Nathan Matthews Jr.

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Nathan Matthews Jr.
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33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
1891–1894[1]
Preceded byThomas N. Hart
Succeeded byEdwin Upton Curtis
Majority15,182 (1891)[1]
Personal details
BornMarch 28, 1854
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 11, 1927(1927-12-11) (aged 73)
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic[1]
Spouse(s)Ellen 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

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

Biography[]

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 1891–1894. 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. They had two children, Ellen Natalie Matthews and Sullivan Amory Matthews.[2]

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.

See also[]

  • Timeline of Boston, 1890s

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.
  1. ^ Jump up to: 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
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Warren, Charles (1908). History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America. volume 3. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 356. |volume= has extra text (help)

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Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas N. Hart
33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1891–1894
Succeeded by
Edwin Upton Curtis


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