George boutwell biography

George Sewall Boutwell was born in in Brookline, Massachusetts. Before studying the law, he worked as a teacher, a businessman, and as the postmaster of Groton.

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George S. Boutwell ( - ) had spent a long career in public service, including tours of duty as the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue ( - ).

In , Boutwell was elected as a Democrat to a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served from to and from to During this time, he launched several unsuccessful campaigns to become both a member of the United States House of Representatives and governor of Massachusetts, settling ultimately for the post of state bank commissioner ().Boutwell's luck changed in , when he was elected governor of Massachusetts.

He served two one-year terms as a Democrat before declining to run again. Within two years of leaving the governorship, Boutwell changed his party affiliation, owing to his stance on slavery. Indeed, in , he helped found the Republican party before spending the next six years as the secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.

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