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Samuel Hooper

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Born: February 3, 1808

Birthplace: Marblehead, Massachusetts

Father: John Hooper 1776 – 1854
(Buried: Hooper Tomb, Marblehead, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Eunice Hooper 1781 – 1866

Wife: Anne Sturgis 1813 – 1884
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

Children:

Anne M. Hooper Lothrop 1835 – 1883​
(Buried: Central Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:


Agent for Importing Firms traveler in countries until 1832​
1841 – 1859: Business partner of William Appleton and Company​
1851 – 1853: Massachusetts State Representative​
1855: Author of Currency or Money: its nature and uses​
1858: Massachusetts State Senator​
1859 – 1875: Owner of Samuel Hooper and Company​
1860: Author of An Examination of the theory and Effects of law​
1860: Massachusetts Delegate Republican Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: His home was headquarters for George McClellan​
1861 – 1875: United States Congressman from Massachusetts​
1861 – 1867: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1865: Supporter and Voter for 13th​ Amendment to Constitution​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1869: Member of House Banking and Currency Committee​
1866: Author of A defense of the merchants of Boston​
1866: Delegate to Philadelphia Pennsylvania Loyalist Convention​
1869 – 1871: House Chairman of House Ways and Means​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Enrolled Bills Committee​
1871 – 1873: House Chairman of Banking and Currency​
1871 – 1875: House Chairman of Coinage, Weights and Measures​
1871 – 1873: Member of House Reforms in Civil Service Committee​
1873 – 1875: Member of House Interstate and Foreign Commerce​
1861 – 1875: Missed 1,241 Roll Call Votes in U.S. Congress​
1874: Decided not be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​

Died: February 14, 1875

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
 
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The company that he owned was the reorganization of the William Appleton and Company. When Appleton retired from the firm he entered politics as a Congressman. And when He then retired from Congress Hooper was elected to fill that seat.
 
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