Henry B. Lovering

Henry Bacon Lovering
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Eben F. Stone
Succeeded by	Henry Cabot Lodge
18th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office January 3, 1881[1] – January 1, 1883[1]
Preceded by	George P. Sanderson
Succeeded by	William L. Baird
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1872 1874
Personal details
Born	August 3, 1822 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Died	April 5, 1911 (aged 88)[2] Wakefield, Massachusetts[2]
Resting place	Pine Grove Cemetery
Political party	Democratic[2]
Spouse(s)	Abby J. Clifford[2]
Alma mater	Phillips Exeter Academy
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Unit	Eighth Massachusetts Regiment Third Massachusetts Cavalry
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Winchester[2]

Henry Bacon Lovering (April 8, 1841 – April 5, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lovering attended the public schools of Lynn, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.

Service in the American Civil War

During the Civil War enlisted in 1862 in the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served out his term. Lovering reenlisted in the Third Massachusetts Cavalry. Lovering served until the September 19, 1864 Battle of Winchester where he lost his left leg.^[2][3]

Service in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Lovering served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1872 and 1874.

Lynn Massachusetts Board of Assessors

Lovering was a member of the Lynn, Massachusetts Board of Assessors in 1879 and 1880.^[2]

Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts

Lovering served as the 18th Mayor of Lynn in 1881 and 1882.^[3]

Congressional service

Lovering was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Chairmen of the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention

Lovering was Chairmen of the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention of 1886.^[3]

Candidate for Governor

Lovering was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1887.^[3]

United States Marshal for Massachusetts

In 1888 Lovering was appointed United States Marshal for Massachusetts by President Cleveland,^[2] he served as Marshall until the Republicans returned to power in 1891.

Later career

Lovering was Warden of the State prison 1891-1893, United States pension agent at Boston 1894-1898, Sealer of weights and measures for the city of Boston, Massachusetts from 1902 to 1905, and Superintendent of the Chardon Street Soldiers' Home at Boston from 1905-1907.

Death and Burial

Lovering moved to Wakefield, Massachusetts, in 1907, where he died at the residence of his son^[2][3] on April 5, 1911.^[3] Lovering was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts.

References

• United States Congress. "Henry B. Lovering (id: L000464)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Notes

1. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & CO., p. 261.
2. Metcalf, Henry Harrison (June 1911), The Granite Monthly, Vol XLIII, No. 6; New Hampshire Necrology Hon. Henry B. Lovering, Concord, New Hampshire: Granite Monthly Company, p. 222.
3. The New York Times (April 6, 1911), Ex-Congressman Henry B. Lovering., New York, New York: New York Times, p. 11.

External links

• Ex-Congressman Henry B. Lovering. New York Times Obituary, April 6, 1911

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