Linus B. Comins

Linus B. Comins

Linus Bacon Comins (November 29, 1817-October 14, 1892) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1859.Infobox Congressman
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state =Massachusetts
district =Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
term_start =March 4, 1855
term_end =March 3, 1859
preceded =Samuel H. Walley
succeeded =Alexander H. Rice
order4=City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
Member of the Common Council
Ward 5 [Citation |Printed by Order of the City Council | year = 1909 | title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | pages = 328-329 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department
location = Boston, MA | date = 1909]
term_start4=1846
term_end4=1848
predecessor4=None
successor4=Aaron D. Williams, Jr. [Citation |Printed by Order of the City Council | year = 1909 | title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | page = 329 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department
location = Boston, MA | date = 1909]
order3= City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
President of the Common Council
term_start3=1847
term_end3=1848
predecessor3=Francis G. Shaw [Citation |Printed by Order of the City Council | year = 1909 | title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | page = 328 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department
location = Boston, MA | date = 1909]
successor3=William A. Crafts [Citation |Printed by Order of the City Council | year = 1909 | title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | page = 329 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department
location = Boston, MA | date = 1909]
order2=4th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
term_start2=1861
term_end2=1862
predecessor2= Samuel Walker
successor2= James Ritchie
birth_date =November 29, 1817
birth_place =Charlton, Massachusetts
death_date =October 14, 1892
death_place =Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
nationality =
party =
spouse =Mary Barker [Citation |last = Thwing | first = Walter Eliot| year = 1908 | title = History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 | page = 331. | publisher = W.A. Butterfield | location = Boston, MA | date = 1908]
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Comis was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, November 29, 1817. He attended the common schools at Brookfield, Massachusetts and was graduated from Worcester County Manual Training High School. He engaged in manufacturing in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Political career

Comins was a member of the Roxbury city council from 1846 to 1848 and served as its president in 1847 and 1848. He was mayor of Roxbury in 1854. He was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).

Retirement

After leaving Congress, he resumed manufacturing pursuits. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1860.

Comins died in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, October 14, 1892 and his body was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts.

References

Bibliography

*A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 328-329.
*Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, (1908) p. 331.

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