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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel Atkins ELIOT
(1798-1862)
ELIOT, Samuel Atkins,
(great-grandfather of Thomas Hopkinson Eliot), a Representative
from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 5, 1798; attended
the Boston Latin School; was graduated from Harvard University in
1817 and from the divinity school in 1820; member of the State
house of representatives 1834-1837; mayor of Boston 1837-1839;
served in the State senate in 1843-1844; elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Robert C. Winthrop and served from August 22, 1850, to March 3,
1851; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1850;
treasurer of Harvard University 1842-1853; died in Cambridge,
Mass., January 29, 1862; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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