Samuel Winslow
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Samuel Ellsworth Winslow | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 | |
Preceded by | William Wilder |
Succeeded by | George R. Stobbs |
28th Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | |
In office 1886–1889 | |
Preceded by | Charles G. Reed |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Harvard |
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (April 11, 1862 – July 11, 1940) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Winslow was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1885, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Winslow was appointed as a colonel on the staff of Governor John Q. A. Brackett in 1890. He was chairman of the Republican city committee of Worcester from 1890 to 1892, and became chairman of the Republican State committee in 1893. He was delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third congress, and to the five succeeding Congresses. Winslow was also mayor of Worcester from 1886–1889.
Winslow was the chairman in the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce during the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses. He was appointed by Calvin Coolidge in 1926 as a member of the United States Board of Mediation, for the disposition of disputes between carriers and their employees. He was chosen chairman, and served until 1934.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by William Wilder |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 |
Succeeded by George R. Stobbs |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Charles G. Reed |
28th Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts 1886–1889 |
Succeeded by Francis A. Harrington |
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