Linus B. Comins

Linus Bacon Comins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded bySamuel H. Walley
Succeeded byAlexander H. Rice
4th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office
1854–1854
Preceded bySamuel Walker
Succeeded byJames Ritchie
City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
President of the Common Council
In office
1847–1848
Preceded byFrancis G. Shaw[1]
Succeeded byWilliam A. Crafts[2]
City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
Member of the Common Council
Ward 5[3]
In office
1846–1848
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byAaron D. Williams Jr.[2]
Personal details
BornNovember 29, 1817
Charlton, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 14, 1892 (aged 75)
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery,
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyAmerican Party, Republican
SpouseMary Barker[4]

Linus Bacon Comins (November 29, 1817 – October 14, 1892) was a Massachusetts politician who served as Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1859.

  1. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 328
  2. ^ a b A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 329
  3. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 328–329
  4. ^ Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630–1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 331