Peleg Coffin Jr.
Peleg Coffin Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Serving with Shearjashub Bourne (General ticket) | |
| Preceded by | Elbridge Gerry |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Lyman |
| Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1797–1801 | |
| Governor | Increase Sumner Moses Gill Governor's Council Caleb Strong |
| Preceded by | Thomas Davis |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Jackson |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1795-1796 [1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1790[1]–1792[1] | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Coffin[1] |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1785[1]–1786[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Nantucket District | |
| In office 1783 [1] – 1784 [1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
| In office 1789 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 3, 1756 |
| Died | March 6, 1805 (aged 48) |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Peleg Coffin Jr. (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician from Nantucket and Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
[edit]Coffin was born in Nantucket in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.
Public service
[edit]Coffin served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1783–1784, and in 1789, and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.[1] He was elected to represent Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives in the 3rd United States Congress from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795, representing the 3rd district; he previously was an unsuccessful candidate for the 6th district in 1791.[2] Coffin was the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1801.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 30
- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Peleg Coffin Jr. (id: C000591)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Coffin, Peleg, Jr., 1756-1805", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University
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