Samuel Winslow | |
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.jpg) Winslow, 1921–1922 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | William Wilder |
| Succeeded by | George R. Stobbs |
| Chairperson of theMassachusetts Republican Party | |
| In office 1893–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Eben S. Draper |
| Succeeded by | George H. Lyman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1862-04-11)April 11, 1862 |
| Died | July 11, 1940(1940-07-11) (aged 78) Worcester, MA |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Harvard |
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (April 11, 1862 – July 11, 1940) was an American politician and Republican Congressman fromMassachusetts.
Winslow was born inWorcester, Massachusetts. He spent a year at the Williston Seminary inEasthampton before entering Harvard College in 1881. Winslow graduated fromHarvard University in 1885, where he was a member ofDelta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and served on theHarvard Lampoon staff. At Harvard, Winslow also was the theatrical manager for theHasty Pudding Club.[1] Sam captained and coached the 1884–85Harvard baseball team which accrued a record of 27–1, defeating Yale twice, and compiling a .306 team hitting average while winning the Intercollegiate Base Ball Association championship. Winslow both pitched and played outfield. During the summer of 1884, he pitched briefly for theBarnstable town team in what is now theCape Cod Baseball League.[2][3][4] Winslow's childhood friend and Harvard classmateErnest Thayer often mentioned Sam when talking about his inspiration for "Casey at the Bat", which Thayer authored in 1888 as a contributor to theSan Francisco Examiner.[5]
Winslow was appointed as a colonel on the staff of GovernorJohn 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 theRepublican National Convention in 1908. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, and to the five succeeding Congresses. Winslow's father Samuel, a manufacturer of skates, had served as mayor of Worcester from 1886 to 1889.
Winslow was the chairman in theCommittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce during the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses. He was appointed byCalvin Coolidge in 1926 as a member of theUnited States Board of Mediation, for the disposition of disputes between carriers and their employees. He was chosen chairman, and served until 1934.
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