Thomas H. Eliot
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Luce |
| Succeeded by | Charles L. Gifford |
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| Born | June 14, 1907 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 14, 1991 (aged 84) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Unitarian Universalism |
Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (June 14, 1907 – October 14, 1991) was a lawyer, politician, and academic, serving as chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and in the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
A great-grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot and grandson of Charles William Eliot, Eliot was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into the prominent Eliot family. He attended Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, graduated from Harvard University in 1928 and was a student at Emmanuel College in Cambridge University, from 1928-29. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1932 and was admitted to the bar in 1933, commencing practice in Buffalo, New York. He served as assistant solicitor in the United States Department of Labor from 1933–35 and as general counsel for the Social Security Board from 1935–38. He was a lecturer on government at Harvard University in 1937-38, and regional director of the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor in 1939-40.
In 1938 Eliot, a Democrat, ran for election to the Seventy-sixth Congress, losing to Republican Robert Luce. Eliot defeated Luce in a rematch in 1940, winning election to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and for nomination in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; both times his successful opponent was the colorful longtime Boston politician James M. Curley.
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