Notable Silsbee Kin

Notable Silsbee Kin

Nathaniel Silsbee, US Senator, US Congressman, jurist

Nathaniel Silsbee - US Senator, US Congressman, Jurist

SILSBEE, Nathaniel, senator, was born in Essex county, Mass., in 1773; son of Nathaniel Silsbee, a Salem sea captain. He received his education at the local school, became a wealthy merchant in Salem, and was elected to each branch of the General Court of Massachusetts several times and for three years was president of the senate. He was a Democratic representative in the 15th and 16th congresses, 1817–21, refused to serve a third term; was a representative in the general court in 1821; state senator, 1823–26, and was elected U.S. senator in 1826, in place of James Lloyd, resigned, and was re-elected in 1829, serving 1826–35. He was a firm supporter of John Quincy Adams's administration. He died in Salem, Mass., July 1, 1850.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IX

SILSBEE, Nathaniel, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., on January 14, 1773; attended private schools; was a shipmaster; engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1812; held several local offices; elected as a Democrat to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); was not a candidate for renomination; elected to the State house of representatives in 1821; member of the State senate 1823-1825, serving as president; presidential elector in 1824, voting for John Quincy Adams; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Lloyd; reelected in 1829 and served from May 31, 1826, to March 3, 1835; declined to be a candidate for reelection; delegate to the Whig State convention in 1832, serving as president; presidential elector in 1836, voting for Daniel Webster; resumed mercantile pursuits in Salem, Mass., where he died on July 14, 1850; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographies S page 1813

SILSBEE, NATHANIEL, merchant, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1773 in Essex county, Mass. He was frequently elected to the Massachusetts state legislature; and was for three years president of the state senate. He served as a representative in congress from 1816 to 1820; and was a senator of the United States from 1826 to 1835. He was a presidential elector in 1837. He died July 1, 1850, in Salem, Mass.

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 849

The line of descent of Nathaniel Silsbee from the immigrant Henry Silsbee, is:

1 Henry Silsbee 1620 - 1700

.. +Dorothy 1620 - 1676

.... 2 Nathaniel Silsbee 1651 - 1717

........ +Deborah Tompkins 1654 -

........... 3 Nathaniel Silsbee 1677 - 1769

........... *2nd Wife of Nathaniel Silsbee:

............... +Martha 1677 -

.................. 4 William Silsbee 1715 - 1783

...................... +Joanna Fowle 1715 -

........................ 5 Nathaniel Silsbee 1748 -

............................ +Sarah Becket 1748 -

............................... 6 Nathaniel Silsbee 1773 - 1850

................................... +Mary Crowninshield 1780 -

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