Historical records matching Edward Henry Rollins, U.S. Senator
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About Edward Henry Rollins, U.S. Senator
Edward Henry Rollins, U.S. Senator
- https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000411
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Rollins
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8067069/edward-henry-rollins
Rollins was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Biography
Born in a part of Somersworth, New Hampshire which is now Rollinsford (named in his honor), he attended the common schools and academies in Dover, New Hampshire and South Berwick, Maine. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Concord, New Hampshire and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1855 to 1857, and served as speaker.
Rollins was elected as a Republican to the 37th, 38th, and 39th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1867; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1866. While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts (38th and 39th Congresses). He was secretary and treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad, and in 1876 was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1883; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (45th Congress) and a member of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (47th Congress) and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (47th Congress).
From 1886 to 1889, Rollins was president of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, and was founder of the First National Bank of Concord, New Hampshire, and of the banking house of E.H. Rollins & Sons, Boston.
He died on the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire in 1889; interment was in Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord.
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Edward Henry Rollins, U.S. Senator's Timeline
| 1824 |
October 3, 1824
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Somersworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1850 |
November 25, 1850
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Concord Twp,Merrimack,New Hampshire
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| 1853 |
September 4, 1853
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Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1856 |
February 27, 1856
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Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States
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1856
- 1857
Age 31
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Speaker of the House
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February 24, 1860
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Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States
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1860
Age 35
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elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Concord, NH for three terms
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| 1869 |
May 25, 1869
Age 44
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Chosen secretary & assistant treasurer & subsequently treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad
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| 1889 |
July 31, 1889
Age 64
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Isles of Shoals, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
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