George Cabot | |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office March 4, 1791 – June 9, 1796 |
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Preceded by | Tristram Dalton |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Goodhue |
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Born | December 3, 1752 Salem, Massachusetts |
Died | April 18, 1823 Boston, Massachusetts |
(aged 70)
Political party | Pro-Administration |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Merchant |
George Cabot (December 3, 1752 – April 18, 1823)[1] was an American merchant, seaman, and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention.
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Cabot was born in Salem, Massachusetts.[1] His father was Joseph Cabot, a ship merchant. He had three siblings: Joseph Cabot Jr. (b. 1746), Susanna Cabot (b. 1754), and Samuel Cabot (b. 1758).
Cabot attended Harvard College for two years before dropping out to go to sea.
By the age of twenty-one, he was captain of his own ship.
A member of the Pro-Administration Party and a Federalist, Cabot's political career began in 1775, when he became a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. In 1777, he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In 1787, Cabot was a Delegate to the state convention that ratified the United States Constitution. He was elected (as "Pro-Administration") to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1791 to June 9, 1796. In 1798, Cabot was appointed but declined to be the first United States Secretary of the Navy. He also became a delegate to the Hartford Convention of 1814.
He was the great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge (b. 1850) and great-great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (b. 1902) and John Davis Lodge (b. 1903), all politicians.
Cabot died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1823, and was interred in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Preceded by Tristram Dalton |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts 1791 - 1796 Served alongside: Caleb Strong |
Succeeded by Benjamin Goodhue |
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