Peleg Coffin Jr. (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician from Nantucket and Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Coffin was born in Nantucket in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.
Public service
Coffin served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1783–1784, and in 1789, and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.[1] He was elected to represent Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives in the 3rd United States Congress from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795, representing the 3rd district; he previously was an unsuccessful candidate for the 6th district in 1791.[2] Coffin was the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1801.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 30
- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
External links
- United States Congress. "Peleg Coffin Jr. (id: C000591)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "Coffin, Peleg, Jr., 1756-1805", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University
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