Nathaniel Silsbee

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Nathaniel Silsbee
Massachusetts State Senate
In office
1823–1825
Preceded byJohn Phillips
Succeeded byJohn Mills
Personal details
Born(1773-01-14)January 14, 1773
Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr., b. December 2, 1804[1]
Mary Crowninshield Silsbee, b. April 10, 1809[1]
Georgina Silsbee,
b. January 27, 1824[1] d. January 25, 1901.[2]
OccupationMerchant

Nathaniel Silsbee (January 14, 1773 – July 14, 1850) was a ship master, merchant and American politician from Salem, Massachusetts.

Early career

Silsbee was the eldest child of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Becket) Silsbee. At the age of fourteen, to support his family upon the financial failures of his father, he went to sea and learned navigation. His able seamanship won him, at the age of nineteen, command of Elias Hasket Derby's Sloop "Sally". Silsbee continued commanding Derby vessels and had many interesting adventures and exploits with privateers, French Consuls, and such.[3] [4] In 1795 he became part owner of the Schooner "Betsy" and continued to prosper and master his own vessels. In 1801 he placed his brothers, William and Zachariah, in charge of his ships. Nathaniel continued owning vessels in partnerships until the 1840s, but he actively retired from shipping when he commenced his political career.[5]

Nathaniel married Mary Crowninshield, the daughter of one of Salem's wealthiest merchants, on December 12, 1802. Their son

Nathaniel
was mayor of Salem from 1849 to 1850 and from 1858 to 1859.

Political career

Silsbee was elected to the

1824
.

He was elected to the

1836
.

Retirement

Silsbee resumed mercantile pursuits in Salem, where he died; interment in The Burying Point, the second oldest cemetery in the US.

Legacy

The Nathaniel Silsbee House is a historic building in Salem, maintained by the Knights of Columbus.[6]

See also

  • 44th Massachusetts General Court (1823-1824)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cooke, Harriet Ruth Waters (1889), The Driver family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, Cambridge, MA: University Press, p. 474
  2. ^ Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind (1902), Seventieth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind for the year ending August 31, 1901, Boston, MA: Perkins Institute and the Massachusetts School for the Blind, p. 47
  3. ^ Curley, Jerome (February 26, 2012). "From Teen Captain to the Knights of Columbus". Salem Patch. Salem, Ma. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  4. ^ King, Caroline Howard (1937). When I lived in Salem, 1822-1866. Brattleboro, Vt.: Stephen Daye Press.
  5. ^ "SILSBEE FAMILY PAPERS, 1637, 1754-1907" (PDF). Peabody Essex Museum. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1821 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
James Lloyd
 U.S. senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts
May 31, 1826 - March 3, 1835
Served alongside: Elijah H. Mills, Daniel Webster 		Succeeded by
John Davis
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Massachusetts Senate
1823 – 1826 		Succeeded by
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