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ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP
Winthrop,
Robert Charles (1809-1894), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County,
Mass., May 12, 1809; graduated from Harvard University in 1828; studied law with Daniel Webster; admitted to the bar
in 1831 and practiced in Boston; member, State house of representatives 1835-1840, and served as speaker 1838-1840;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Abbott Lawrence;
reelected to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served from November 9, 1840, to May 25, 1842, when he resigned;
subsequently elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his successor,
Nathan Appleton; reelected to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 29,
1842, to July 30, 1850, when he again resigned to become Senator; Speaker of the House of Representatives during the
Thirtieth Congress; appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate on July 27, 1850, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Daniel Webster and served from July 30, 1850, to February 1, 1851, when a successor was elected;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy in 1851; was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of
Massachusetts the same year; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1852; engaged in literary, historical, and
philanthropic pursuits; died in Boston, Mass., November 16, 1894; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge,
Middlesex County, Mass.
Parents: Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple
Spouse 1: Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard
Born: 27 May 1809 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 14 Jun 1842 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage: 12 Mar 1832 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Robert Charles Winthrop M 7 Dec 1834 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Eliza C. Winthrop b. abt 1840 Massachusetts
Spouse 2: Cornelia Adelaide Granger
Born: 15 Sep 1819 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York
Died: 16 Jun 1892 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage: 15 Nov 1865 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
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