March 4, 1835. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce in the Twenty-third Congress. He was a Whig presidential elector in 1836.

Retirement

Silsbee resumed mercantile pursuits in Salem, where he died; interment in The Old Burying Ground, the second oldest cemetery in the US.

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Cooke, Harriet Ruth Waters (1889), The Driver family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, Cambridge, MA: University Press, p. 474. 
2. ^ Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind (1902), Seventieth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind for the year ending August 31, 1901, Boston, MA: Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind, p. 47. 

External links

• Nathaniel Silsbee at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Timothy Pickering	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1821	Succeeded by Gideon Barstow
United States Senate
Preceded by James Lloyd	United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts May 31, 1826 - March 4, 1835 Served alongside: Elijah H. Mills, Daniel Webster	Succeeded by John Davis

Persondata
Name	Silsbee, Nathanial
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 14, 1773
Place of birth	Salem, Massachusetts
Date of death	July 14, 1850
Place of death	Salem, Massachusetts