George Cabot

2008-06-20T22:47:57Z

Periphron: Changed "direct ancestor" to "grandfather of" Henry Cabot Lodge.

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| state =[[Massachusetts]]
| term_start =[[March 4]], [[1791]]
| term_end =[[June 9]], [[1796]]
| preceded =[[Tristram Dalton]]
| succeeded =[[Benjamin Goodhue]]
| birth_date =[[December 3]], [[1752]]
| birth_place =[[Salem, Massachusetts]]
| death_date =[[April 18]], [[1823]] (aged 70)
| death_place =[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
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'''George Cabot''' ([[December 3]], [[1752]]–[[April 18]], [[1823]]), was an American merchant, seaman, and politician from [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. He represented [[Massachusetts]] in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of the [[Hartford Convention]].

Cabot was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], and attended [[Harvard College]] for two years before dropping out to go to sea. By the age of twenty-one he was captain of his own ship.

A member of the [[Pro-Administration Party]] and a [[Federalist]], Cabot's political career began in [[1775]] and lasted until he became a delegate to the Hartford Convention of [[1814]]. He died in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in [[1823]] and was interred in the [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].

He was the grandfather of [[Henry Cabot Lodge]].

==Political career==
* Member, [[Massachusetts Provincial Congress]] in 1775
* Delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1777
* Delegate to the state convention that adopted the [[United States Constitution]] in 1787
* Elected (as "Pro-Administration") to the [[United States Senate]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1791]] to [[June 9]], [[1796]], when he resigned
* Appointed to but declined to be the first [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] in 1798

===External links===
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018456/George-Cabot Encyclopaedia Britannica George Cabot]

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