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  Eliot, Samuel A.
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NameSamuel A. Eliot
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Boston, Massachusetts , United States
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Born March 05, 1798
DiedJanuary 29, 1862 (63 years)
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Jul 27, 2015 07:10pm
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InfoELIOT, 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.


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Son Charles William Eliot 1834-1926
Grandson Charles W. Eliot 1859-1897
Grandson Samuel Atkins Eliot II 1862-1950

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  08/19/1850 MA District 1 - Special Election Won 75.36% (+60.22%)
  01/13/1845 Boston Mayor - 4th Ballot Lost 37.79% (-2.86%)
  12/10/1838 Boston Mayor Won 59.90% (+22.67%)
  12/11/1837 Boston Mayor Won 55.57% (+29.17%)
  12/12/1836 Boston Mayor Won 56.98% (+27.64%)
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