Horace G. Hutchins

Horace Green Hutchins (July 20, 1811 – April 7, 1877) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the seventh mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Horace Green Hutchins[1]
Seventh Mayor
of Charlestown, Massachusetts[2]
In office
1861–1861
Preceded byJames Dana
Succeeded byPhineas J. Stone
President of the[3]
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Common Council[1]
In office
1855[3]  1857[3]
Preceded byPhineas J. Stone[4]
Succeeded byWilliam W. Peirce[5]
Member of the
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward One
In office
1854–1857
Personal details
BornJuly 20, 1811[2]
Bath, New Hampshire[2]
DiedApril 7, 1877[2]
Roxbury, Massachusetts[6]
Spouse(s)Julia Hannah Hurd[1]
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College[6] A.M.; Harvard law school[1]
OccupationAttorney

Early life and education

Hutchins was born in Bath, New Hampshire on July 20, 1811[6] to Hon. Samuel and Rosanna (Childs) Hutchins.[1] Hutchins graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1830.[7] He then attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated with an A.M. degree[1] in 1835.[6] Hutchins studied law with Rufus Choate and at Harvard.[1] In October 1839 Hutchins was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.[6] On October 22, 1844 Hutchins married Julia Hanna Hurd, the daughter of John Hurd of Boston.[1]

Political offices

Hutchens was elected to represent Chalestown's Ward 1 in the city's Common Council for the term beginning 1854,[4] he served as a member of the Common Council from 1854 to 1857.[8] Hutchens served as President of the Charlestown Common Council from 1855 to 1857, Hutchins was the mayor of Charlestown in 1861.[9]

Notes

  1. Chapman, George Thomas (1867), Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College: From the First Graduation in 1771 To The Present Time, With a Brief History of the Institution, Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, p. 277.
  2. City of Boston (1889), Municipal Register, Boston, MA: City of Boston, p. 365.
  3. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 348–349. Printed by Order of the City Council.
  4. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867..., p. 347.
  5. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867..., p. 349.
  6. Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 415.
  7. Phillips Exeter Academy (1884), Exercises at the Centennial Celebration of the founding of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, MA: Phillips Exeter Academy, p. 56.
  8. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 347–349. Printed by Order of the City Council.
  9. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 348–349, 351. Printed by Order of the City Council.
Political offices
Preceded by
James Dana
Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
1861
to
1861
Succeeded by
Phineas J. Stone


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