# Linus B. Comins

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American politician (1817–1892)

Linus Bacon Comins Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 Preceded by Samuel H. Walley Succeeded by Alexander H. Rice 4th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts In office 1854–1854 Preceded by Samuel Walker Succeeded by James Ritchie City of Roxbury, Massachusetts, President of the Common Council In office 1847–1848 Preceded by Francis G. Shaw[1] Succeeded by William A. Crafts[2] City of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Member of the Common Council Ward 5[3] In office 1846–1848 Preceded by None Succeeded by Aaron D. Williams Jr.[2] Personal details Born November 29, 1817 Charlton, Massachusetts Died October 14, 1892 (aged 75) Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Resting place Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts Party American Party, Republican Spouse Mary Barker[4]

**Linus Bacon Comins** (November 29, 1817 – October 14, 1892) was a Massachusetts politician who served as [Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts](/source/Mayor_of_Roxbury%2C_Massachusetts) and as a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) from 1855 to 1859.

## Early life

Comins, the son of Mary (Bacon)[5] Comins and Barnabus C. Comins,[6] was born in [Charlton, Massachusetts](/source/Charlton%2C_Massachusetts).

Comins attended the common schools at [Brookfield, Massachusetts](/source/Brookfield%2C_Massachusetts) and was graduated from Worcester County Manual Training High School. He engaged in manufacturing in [Roxbury, Massachusetts](/source/Roxbury%2C_Massachusetts).

## Political career

Comins was a member of the Roxbury city council from 1846 to 1848 and served as its president in 1847 and 1848. He was the [Mayor of Roxbury](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Roxbury%2C_Massachusetts) in 1854. He was elected as a candidate of the [American Party](/source/Know_Nothing) to the [Thirty-fourth Congress](/source/Thirty-fourth_Congress), March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857, and as a Republican to the [Thirty-fifth Congress](/source/Thirty-fifth_Congress) (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).

## Retirement

After leaving Congress, he resumed manufacturing pursuits. He was a delegate to the [Republican National Convention, 1860](/source/1860_Republican_National_Convention).

## Death and burial

Comins died in [Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts](/source/Jamaica_Plain%2C_Massachusetts), October 14, 1892, and was interred at [Forest Hills Cemetery](/source/Forest_Hills_Cemetery) in [Jamaica Plain](/source/Jamaica_Plain).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers*, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 328

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-City_of_Boston_Printing_Department_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-City_of_Boston_Printing_Department_2-1) *A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers*, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 329

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers*, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 328–329

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630–1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 331

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907), *Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts Vol. II*, New York, NY, Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, p. 255

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Crosby, Nathan (1858), *Annual obituary notices of eminent persons who have died in the United States For 1857 Vol. 1*, Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, p. 98

## Bibliography

- *A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers*, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 328–329.

- Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), *History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904*, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, (1908) p. 331.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Linus B. Comins (id: C000659)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000659). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Samuel H. Walley Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 Succeeded by Alexander H. Rice Political offices Preceded by Samuel Walker Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1854 Succeeded by James Ritchie Preceded by Francis G. Shaw President of the Roxbury, Massachusetts Common Council 1847-1848 Succeeded by William A. Crafts

v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

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