Thomas D. Eliot | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bernard Hall |
| Succeeded by | James Buffington |
| In office April 17, 1854 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Zeno Scudder |
| Succeeded by | Robert Bernard Hall |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in theMassachusetts State Senate | |
| In office 1839 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts State Senate | |
| In office 1846 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Dawes Eliot (1808-03-20)March 20, 1808 |
| Died | June 14, 1870(1870-06-14) (aged 62) |
| Political party | Republican/Whig |
| Spouse | Frances L. Brock[1] |
| Children | Caroline Dawes Eliot,[1]Ida Eliot |
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Thomas Dawes Eliot (March 20, 1808 – June 14, 1870) was an American politician who was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts. He was a member of the prominentEliot family.
Eliot was born on March 20, 1808, inBoston, the son of Margaret Greenleaf (Dawes) and William Greenleaf Eliot.[2][3] He was named after his grandfather Justice Thomas Dawes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[1]
Eliot attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and graduated from Columbian College in the District of Columbia, (nowGeorge Washington University in 1825. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inNew Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1834 Eliot married Frances L. Brock of Nantucket.[1]
Eliot served as a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives, and served in theMassachusetts State Senate. He was elected as aWhig to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofZeno Scudder and served from April 17, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He declined to be a candidate for renomination. Eliot was a delegate to theFree Soil Convention inWorcester in 1855.
He declined to be a candidate for nomination by theRepublican forAttorney General of Massachusetts in 1857. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869). Eliot served as Chairman of theCommittee Freedmen’s Affairs (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses), and theCommittee on Commerce (Fortieth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868. He resumed the practice of law and died on June 14, 1870. His interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Eliot's daughterIda M. Eliot was a notable educator and writer. Thomas Eliot's younger brother was philanthropist and Unitarian minister,William Greenleaf Eliot. His granddaughter Julia Meriam Stetson married with Dr.Leroy Milton Yale Jr., of theYale family.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 1st congressional district April 17, 1854 – March 3, 1855 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 1st congressional district March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869 | Succeeded by |
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