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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsNathaniel SILSBEE
(1773-1850)
Senate Years of Service:
1826-1829; 1829-1835Party: Adams; Anti-JacksonSILSBEE, Nathaniel, a
Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Salem,
Mass., on January 14, 1773; attended private schools; went to sea
and became a sea captain, ship owner and merchant; held several
local offices in Salem and Boston; elected to the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); was not a
candidate for renomination; elected to the State house of
representatives in 1821; member, State senate 1823-1825, serving as
president; presidential elector in 1824; elected to the United
States Senate in 1826 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of James Lloyd; reelected in 1829 and served from May 31, 1826, to
March 3, 1835; declined to be a candidate for reelection; chairman,
Committee on Commerce (Twenty-third Congress); Whig presidential
elector in 1836; resumed mercantile pursuits in Salem, Mass., where
he died on July 14, 1850; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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