Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. | |
State House: | Massachusetts |
District: | Essex |
Order2: | 5th Mayor of Salem, MA |
Term Start2: | 1849 |
Term End2: | 1851 Salem, Massachusetts |
Predecessor2: | Joseph S. Cabot |
Successor2: | David Pingree |
Order3: | 11th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts |
Term Start3: | 1858 |
Term End3: | 1859 |
Predecessor3: | William S. Messervy |
Successor3: | Stephen Palfrey Webb |
Order4: | Member of the Salem, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen |
Term Start4: | 1851 |
Term End4: | 1852 |
Birth Date: | December 28, 1804 |
Birth Place: | Salem, Mass. |
Death Place: | Milton, Mass. |
Party: | Whig |
Relations: | Nathaniel Silsbee father Jared Sparks brother in law. |
Spouse: | Marianne Cabot |
Alma Mater: | Harvard |
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.
Silsbee was born on December 28, 1804, to former U.S. Senator Nathaniel Silsbee and Mary (Crowninshield) Silsbee.
Silsbee married Ann Cabot Devereux on November 9, 1829, in Salem, Essex Co., Mass. She was born Feb. 6, 1812 in Salem.[1]