- George Cabot
Infobox Senator
name =George Cabot
imagesize =200px
jr/sr =United States Senator
state =Massachusetts
term_start =March 4 ,1791
term_end =June 9 ,1796
preceded =Tristram Dalton
succeeded =Benjamin Goodhue
birth_date =January 16 ,1752
birth_place =Salem, Massachusetts
death_date =April 18 ,1823 (aged 70)
death_place =Boston, Massachusetts
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party =Pro-Administration
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alma_mater =Harvard University
occupation =Merchant
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footnotes =George Cabot (
January 16 ,1752 –April 18 ,1823 ), was an American merchant, seaman, and politician fromBoston, Massachusetts . He representedMassachusetts in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of theHartford Convention .Cabot was born in
Salem, Massachusetts , and attendedHarvard College for two years before dropping out to go to sea. By the age of twenty-one he was captain of his own ship.A member of the
Pro-Administration Party and aFederalist , Cabot's political career began in 1775 and lasted until he became a delegate to the Hartford Convention of 1814. He died inBoston, Massachusetts in 1823 and was interred in theMount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge, Massachusetts .He was the great-grandfather of
Henry Cabot Lodge .Political career
* Member,
Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775
* Delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1777
* Delegate to the state convention that adopted theUnited States Constitution in 1787
* Elected (as "Pro-Administration") to theUnited States Senate and served fromMarch 4 ,1791 toJune 9 ,1796 , when he resigned
* Appointed to but declined to be the firstUnited States Secretary of the Navy in 1798External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018456/George-Cabot Encyclopaedia Britannica George Cabot]
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