- Samuel Hooper
Infobox Congressman
name=Samuel Hooper
state=Massachusetts
district=5th & 4th
party=Republican
term=December 2 ,1861 –February 14 ,1875
preceded=William AppletonAlexander H. Rice
succeeded=John B. Alley Josiah G. Abbott
date of birth=birth date|1808|2|3|mf=y
place of birth=Marblehead, Massachusetts , U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1875|2|14|1808|2|3|mf=y
place of death=Washington, D.C. , U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician , Agent,Importer
religion=
current occupation=
footnotes=Samuel Hooper (
February 3 ,1808 –February 14 ,1875 ) was a businessman and US congressman fromMassachusetts , USA.Hooper was born in
Marblehead, Massachusetts . He received a common school education and was employed as an agent for an importing firm and traveled extensively in foreign countries. He left this in 1832 and engaged in the importing business inBoston, Massachusetts , then later the iron business.Hooper was elected to theMassachusetts House of Representatives , serving from 1851 to 1853. He later served in theMassachusetts Senate in 1858. Upon the resignation ofcongressman William Appleton in theUnited States House of Representatives , Hooper was elected to fill his seat, representing Massachusetts's fifth district in the 37th Congress. He was reelected to the following six congresses representing Massachusetts's fourth district and served as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means 1869 to 1871, of the Committee on Banking and Currency 1871 to 1873 and of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures 1871 to 1875.From 1861 to 1862, his home in
Washington D.C. was the headquarters ofGeneral George B. McClellan . In 1866, he was a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Convention. The same year he presented $50,000 toHarvard University to found a school of mining and practical geology in close connection with theLawrence Scientific School .He turned down reelection to the 44th Congress, but died less than a month before being able to complete his last term on
February 14 ,1875 . He was interred inOak Hill Cemetery .Hooper was the father-in-law of
Charles Sumner , one of the most powerful and influential senators in history. Sumner had married Hooper's daughter, Alice Mason Hooper, but they divorced after a short marriage.External links
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