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Nathan Matthews Jr. | |
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Mayor of Boston | |
In office 1891–1894 [1] | |
Preceded by | Thomas N. Hart |
Succeeded by | Edwin Upton Curtis |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston,Massachusetts | March 28,1854
Died | December 11,1927 73) Boston,Massachusetts | (aged
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery,Cambridge,Massachusetts |
Political party | Democratic [1] |
Spouse | Ellen B. Sargent |
Children | Sullivan Amory Matthews, Ellen Nathalie Matthews |
Alma mater | Harvard A.B.,1875;L.L.B.,1880;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 to 1894.
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]
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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 ]
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