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 (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. 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)