Background
He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808.
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Eliot attended the public schools of Washington, District of Columbia, and graduated from Columbian College in the District of Columbia, (now George Washington University in 1825.
Career
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1834 Eliot married Frances L. Brock of Nantucket. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zeno Scudder and served from April 17, 1854, to March 3, 1855.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
Eliot was a delegate to the Free Soil Convention in Worcester in 1855. He declined to be a candidate for nomination by the Republican for Attorney General of Massachusetts in 1857.
He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1869). Eliot served as Chairman of the Committee Freedmen’s Affairs (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses), and the Committee on Commerce (Fortieth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868.
He resumed the practice of law and died on June 14, 1870. His interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Eliot"s younger brother was William Greenleaf Eliot.
Membership
Eliot served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate.
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Political Party
Republican party