Samuel L. Crocker

Samuel Leonard Crocker ( born March 31, 1804 in Taunton, Massachusetts, † 10 February 1883 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Crocker studied until 1822 at Brown University in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). In 1826, he founded the company with two brothers Norton Taunton Copper Manufacturing Co. In 1843 he was also involved in the founding of the Iron Works in East Taunton. He also became involved in the railroad business. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. In 1849 he sat in the Government of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Crocker was in the second electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis B. Fay on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1854, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Crocker took his previous activities on again. Since 1862 until his death he was president of the company Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Co., which produced steam locomotives. He died on 10 February 1883 in Boston.

704719
de