Horace Binney Sargent

Horace Binney Sargent (June 26, 1821 – January 8, 1908) was an American soldier and politician. In the spring of 1864, as Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, he was seriously wounded and this ended his career. For his services Sargent was brevetted to the rank of brigadier general.

He served as commander of the Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1876 to 1878 and was also a companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He was the first president of the Soldiers Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a position which he filled until 1884, and he remained on its board of trustees until his death.

He ran for Governor of Massachusetts as the Greenback Party candidate in 1880. After retirement he lived in California with his daughter Elizabeth.

Personal life He was married to Elizabeth Little Swett (1822–1866), the daughter of Tasker Hazard Swett. Together, they were the parents of:

Horace Binney Sargent Jr. (1847–1896) Elizabeth Hazard Sargent (1850–1920), who married Bowman H. McCalla (1844–1910), a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy William Winthrop Sargent (1851–1867), who died young. Lucius Manilus Sargent (1848–1893), who married Marian Appleton Coolidge (1853–1924), eldest daughter of Ambassador T. Jefferson Coolidge and a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Sargent died of heart disease in Santa Barbara, California on January 8, 1908.