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George Cabot (December 3, 1752-April 18, 1823), a Delegate and a Senator from Massachusetts, and the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention, was born in Salem, Massachusetts.
Cabot attended Harvard College, where he received a classical education.
A member of the Pro-Administration Party and a Federalist, Cabot's political career began in 1775 and lasted until he became a delegate to the Hartford Convention of 1814. He died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1823 and was interred in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Political Career * Member, State Provincial Congress 1775
* Delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1777
* Delegate to the state convention that adopted the Federal Constitution in 1787
* Elected as a Pro-Administration to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1791 to June 9, 1796, when he resigned
* Appointed to but declined position of Secretary of the Navy in 1798
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