OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME: 
George Sewall Boutwell

BORN:
January 28, 1818;
Brookline, Massachusetts

DIED:
February 27, 1905 (age 87);
Groton, Massachusetts

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (Before 1855)
Republican (1855–1898)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1841:
Appointed Postmaster of Groton, Massachusetts
1842-1844:
Member, MA State House of Representatives
1846-1850:
Member, MA State House of Representatives
1849-1851:
State Bank Commissioner of MA
1851-1853:
Governor of Massachusetts
1850-1860:
Member, Board of Overseers of Harvard University
1853:
Member, MA State Constitutional Convention
1855-1861:
Secretary of the State Board of Education
1862-1863:
First U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
1863-1869:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-MA)
1868:
House manager in impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson
1869-1873:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1873-1877:
U.S. Senator (R-MA)
1877:
Commissioner to codify and edit the Statutes at Large
1880:
U.S. Counsel before the French and American Claims Commission
1885-1894:
Practiced law and served as counsel for Haiti, Hawaii, and Chile
1898-1905:
President, Anti-Imperialist League

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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