Nathan Matthews Jr.

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, Massachusetts
Died	December 11, 1927(1927-12-11) (aged 73) Boston, Massachusetts
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic[1]
Spouse(s)	Ellen B. Sargent
Children	Sullivan Amory Matthews, Ellen Nathalie Matthews
Alma 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.

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.

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. 1 2 3 4 The Boston Almanac and Business Directory (1893), The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, Volume 58, Boston, MA: Sampson, Murdock, & CO., p. 32. 

External links

• Political Graveyard information on Nathan Matthews Jr. (1854–1927)