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Nathan Matthews Jr. (March 28, 1854 – December 11, 1927) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894.

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1854, son of Nathan and Albertine (Bunker) Matthews.^[2] Nathan Matthews Jr. was a lawyer-turned-politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Matthews earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1875 and a LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1880.^[2] He married Ellen Bacon, daughter of Col. Lucius Manlius Sargent Jr. on April 5, 1883.^[3] They had two children, Ellen Natalie Matthews and Sullivan Amory Matthews.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Timeline of Boston, 1890s
• 1890 Boston mayoral election
• 1891 Boston mayoral election
• 1892 Boston mayoral election
• 1893 Boston mayoral election

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).
• 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.

Further reading

• Matthews, Nathan. The City Government of Boston : a Valedictory Address to the Members of the City Council, January 5, 1895. Rockwell and Churchill, 1895.

External links

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