Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)

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Samuel Atkins Eliot
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office 1849 – 1851
Preceded by	Robert C. Winthrop
Succeeded by	William Appleton
7th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office 1837 – 1839
Preceded by	Samuel T. Armstrong
Succeeded by	Jonathan Chapman
Born	March 5, 1798(1798-03-05) Boston, Massachusetts
Died	January 29, 1862 (aged 63) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig

Samuel Atkins Eliot, (who was a patriarch of a distinguished American family, the Eliot family and which included 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. About 1826, he married Mary Lyman and had four daughters and two sons, including Charles William Eliot, a future President of Harvard University.

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.

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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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Persondata
NAME	Eliot, Samuel Atkins
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	US politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1798-03-05
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DATE OF DEATH	1862-01-29
PLACE OF DEATH	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA