Nathan Matthews Jr.

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, Massachusetts
In office
1891–1894[1]
Preceded byThomas N. Hart
Succeeded byEdwin Upton Curtis
Majority15,182 (1891)[1]
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

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

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

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).
  • 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. The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, Volume 58, Boston, MA: Sampson, Murdock, & CO., 1893, p. 32
  2. 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.

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