Thomas H. Eliot

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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (June 14, 1907-October 14, 1991) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

A great-grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot and grandson of Charles William Eliot, Eliot was born in Cambridge, Mass. He attended Browne and Nichols School, graduated from Harvard University in 1928 and was a student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, in 1928 and 1929. He graduated from the law school of Harvard University in 1932 and was admitted to the bar in 1933, commencing practice in Buffalo, N.Y.. He served as assistant solicitor in the United States Department of Labor 1933-1935 and as general counsel for the Social Security Board 1935-1938. He was lecturer on government at Harvard University in 1937 and 1938, and regional director of the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor in 1939 and 1940.

In 1938 Eliot ran unsuccessfully as election candidate to the Seventy-sixth Congress. However, he gained election as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943). He was unsuccessful as a candidate for renomination in 1942 and for nomination in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Eliot saw war service in 1943 as director of the British Division, Office of War Information, London, England, and special assistant to the United States Ambassador. From 1943 to 1944 he was chairman of the appeals committee, National War Labor Board. He served with the Office of Strategic Services in 1944, and from November 1944 to November 1945 was chief counsel, Division of Power, Department of the Interior.

After the war, Eliot engaged in the practice of law in Boston, Mass., 1945-1950, before returning to university life. He was professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis from 1952, and of constitutional law from 1958. In 1961 he moved to Washington University College of Liberal Arts, serving as Dean 1961-1962, and Chancellor 1962-1971. He also served as Vice chairman, United States Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1963-1967, president, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1971-1977 and as a teacher, Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School, 1977-1985. Eliot was a resident of Cambridge, Mass., until his death there in 1991.

[edit] Bibliography

• Eliot, Thomas H. Recollections of the New Deal: When the People Mattered. Edited with an introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992;
• Eliot, Thomas H. Public and Personal. Edited by Frank O’Brien. St. Louis: Washington University Press, 1971.

[edit] External link

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biographical entry at Washington University in Saint Louis

Preceded by Robert Luce	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Succeeded by Charles L. Gifford
Preceded by Carl Tolman	Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis 1962–1971	Succeeded by William "Bill" H. Danforth