Samuel L. Crocker

Samuel Leonard Crocker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by Francis B. Fay
Succeeded by James Buffinton
Personal details
Born March 31, 1804
Taunton, Massachusetts
Died February 10, 1883
Boston, Massachusetts
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) Hannah Weld Thomas, m. June 15, 1825, d. November 22, 1827;
Caroline Thomas, m. April 13, 1830, d. January 28, 1875[1]
Children Mary Caroline; Sally; Ellen Louisa; Samuel Leonard Crocker, Jr.,[2]
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Samuel Leonard Crocker (March 31, 1804 – February 10, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Crocker graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1822. He engaged in manufacturing.

He served as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council in 1849.

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Election to Congress

Crocker was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855). Crocker was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Business career

Crocker served as president of the Taunton Copper Manufacturing Co.

Death and Burial

Crocker died in Boston, Massachusetts on February 10, 1883. He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Notes

  1. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 2, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 859. 
  2. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 2, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 859. 

References

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