Background
Winthrop, Robert Charles was born on May 12, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Lindall and Elizabeth (Temple) Winthrop.
Winthrop, Robert Charles was born on May 12, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Lindall and Elizabeth (Temple) Winthrop.
Graduated from Harvard, 1828.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1831. Member Massachusetts General Court, 1832-1840. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1835-1840, speaker, 1838-1840.
Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Massachusetts, 26th-31st Congresses, November 1840-July 1850. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1850-1851, defeated for reelection by Charles Sumner. Whig. presidential elector, 1852.
Refused to join Republican Party in 1850’s, supported Whig candidate for President, 1856, General McClellan, 1864. Conservative toward prosecution of Civil War. Delivered before joint session of Congress address celebrating 100th anniversary of Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown, 1881.
Chairman of the Board Peabody Ednl. Fund; member Massachusetts History Society, 1839-1894.
Member Massachusetts General Court, 1832-1840. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1835-1840, speaker, 1838-1840. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Massachusetts, 26th-31st Congresses, November 1840-July 1850.
Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1850-1851, defeated for reelection by Charles Sumner. Member Massachusetts History Society, 1839-1894.
Married Eliza Blanchard, March 12, 1832. Married second, Laura (Derby) Welles, October 15, 1859.