Samuel Atkins Eliot

Samuel Atkins Eliot ( Gilbert Stuart )

Samuel Atkins Eliot (born March 5, 1798 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  January 29, 1862 in Cambridge , Massachusetts) was an American politician . In 1850 and 1851 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Eliot was the son of the Boston merchant Samuel Eliot . He attended the Boston Latin School and then studied at Harvard University until 1817 . He then attended the Divinity School, which was also part of Harvard University, until 1820 . In the 1830s he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . Between 1834 and 1837 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He then held the post of mayor of the city of Boston between 1837 and 1839 , where he founded a professional fire department in this capacity. Eliot served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1843 and 1844 . In 1847 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

After the resignation of MP Robert Charles Winthrop , Eliot was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on August 22, 1850 when the by-election was due for the first Massachusetts seat . Since he renounced another candidacy in the regular elections of 1850, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1851 . Eliot was a chamberlain at Harvard University from 1842 to 1853, also during his time as a congressman. Since 1820 he was married to Mary Lyman, with whom he had six children. The son Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909. Samuel Eliot died in Cambridge on January 29, 1862. His great-grandson Thomas H. Eliot (1907-1991) was also a member of Congress.

Web links

• Samuel Atkins Eliot in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Atkins Eliot in the database of Find a Grave (English)