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 by	Samuel H. Walley
Succeeded by	Alexander H. Rice
4th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office 1854–1854
Preceded by	Samuel Walker
Succeeded by	James Ritchie
City of Roxbury, Massachusetts, President of the Common Council
In office 1847–1848
Preceded by	Francis G. Shaw[1]
Succeeded by	William A. Crafts[2]
City of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Member of the Common Council Ward 5[3]
In office 1846–1848
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Aaron D. Williams, Jr.[2]
Personal details
Born	November 29, 1817 Charlton, Massachusetts
Died	October 14, 1892 (aged 75) Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	American Party, Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary 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.

Early life

Comins, the son of Mary (Bacon)^[5] Comins and Barnabus C. Comins,^[6] was born in Charlton, Massachusetts.

Comins attended the common schools at Brookfield, Massachusetts and was graduated from Worcester County Manual Training High School. He engaged in manufacturing in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Political career

Comins was a member of the Roxbury city council from 1846 to 1848 and served as its president in 1847 and 1848. He was the Mayor of Roxbury in 1854. He was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857, and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).

Retirement

After leaving Congress, he resumed manufacturing pursuits. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1860.

Death and burial

Comins died in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, October 14, 1892, and was interred at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain.

References

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 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.
5. Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907), Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts Vol. II, New York, NY, Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, p. 255
6. Crosby, Nathan (1858), Annual obituary notices of eminent persons who have died in the United States For 1857 Vol. 1, Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, p. 98

Bibliography

• 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.
• Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, (1908) p. 331.

External links

• United States Congress. "Linus B. Comins (id: C000659)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.