Linus B. Comins Explained

Linus Bacon Comins
State:Massachusetts
District:4th
Term Start:March 4, 1855
Term End:March 3, 1859
Preceded:Samuel H. Walley
Succeeded:Alexander H. Rice
Order4:City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
Member of the Common Council
Ward 5
Term Start4:1846
Term End4:1848
Predecessor4:None
Successor4:Aaron D. Williams Jr.
Order3:City of Roxbury, Massachusetts,
President of the Common Council
Term Start3:1847
Term End3:1848
Predecessor3:Francis G. Shaw
Successor3:William A. Crafts
Order2:4th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
Term Start2:1854
Term End2:1854
Predecessor2:Samuel Walker
Successor2:James Ritchie
Birth Date:November 29, 1817
Birth Place:Charlton, Massachusetts
Death Date:October 14, 1892 (aged 75)
Death Place:Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Restingplace:Forest Hills Cemetery,
Boston, Massachusetts
Party:American Party, Republican
Spouse:Mary Barker

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) Comins and Barnabus C. Comins, 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.

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