Boutwell, GEORGE SEWALL, an American statesman, born at Brookline, Massachusetts, 28th January 1818, was a member of the state legislature (1842-51), and governor of Massachusetts (1851 and 1852). Having joined the Republican party, in 1862 he organised the new department of internal revenue, and sat in congress from 1862 to 1869, taking a leading part in the impeachment of President Johnson (1868). He was secretary of the treasury, 1869-73, and for two years after represented Massachusetts in the senate. Besides speeches, he has published Educational Topics and Institutions (1858), and works on United States Taxes (1863 and 1865).
Boutwell, GEORGE SEWALL
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 370–371
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