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'''Peleg Coffin, Jr.''' (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician from [[Nantucket]] and [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].
'''Peleg Coffin Jr.''' (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician from [[Nantucket]] and [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Coffin was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, into a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.
Coffin was born in [[Nantucket]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] to a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.


==Public service==
==Public service==
Coffin served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1783-1784, and in 1789, and in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg30>{{Citation |last = Starbuck | first =Alexander | title =''Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association,'' SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven| page = 30. | publisher = Nantucket Historical Association | location = [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] | date = July 26, 1911}}</ref> He was elected to represent [[Massachusetts]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[3rd United States Congress]] from March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1795. Coffin was the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts]] from 1797 to 1801.
Coffin served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1783–1784, and in 1789, and in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg30>{{Citation |last = Starbuck | first =Alexander | title =''Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association,'' SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven| page = 30 | publisher = Nantucket Historical Association | location = [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] | date = July 26, 1911}}</ref> He was elected to represent [[Massachusetts]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the [[3rd United States Congress]] from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795. Coffin was the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts]] from 1797 to 1801.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{citation |url= https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/CP0027 |title=Coffin, Peleg, Jr., 1756-1805 |work=A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 |publisher= [[American Antiquarian Society]] |year=2007 |via=[[Tufts University]] }}


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Latest revision as of 02:55, 2 March 2024

Peleg Coffin Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Preceded byElbridge Gerry
Succeeded bySamuel Lyman
Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
In office
1797–1801
GovernorIncrease Sumner
Moses Gill
Governor's Council
Caleb Strong
Preceded byThomas Davis
Succeeded byJonathan Jackson
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Nantucket District
In office
1795-1796 [1]
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Nantucket District
In office
1790[1]–1792[1]
Preceded byIsaac Coffin[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Nantucket District
In office
1785[1]–1786[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Nantucket District
In office
1783 [1] – 1784 [1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1789
Personal details
Born(1756-11-03)November 3, 1756
Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedMarch 6, 1805(1805-03-06) (aged 48)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery
NationalityAmerican

Peleg Coffin Jr. (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician from Nantucket and Boston, Massachusetts.

Early life

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Coffin was born in Nantucket in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.

Public service

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Coffin served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1783–1784, and in 1789, and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.[1] He was elected to represent Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives in the 3rd United States Congress from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795. Coffin was the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1801.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 30
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district

(alongside Shearjashub Bourne on a General ticket)
March 4, 1793–March 3, 1795
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas Davis
Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
1797–1801
Succeeded by