Nathan Matthews Jr.

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Nathan Matthews Jr. (March 28, 1854 – December 11, 1927) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894.

Nathan Matthews Jr.
Mayor of Boston
In office
1891–1894[1]
Preceded byThomas N. Hart
Succeeded byEdwin Upton Curtis
Personal details
Born(1854-03-28)March 28, 1854
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 11, 1927(1927-12-11) (aged 73)
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseEllen B. Sargent
ChildrenSullivan Amory Matthews,
Ellen Nathalie Matthews
Alma materHarvard A.B., 1875; L.L.B., 1880; L.L.D., 1909.
University of Leipzig 1876–1877.
ProfessionAttorney

Biography

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Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1854, son of Nathan and Albertine (Bunker) Matthews.[2] Nathan Matthews Jr. was a lawyer-turned-politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Matthews earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1875 and a LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1880.[2] He married Ellen Bacon, daughter of Col. Lucius Manlius Sargent Jr. on April 5, 1883.[3] They had two children, Ellen Natalie Matthews and Sullivan Amory Matthews.[2]

Mayoralty

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On December 15, 1891, Mathews was reelected Mayor over Horace G. Allen by 15,182 votes.[1]

Death and burial

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Matthews died at Massachusetts General Hospital on December 11, 1927, from a pulmonary embolism.[citation needed] He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  • 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).
  • 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.
  1. ^ a b c The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, Volume 58, Boston, MA: Sampson, Murdock, & CO., 1893, p. 32
  2. ^ a b c Warren, Charles (1908). History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America. Vol. 3. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 356.
  3. ^ "Wedding in Newport; Marriage of Miss N. B. Sargent and Nathan Matthews, of Boston". The New York Times. Newport. April 6, 1883. p. 1. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.

Further reading

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Political offices
Preceded by 33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1891–1894
Succeeded by