Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (April 11, 1862 – July 11, 1940) was an American politician and Republican Congressman from

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Biography

Winslow was born in

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. He spent a year at the Williston Seminary in Easthampton before entering Harvard College in 1881. Winslow graduated from

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in 1885, where he was a member of

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fraternity and served on the ''

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'' staff. At Harvard, Winslow also was the theatrical manager for the

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. Sam captained and coached the 1884–85 Harvard baseball team which accrued a record of 27–1, defeating Yale twice, and compiling a .306 team hitting average while winning the Intercollegiate Base Ball Association championship. Winslow both pitched and played outfield. During the summer of 1884, he pitched briefly for the Barnstable town team in what is now the

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. Winslow's childhood friend and Harvard classmate

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often mentioned Sam when talking about his inspiration for "

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", which Thayer authored in 1888 as a contributor to the ''

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''. Winslow was appointed as a colonel on the staff of Governor

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in 1890. He was chairman of the Republican city committee of Worcester from 1890 to 1892, and became chairman of the Republican State committee in 1893. He was delegate to the

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in 1908. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, and to the five succeeding Congresses. Winslow's father Samuel, a manufacturer of skates, had served as mayor of Worcester from 1886 to 1889. Winslow was the chairman in the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce during the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses. He was appointed by

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in 1926 as a member of the United States Board of Mediation, for the disposition of disputes between carriers and their employees. He was chosen chairman, and served until 1934.

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