- Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)
Infobox_Congressman
name=Samuel Atkins Eliot
state=Massachusetts
district=1st
term=1849 – 1851
preceded=Robert C. Winthrop
succeeded=William Appleton
date of birth=birth date|1798|3|5|mf=y
place of birth=Boston, Massachusetts
date of death=death date and age|1862|1|29|1798|3|5|mf=y
place of death=Cambridge, Massachusetts
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Whig
order2=7thMayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start2=1837
term_end2=1839
predecessor2=Samuel T. Armstrong
successor2=Jonathan Chapman Samuel Atkins Eliot, (who was a patriarch of a distinguished American family, the
Eliot family and which includedThomas Hopkinson Eliot ) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts .Eliot was born in
Boston, Massachusetts onMarch 5 ,1798 . He attended theBoston Latin School ; graduated fromHarvard University in 1817 and fromHarvard Divinity School in 1820. About 1826, he married Mary Lyman and had four daughters and two sons, includingCharles William Eliot , a future President of Harvard University.He was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives 1834-1837;Mayor of Boston 1837-1839; served in theMassachusetts Senate in 1843-1844. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofRobert C. Winthrop and served fromAugust 22 ,1850 toMarch 3 ,1851 ; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1850; treasurer of Harvard University 1842-1853; died inCambridge, Massachusetts onJanuary 29 ,1862 and his body was interred inMount Auburn Cemetery .References
* Image from Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 12, (1914).
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before =Samuel T. Armstrong
title =Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
years= 1837 - 1839
after =Jonathan Chapman USRepSuccessionBox
state=Massachusetts
district=1
before=Robert C. Winthrop
after=William Appleton
years=August 22 ,1850 –March 3 ,1851 Persondata
NAME = Eliot, Samuel Atkins
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = US politician
DATE OF BIRTH =1798-03-05
PLACE OF BIRTH =Boston, Massachusetts ,USA
DATE OF DEATH =1862-01-29
PLACE OF DEATH =Cambridge, Massachusetts ,USA
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