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BOUTWELL, GEORGE SEWALL (1818-1905)
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See also:BOUTWELL, See also:GEORGE See also:SEWALL (1818-1905) , See also:American statesman, was See also:born in See also:Brookline, See also:Massachusetts, on the 28th of See also:January 1818. He was reared on a See also:farm, and at an See also:early See also:age began a See also:mercantile career at Groton, See also:Mass. There he studied See also:law and in 1836 was admitted to the See also:bar, but did not begin practice for many years. In 1842—1844 and again in 1847—1850 he served in the See also:state See also:house of representatives, and became the recognized See also:leader on the Democratic See also:side; he was thrice defeated for See also:Congress, and was twice an unsuccessful See also:candidate for See also:governor. In 1851, however, by means of " See also:Free-See also:Soil " votes, he was chosen governor, and was re-elected by the same See also:coalition in 1852. In the following See also:year he took an active See also:part in the state constitutional See also:convention. He became a member of the Massachusetts See also:Board of See also:Education in 1853, and as its secretary in 1855—1861 prepared valuable reports and rendered much service to the state's school See also:system. The passage of the See also:Kansas-See also:Nebraska See also:Bill in 1854 had finally alienated him from the Democratic party, and he became one of the founders of the new Republican party in the state. He played an influential part in the Republican See also:national convention in 1860, and in 1862 after the passage of the See also:war tax See also:measures he was appointed by See also:President See also:Lincoln the first See also:commissioner of See also:internal See also:revenue, which See also:department he organized. From 1863 to 1869 he was a representative in Congress, taking an influential part in debate, and acting as one of the managers of President See also: In 188o he represented the United States before the See also:commission appointed in accordance with the treaty of that year, between See also:France and the United States, to decide the claims brought by See also:French citizens against the United States for acts of the American authorities during the See also:Civil War, and the claims of American citizens against France for acts of French authorities during the war between France and See also:Mexico, the Franco-See also:German War and the See also:Commune. He opposed the acquisition by the United States of the Philippine Islands, became president of the See also:Anti-Imperialistic See also:League, and was a presidential elector on the See also:Bryan (Democratic) See also:ticket in 1900. He died at Groton, Massachusetts, on the 28th of See also:February 1905. He published various volumes, including The Constitution of the United States at the End of the First See also:Century (1895), and Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs (2 vols., New See also:York, 1902). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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