Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862
Variant namesSamuel Atkins Eliot was 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. Sources: Harvard University Archives; United States Congressional Biography.
From the description of Papers of Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1817-1861 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069258
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correspondedWith | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
correspondedWith | Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA. |
associatedWith | Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. |
correspondedWith | Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872 |
associatedWith | Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. |
correspondedWith | Bowen, Clayton Raymond, 1877-1934 |
associatedWith | Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889. |
associatedWith | Clapp, William Warland, 1826-1891 |
correspondedWith | Dewey, Orville, 1794-1882 |
correspondedWith | Dodge, Henry Nehemiah, 1843-1937 |
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Birth 1798-03-05
Death 1862-01-29
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