Thomas D. Eliot

For other people named Thomas Eliot, see Thomas Eliot (disambiguation).
Thomas Dawes Eliot
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office
April 17, 1854 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by Zeno Scudder
Succeeded by Robert Bernard Hall
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by Robert Bernard Hall
Succeeded by James Buffington
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate
In office
1839
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
In office
1846
Personal details
Born (1808-03-20)March 20, 1808
Boston, Massachusetts
Died June 14, 1870(1870-06-14) (aged 62)
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Political party Republican/Whig
Spouse(s) Frances L. Brock[1]
Children Caroline Dawes Eliot[1]
Signature

Thomas Dawes Eliot (March 20, 1808 – June 14, 1870), was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808. Eliot 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, (now George Washington University in 1825. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

In 1834 Eliot married Frances L. Brock of Nantucket.[1]

Eliot served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zeno Scudder and served from April 17, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He declined to be a candidate for renomination. Eliot was a delegate to the Free Soil Convention in Worcester in 1855.

He declined to be a candidate for nomination by the Republican for Attorney 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 the Committee Freedmen’s Affairs (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses), and the Committee 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.[2]

Eliot's younger brother was William Greenleaf Eliot.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 10
  2. ↑ Thomas Dawes Eliot Find-A-Grave, Russ Dodge, 2004-07-24
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Zeno Scudder		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
April 17, 1854 – March 3, 1855 		Succeeded by
Robert B. Hall
Preceded by
Robert B. Hall		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869 		Succeeded by
James Buffinton
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