Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)
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| Samuel Atkins Eliot | |
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| In office 1849 – 1851 |
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| Preceded by | Robert C. Winthrop |
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| Succeeded by | William Appleton |
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| Born | March 5, 1798 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 29, 1862 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Whig |
Samuel Atkins Eliot, (great-grandfather of Thomas Hopkinson Eliot) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Eliot was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1798. He attended the Boston Latin School; graduated from Harvard University in 1817 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1820.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1834-1837; Mayor of Boston 1837-1839; served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1843-1844. He was 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, Massachusetts on January 29, 1862 and his body was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
| Preceded by Samuel T. Armstrong |
Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1837 - 1839 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Chapman |
| Preceded by Robert C. Winthrop |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district August 22, 1850 – March 3, 1851 |
Succeeded by William Appleton |
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