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Nathan Matthews, Jr. 33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts In office
1891 – 1894[1]Preceded by Thomas N. Hart Succeeded by Edwin Upton Curtis Majority 15,182 (1891)[1] Personal details Born March 28, 1854
Boston, MassachusettsDied December 11, 1927 (aged 73)
Boston, MassachusettsResting place Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Political party Democratic[1] Spouse(s) Ellen B. Sargent Children Sullivan Amory Matthews,
Ellen Nathalie MatthewsAlma mater Harvard A.B., 1876; L.L.B., 1875; L.L.D., 1909.
University of Leipzig 1876–1877.Profession Attorney Nathan Matthews, Jr. (March 28, 1854 – December 11, 1927) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as Mayor of Boston from 1891–1894.
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Biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1854, Nathan Matthews, Jr. was a lawyer-turned-politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1891–1894. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Mayoralty
On December 15, 1891 Mathews was reelected Mayor over Horace G. Allen by 15,182 votes.[1]
Death and burial
Matthews died at Massachusetts General Hospital on December 11, 1927 from a pulmonary embolism. He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
References
- Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 39-41, (1914).
- The New York Times, WEDDING IN NEWPORT.; MARRIAGE OF MISS N.B. SARGENT AND NATHAN MATTHEWS, OF BOSTON. (April 6, 1883), page 1.
- Marquis, Albert Nelson.: Who's Who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Men and Women of the State of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, (1915), page 731.
- ^ a b c d The Boston Almanac and Business Directory (1893), The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, Volume 58, Boston, MA: Sampson, Murdock, & CO., p. 32.
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Political offices Preceded by
Thomas N. Hart33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1891–1894Succeeded by
Edwin Upton CurtisMayors of Boston, Massachusetts Phillips • Quincy III • Otis • Wells • Lyman • Armstrong • Eliot • Chapman • Brimmer • Davis • Quincy, Jr. • Bigelow • Seaver • Smith • Rice • Lincoln • Wightman • Lincoln • Norcross • Sturtleff • Gaston • Pierce • Cutter* • Cobb • Prince • Pierce • Prince • Green • Palmer • Martin • O'Brien • Hart • Matthews • Curtis • Quincy • Hart • Collins • Whelton* • Fitzgerald • Hibbard • Fitzgerald • Curley • Peters • Curley • Nichols • Curley • Mansfield • Tobin • Kerrigan* • Curley • Hynes* • Curley • Hynes • Collins • White • Flynn • Menino
* denotes actingCategories:- 1854 births
- 1927 deaths
- Harvard Law School alumni
- University of Liepzig alumni
- Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts mayor stubs
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