Nathan Matthews Jr. | |
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33rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
In office 1891 – 1894 |
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Preceded by | Thomas N. Hart |
Succeeded by | Edwin Upton Curtis |
Majority | 15,182 (1891) |
Personal details | |
Born | March 28, 1854 Boston, Massachusetts |
Died | December 11, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts |
(aged 73)
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Political party | Democratic |
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.
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.
On December 15, 1891 Mathews was reelected Mayor over Horace G. Allen by 15,182 votes.
Matthews died at Massachusetts General Hospital on December 11, 1927 from a pulmonary embolism. He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.