Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.

Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the Essex district
5th Mayor of Salem, MA[1]
In office
1849[1] – 1851
Salem, Massachusetts[2]
Preceded byJoseph S. Cabot
Succeeded byDavid Pingree
11th Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts[4]
In office
1858[3]–1859[3]
Preceded byWilliam S. Messervy
Succeeded byStephen Palfrey Webb
Member of the
Salem, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[5]
In office
1851–1852
Personal details
BornDecember 28, 1804
Salem, Mass.
DiedJuly 9, 1881(1881-07-09) (aged 76)
Milton, Mass.
Political partyWhig
SpouseMarianne Cabot
RelationsNathaniel Silsbee father
Jared Sparks brother in law.
Alma materHarvard

Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. (December 28, 1804 – July 9, 1881) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and twice as the Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and was for many years the treasurer of Harvard.[6]

  1. ^ a b Capen, Naphen (1850), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1850, Vol. IV, Boston, MA: James French, p. 279
  2. ^ Capen, Naphen (1851), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1851 Vol. V, Boston, MA: James French, p. 297
  3. ^ a b Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 227
  4. ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 225
  5. ^ Salem City Council (1867), Municipal register, for 1867, Salem, MA: City of Salem, p. 18
  6. ^ Essex Institute (1878), Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. XV, Salem, Ma.: The Essex Institute, p. 304