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Boutwell, George Sewall

governor, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1818, in Brookline, Mass. He was governor of the state in 1852-53; secretary of the treasury in 1869-73; and was seven years a member of the Massachusetts legislature, in 1842-50. He was a member of the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-first congresses; and during 1873-77 was a United States senator. He is the author of Thoughts on Educational Topics; Manual of the Direct and Excise Tax System of the United States; The Tax- Payer's Manual; Speeches and Papers relating to the Rebellion; Why I am a Republican: a History of the Republican Party; The Lawyer, the Statesman, the Soldier; and the Constitution of the United States at the end of the First Century.