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Cabot, George

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Cabot, George (1752–1823)

US merchant and senator. He made a substantial fortune as a shipper and merchant; he also worked with his family's cotton mills. As a staunch Federalist, he became a close associate of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, championing ratification of the Constitution in 1788.

He was born in Salem, Massachusetts and spent his youth at sea 1768–77. He was one of the most prominent members of the Essex Junto, wealthy Federalists from Essex County, Massachusetts. Representing Massachusetts in the US Senate 1791–96, he favoured cooperation with Great Britain; he returned to his business afterwards. During the War of 1812 against Britain, he presided over the Hartford Convention in 1814, convened to rally Federalist opposition to the war, but he served only as a moderating influence.



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