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1870 Thomas J. Cate, Winslow Eager, William F. Farnham, Smith B. W. Davis ( President ), Andrew C. Stone, Edward McCoy, Augustus S. Bunker, Martin O'Sullivan, William F Gearin, Henry J. Couch, Patrick Murphy, James Kiley, James W. Bailey, Cyrus Williams, Richard Wheelwright, Mark Manahan, Frank E. Wheeler. George A. Nelson.
1871 Winslow Eager, George B. Smart, James F. Megin, J. Frank Gilbert, Edward McCoy, Andrew C. Stone ( President ). James G. Abbott. Augus- tus S. Bunker, Martin O'Sullivan, Timothy Deacey, Henry J. Conch, Patrick Murphy, Patrick Foster, Cyrus Williams, Richard Wheelwright, James Miles, Frank E. Wheeler, Edwin Ayer, Warren Stevens.
1872 George B. Smart, Abel Webster, George W. Russell, James G. Abbott. Charles H. Littlefield, Charles T. Emerson, Timothy Deacey, Henry P. Doe, James W. Joyce, Henry J. Couch, James Murphy, William Hanrahan, James Miles, Levi Emery, Lorenzo D. Sargent (President), Elisha B. Cutler. John L. Webster, John Dane.
1873 George W. Russell. Baldwin Coolidge, Louis Hefner, Charles H. Little- field, Granville M. Stoddard, Charles C. Whitney, James W. Joyce, William W. Emery, James Noonan, Duncan Wood, William Hanrahan, John Gilmartin, Everett P. Richardson, Lorenzo D. Sargent ( President ), Cyrus T. Moore, John L. Webster, John Dane, E. B. Cutler.
1874 William Cannon, Henry P. Chandler, Henry E. Burckel. Patrick J. Kelley, Charles H. Schoenland, Edward Devlin, James O'Dea, James Noonan, James Watts, James Murphy, Daniel F. Dolan (President), George O. Clifford, Everett P. Richardson, Thomas Scott, Cornelius J. Tighe, Samuel White, John L. Webster, George Littlefield.
1875 Charles W. Stevens, James S. Hutchinson, John Brown, John L. Brews- ter (President ), C. H. Ernest Keilhau, Thomas Kenney, Prescott G. Pillsbury, James Watts, D. Frank Robinson, Robert Hanghton, Edwin Lyford, George Sanborn, Levi Emery, Lewis G. Holt, Samuel Hardacre, William T. McAlpine. Jesse Moulton, Thomas Dean.
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GENERAL STATISTICS
1876 Charles W. Stevens, Albin Yeaw, William F. Wiesner, John L. Brewster ( President ), Thomas Kenney, C. H. Ernest Keilhau, John Breen, John F. Hogan, Prescott G. Pillsbury, George Sanborn, Robert Haughton, Josiah N. Pratt, Samuel Hardacre, Lewis G. Holt, Levi Emery, William C. Luscomb, John Daley, James Moffett.
1877 Albin Yeaw, James S. Barrie (President), Joseph Cleveland, Patrick Sweeney, Michael Rinn, Edward H. Dickie, Edgar H. Drew, William H. Keefe, John Breen, Michael Mann, Nathaniel Ambrose, J. Clinton White, George N. Austin, George H. McFarlin, George W. Horn, Joseph Barnes, Samuel Barrett, James McLaughlin, James B. Wiggin, George E. Follansbee, John Foley.
1878 Seth F. Dawson, Marcus W. Copps, Henry P. Danforth, Edward H. Dickie, Andrew Sharpe, Henry Behrmann, William H. Keefe, Michael Mann, Daniel F. McCarthy, Francis Gorman, George N. Austin, J. Clinton White, Henry K. Webster ( President ), George W. Horn, Joseph Barnes, John Phillips, Joseph H. Stafford, Charles E. Knowles, William T. McAlpine.
1879 James Moorehouse, Marcus W. Copps, George W. Stafford, Andrew Sharpe, Charles Morrison, Charles McCarthy, Daniel F. McCarthy, Francis Gorman, James Murphy, Henry K. Webster ( President), Merrill N. Howe, Charles H. Davis, John Phillips, John Paisley, Jr., Charles H. Bean, Michael A. McCormick, John O Sullivan, George S. Williams, Timothy J. Buckley.
1880 James Moorehouse, Oscar A. Frye, F. W. Theodor Erler, John P. Kennedy, Charles Morrison, Portal M. Black, Thomas Griffin, Cornelius Sullivan, James A. Coughlin, Merrill N. Howe ( President ), Charles H. Davis, Thomas Ayrey, Charles H. Bean, John Paisley, Jr., George W. Chandler, Michael A. McCormick, Michael F. Collins, John Hartley.
1881 Oscar A. Frye, Gustave Graichen, James C. Fisher, William A. Kelleher, Herbert S. Rice, Charles U. Bell ( President ), Patrick O'Connor, James A. Coughlin, Thomas Griffin, Thomas Ayrey, Alfred L. Mellen, Charles L. Place, George Collins, Charles A. Trumbull, Cornelius Whitehead, Michael F. Collins, John J. Kilbride, Wendell W. Beal.
1882
James C. Fisher, Harry E. Smith, Ernest E. Dick, Charles U. Bell, Ed- ward Costello, William A. Kelleher, Patrick O'Connor, Maurice Lyons, Anthony Corwan, Eugene A. McCarthy, Henry A. Buell, Moses F. Hutchinson ( President ), Cornelius Whitehead, John N. Ellingwood, John H. Stafford, Patrick A. Lenane, John J. Kilbride, Franklin B. Davis.
1883 Rufus Andrews, George L. Gage, John L. Cross, Richard Doyle, John F. McQueeney, Thomas F. Condon, Patrick Ford, John Morrissey, Pat- rick F. Halley, Thomas J. Morrissey, Charles H. Littlefield, Eugene A. McCarthy ( President ), Charles Lacaillade, John N. Ellingwood, Joseph E. Watts, William Sharrock, Patrick A. Lenane, Franklin B. Davis, John J Nugent.
1884 Rufus Andrews, Henry E. Burckel, Andrew S. Arthur, Richard Doyle, John F. McQueeney, Thomas Murray, Thomas J. Morrissey, Patrick F. Halley (President), Anthony Corwan, William H. Burnham, Charles Lacaillade, Archelaus- Bolduc, Milton B. Townsend, Joseph E. Watts, James G. Abbott, John J. Nugent, John Campbell, Dennis W. Murphy. 1885 Harry E. Smith, Joseph H. Wheeler, James Lane, William G. Hill, William H. Abbott, George I. Haeberle, James O'Neill, Timothy F. O'Hearn, Michael F. Sullivan, John O'Brien, Phineas W. Haseltine, John A. Brackett, Peter W. Lyall, James G. Abbott, Jr., (President), Thomas H. Somerville, William J. Hinchcliffe, William Cooney, Jonathan Auty, Dennis W. Murphy.
1886
William Hooper, William H. Dawson, John M. Graham, Frederick M. Libbey, William J. Barry, Owen F. Malley, Thomas Goodwin, William J. McCarthy, Michael F. Sullivan (President), John O'Brien, Moses E. Woodbury. Benjamin P. Cheney, Martin Golden, Richard H. Fox, Thomas H. Somerville, William J. Hinchcliffe, John F. McCarthy, Patrick C. Ward, Patrick J. Graham.
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LAWRENCE-YESTERDAY AND TODAY
1887 Frederick M. Libbey, William Henderson, Walter H. Langshaw, Owen F. Malley, William F. Sheedy, Timothy J. Kelleher, David Doyle, James H. Weldon, James McConville, Moses E. Woodbury, Henry A. Musk, Thomas Gilmartin, Richard H. Fox ( President). William Chadwick, William W. Dean, Patrick J. Graham, John F. McCarthy, Harry Whittemore.
1888 Frederick M. Libbey ( President), William Henderson, William E. Brad- bury, Timothy J. Kelleher, William F. Sheedy, Michael J. Clark, David Doyle, James McConville, James H. Weldon, Henry A. Musk, Charles W. Howard, James M. Learned, William Chadwick, George Hartley, William L. Seaver, Charles E. Bradley, Robert E. Burke, John J. O'Brien.
1889 William E. Bradbury ( President ), Emil C. Stiegler, George W. Hall, Michael J. Clark, Henry E. Sugatt, John F. Doyle, Dennis E. Halley, John M. Lynch, William Nicholson, Charles W. Howard, James M. Learned, Arthur A. Bailey, George Hartley, William L. Seaver, James H. Derbyshire, William Burrage, Lewis P. Collins, Ellsworth W. Hastings.
1890 George W. Hall ( President ), Emil C. Stiegler, A. Herbert Robinson, John F. Doyle, Henry E. Sugatt, Fred N. Abbott, Dennis E. Halley, John M. Lynch, John D. Mahoney, Robert Barker, George S. Junkins, Isaac N. Wilson, Benjamin C. Ames, Charles F. Sargent, James H. Derbyshire, John W. Bolton, John J. Murphy, Ellsworth W. Hastings.
I891 A. Herbert Robinson, Henry W. Gesing, George C. Bosson, Jr., Fred N. Abbott, George H. Goldsmith, H. Dennie Morse, John D. Mahoney, Maurice Ryan, Cornelius Sullivan, Robert Barker, Isaac N. Wilson, Harry R. Dow, Benjamin C. Ames, Charles F. Sargent (President), Ezra W. Hodgkins, John J. Murphy, William R. Sawyer, Michael J. Sullivan.
1892 John T. Beanland, Edwin J. Cate, Charles E. Wingate, Thomas A. Brooks. John P. Kane ( President ), Frank J. Whelan ( President), William G. Kennedy, John A. McGowan, John P. Ryan, Harry R. Dow, Amie D. V. Bourget, Patrick J. Finn, Ezra W. Hodgkins, James H. Barnes, Fred R. Warren, Edward Braithwaite, Michael J. Dempsey, Robert Thompson,
1893 John T. Beanland, Edwin J. Cate, Benjamin H. Forbes, James O'Neill, Fred A. Sylvester, Frank S. Turner, William G. Kennedy, John P. Ryan, Thomas J. Burns, Harry R. Dow ( President ), J. Frank James, William A. Schenk. James H. Barnes. Fred R. Warren, John R. H. Ward, Andrew A. Chalmers, Dennis F. Durgin, John W. Godin.
1894 John T. Beanland ( President ), Benjamin H. Forbes, Charles H. Guen- ther. James O'Neill, John Davey, Peter M. Sweeney, Thomas J. Burns, John E. Ganley, John T. Hart, Ira D. Blandin. Albert S. Lang, Nathan O. Magoon, John R. H. Ward. William H. Rankin, Frank A. Rowell, Andrew A. Chalmers, Dennis F. Durgin, John W. Godin.
1895 Benjamin H. Forbes, Charles H. Guenther, Willoughby W. Lathrop, John P. S. Mahoney ( President), Andrew J. McCarthy, Bernard T. O'Connell, John F. Ganley, John J. Hart, Edward F. Joyce, John J. Bartley, Jeremiah J. Desmond, William H. Forbes, Fred A. Gray, Fred- erick Patch, Frank A. Rowell, Edward L. Arundel, John P. Black, Jeremiah O'Leary.
1896 Willoughby W. Lathrop, George Campbell, Jr., Charles E. Pearce, George P. Low, George W. Smith, Andrew J. McCarthy, Edward F. Joyce, Jeremiah J. Carey, Edward P. Morton, John E. Barr, Omar E. Couch, John F. Shea, Frederick Patch ( President), Alexander H. Rogers, Walter E. Rushforth, Edward L. Arundel, John H. Bedell, Andrew Craig.
1897 George Campbell, Charles A. Knox. Louis K. Siegel, Andrew J. McCarthy ( President), Michael H. Bradley, Michael F. Sullivan. Thomas F. Hadley, Frank J. O'Brien, John F. Sullivan, John F. Shea, William Daley, John A. Patterson, Alexander H. Rogers, Joseph S. Chambers, John E. H. Latham, James Forbes, Walter A. Savage, Joseph A. Woodhall.
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GENERAL STATISTICS
1898 Charles A. Knox (President), George Mowat, Louis K. Siegel, Archie N. Frost, Daniel H. Logue, John F. Quinn, Edward C. Callahan, Dennis H. Finn, John F. Hannon, William Collins, William Daley, George Theberge, Ezra G. Hinckley, Orrin J. Randlett, Walter E. Rushforth, Frederick A. Carr, Henry B. Lane, Walter A. Savage.
I899 George Mowat, Emil J. Muehlig, John H. Spinlow, John Casey, James P. Flynn, Daniel H. Logue ( President), Edward C. Callahan, Andrew Griffin, Jr., Bartholomew A. Young, William Collins, John F. Connor, George Theberge, Albert H. Evans, Robert F. Pickels, Frank Smith, Thomas A. Arundel, Harmon T. Drew, William H. Knowles.
1900 John H. Spinlow, Emil J. Muehlig, William Hoffarth, James P. Flynn (President ), Michael F. Scanlon, James E. Gurry, Henry P. Hart, William Farrell. Joseph F. Kennedy, William B. Bartley, John F. Connor, Fred S. McCarthy, Frank Smith, Albert H. Evans, Charles H. Choate, Timothy Lynch, John Donohue, Thomas Maxwell.
190I Gustav Plisch, Richard Koerner, Walter W. Hager, Richard A. Linehan, John Casey, Michael F. Scanlon, Henry P. Hart, Joseph F. Kennedy, James E. Ryan, William B. Bartley ( President ), Fred S. McCarthy, John W. Tatham, Charles H. Choate ( President ), Charles H. Morgan, John A. Evans, George Beedles, Andrew W. Campbell, John Halsted.
1902 Richard Koerner (President). Walter W. Hager, Emil H. Wilde, Timothy F. O'Neill, William C. Cusack, Jeremiah F. Gearin, Michael P. Finnegan, Joseph P. Garvey, James A. Mulcahey, Joseph Doyle, Arthur A. White, Joseph L. Dooley, Priestly Fitzgerald, John A. Evans, Charles H. Morgan, Andrew W. Campbell, George Beedles, John Halstead. 1903 Alfred J. Burckel, Charles A. Salisbury, James Forbes, Timothy O'Neill (President ), Fred W. Gay, Alexander W. Sheriff, Michael P. Finnegan, William A. Kelleher, Jeremiah Mahoney, Arthur A. White, John J. Collins, Joseph L. Dooley, Orrell Ashton, Priestly Fitzgerald, James R. Tetler, William H. Knowles, John McCrillis, John J. O'Brien.
1904
Alfred J. Burckel, Anton L. Weidner, George T. Stansfield, James J. Ahearn, Frederick Gehring, Edward J. Ward, James A. Connors, William A. Kelleher ( President), Jeremiah J. Mahoney, Daniel W. Mahony, John P. O'Brien, John J. Collins, James R. Tetler, Benjamin L. Weeks, Albert Wilkinson, John J. O'Brien, John McCrillis, Fenn W. Boody.
1905 Anton L. Weidner, Lewis H. Schwartz, Alvin L. Hofmann, James J. Ahearn, Edward J. Ward, John P. Lahey, James A. Connors. John T. Kilcoyne, Frank A. Sullivan, Daniel W. Mahoney, John P. O'Brien, Michael Welch, Jr., Joseph A. Edmond, Harry Simpson, Albert Wilkin- son, Andrew E. Cantwell, Charles Cate, John J. O'Brien ( President).
1906 Alvin L. Hofmann, Fred Knight, Lewis H. Schwartz, Edward A. Dolan, Eugene B. Griffin, Thomas F. Scanlon, James J. Finegan, Stephen J. Scully, Joseph A. Tosney, John T. Manion, Michael A. Scanlon, Michael Welch, Jr., (President ), Joseph A. Edmond, Harry Simpson, Henry H. Wildes, Patrick J. Casey, Charles Cate, Patrick W. Connors.
1907 Arthur Bower. Henry C. Gebelein, John F. Young, Edward A. Dolan, Eugene B. Griffin, Thomas F. Scanlon, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Joseph Hayes, Joseph A. Tosney, John T. Manion ( President), Daniel McCabe, Michael Welch, Jr., Timothy Bee, Joseph A. Mosher, Henry H. Wildes, Patrick J. Casey. Florence D. McCarthy, John J. McCarthy.
1908 Arthur Bower, Herman Grunwald, Carl A. Woekel, Jr., James A. Coyne, Thomas M. Jordan, Henry J. Nichols, Michael Brown, Joseph Hayes, Joseph A. Kennedy, Bernard J. Bresnahan, David D. O'Connell, Fred J. Watson. Timothy Bee, Thomas Hughes, Joseph A. Mosher, George F. Hoar, Florence D. McCarthy, John J. McCarthy (President).
1909 Jacob Doerr, Herman Grunwald, Albert E. Knuepfer, Seth Cooper, John J. McCarthy, Thomas M. Jordan, John Joseph Ford, John J. Holley, John T. Busby, Michael J. Dooley, Joseph H. Maxwell, Eugene A. McCarthy, Jr., Frederick W. Briggs, Thomas Hughes (President), Char- les P. Rushforth, Frank E. Ferguson, Ambrose J. Godin, John Hennessey.
228
LAWRENCE-YESTERDAY AND TODAY
1910 Joseph F. Adams, Jacob Doerr, Albin Ulrich, Bernard J. Keaveny, Henry J. Nichols, David Noonan, Thaddeus J. Begley, Frank D. Foley, John F. Morrissey, Michael J. Dooley, Joseph H. Maxwell, Eugene A. Mc- Carthy, Jr., ( President), Charles P. Rushforth, Joseph Spencer, L. Morton Taylor, Thomas A. Welch, Edgar W. Shea, John J. Nugent, Jr.
I9II Adam Boehm, Robert Leupold, Albin Ulrich, Michael H. Collopy, Bernard J. Keaveny ( President), David Noonan, Thaddeus J. Begley, Frank D. Foley, John F. Morrissey, Michael Joseph Fay, John McMahon, John A. O'Donnell, Frederick W. Briggs, James J. Carney, Joseph A. Hurley, Joseph M. O'Dowd, James H. Quinn, Thomas A. Welch.
Note :- The Councilmen are named in the order of the wards they rep- resented, three being elected from each of the six wards. Common Council abolished under new charter in 1912.
COMMISSION GOVERNMENTS 1912 MAYOR Michael A. Scanlon ALDERMEN
Paul Hannagan Director of Engineering Michael S. O'Brien Director of Public Property and Parks
Cornelius F. Lynch Director of Public Safety Robert S. Maloney Director of Public Health and Charities
1913 MAYOR Michael A. Scanlon ALDERMEN
Paul Hannagan Director of Engineering Alfred Bradbury Director of Public Property and Parks
Cornelius F. Lynch Director of Public Safety John S. Todd Director of Public Health and Charities
1914 MAYORS Michael A. Scanlon (Died August 16 1914) John P. Kane (Elected to fill vacancy) ALDERMEN
Paul Hannagan Director of Engineering Alfred Bradbury Director of Public Property and Parks
James W. Cadogan Director of Public Safety John S. Todd Director of Public Health and Charities
1915 MAYOR John P. Kane ALDERMEN
Paul Hannagan Director of Engineering John A. Flanagan Director of Public Property and Parks
James W. Cadogan Director of Public Safety Robert S. Maloney Director of Public Health and Charities
1916 MAYOR John J. Hurley ALDERMEN
John F. Finnegan Director of Engineering
James W. Cadogan Director of Public Safety
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GENERAL STATISTICS
John A. Flanagan Director of Public Property and Parks
Robert S. Maloney Director of Public Health and Charities
1917 MAYOR John J. Hurley ALDERMEN
John F. Finnegan Director of Engineering John A. Flanagan Director of Public Property and Parks
James W. Cadogan Director of Public Safety Robert S. Maloney Director of Public Health and Charities
1918 MAYOR John J. Hurley ALDERMEN
John F. Finnegan Director of Engineering John A. Flanagan
Director of Public Property and Parks
Peter Carr Director of Public Safety Robert S. Maloney Director of Public Health and Charities
VOTE FOR MAYOR
1853 C. S. Storrow, whig, 577 48.4
Dana Sargent, dem., Scattering,
21
1854 Enoch Bartlett, dem., 651
529
67
1868
1855 Albert Warren, k. not'g, 1037
Elkanah F. Bean, dem., 81
82
1856 Albert Warren, k. not'g, 758
John R. Rollins, ind., 386
1857 John R. Rollins, ind., 801 Thomas Wright, whig, 570
Scattering, 6
1858 John R. Rollins, ind., 720
Nathaniel G. White, dem., 76 Scattering, 4
1874 John K. Tarbox, cit., Scattering,
1875 R. H. Tewksbury, rep.,
N. P. H. Melvin, dem., E. R. Hayden, dem., 2162
1843
1877
William S. Knox, rep., Caleb Saunders, dem., A. A. Currier, rep.,
2283 2010 2365
1878 James R. Simpson, rep., Caleb Saunders, dem.,
1795
1863 Wm. H. P. Wright, rep., N. P. H. Melvin, dem.,
1864 Alfred J. French, rep., 720
John Beetle, dem., 615
Nicholas Chapman, dem., 1865 Milton Bonney, rep., 762 270 894 1866 Pardon Armington, rep., Nathaniel G. White, cit., 828 959 831
1867 N. P. H. Melvin, dem., Lemuel A. Bishop, rep., N. P. H. Melvin, dem., Frederick Butler, rep., 1869 Frank Davis, rep., N. P. H. Melvin, dem., N. P. H. Melvin, dem., John B. Atkinson, rep.,
1406 668 1551 1396 1518
Nathan W. Harmon, whig, Scattering, 7
1870
1871 S. B. W. Davis, rep., 1872 John J. Doland, dem., S. B. W. Davis, rep., John J. Doland, dem., Daniel Hardy, pro.,
1522 1726 1604 55 1959
1859 Henry K. Oliver, rep., 886 Daniel Saunders, Jr., dem., 589 Scattering, 5
1860 Daniel Saunders, Jr., dem., 820 John R. Rollins, rep., 646
1876
1861 James K. Barker, rep., 967 Benj. F. Watson, dem., 567
Scattering, 3
805 506
1879 James R. Simpson, rep., Thomas F. Tucker, dem., H. W. K. Eastman, gr., 1880 James R. Simpson, rep., John K. Tarbox, dem.,
2087
1519
443
2311
2006
1862 Wm. H. P. Wright, rep., Nathaniel G. White, dem., James K. Barker, rep., 87 759 632
1873 John K. Tarbox, dem., S. B. W. Davis, rep., 1685 22II 24 2396 1555
1363 1665
Geo. W. Benson, whig, James D. Herrick, ind., Scattering, 12
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LAWRENCE-YESTERDAY AND TODAY
1881 Henry K. Webster, rep., 2556
1897
George S. Junkins, rep., 4241
John Breen, dem., 2363
James F. Leonard, dem., 4225
1882 John Breen, dem., 2932
Wm. T. McAlpine, rep., 2363
1883 John Breen, dem.,
2934
Charles U. Bell, rep., 2656 3062
1900
1901 James F. Leonard, dem., Richard W. Ellis, rep ..
5058 3967 4604
1886 A. B. Bruce, dem.,
2961
1902
James F. Leonard, dem.,
4417
1887 A. B. Bruce, dem.,
2559
1903 Alexander L. Grant, rep., James F. Leonard, dem.,
4101
Daniel Hardy, pro., 94
1904 Cornelius F. Lynch, dem., Henry B. Lane, rep., Cornelius F. Lynch, dem., 1905 Moses Marshall, rep.,
4353
A. B. Bruce, dem.,
2332
1906 John P. Kane, dem.,; Moses Marshall, rep.,
4623
Alvin E. Mack, rep.,
2815
1907 John P. Kane, dem.,
5178
1891 Lewis P. Collins, rep.,
3418
Robert F. Pickels, rep.,
3897
D. F. McCarthy, dem., C. R. Lawrence, pro., 57
2766
1908 John P. Kane, dem., 4524 Wm. P. White, ind. cit., 3540 Alvin E. Mack, rep.,
1950
1893
Alvin E. Mack, rep.,
3627
Charles G. Rutter, dem.,
3457
1910
Wm. P. White, rep., John T. Cahill, dem.,
4671
1895 Charles G. Rutter, dem., 3723
19II John T. Cahill, dem.,
5216
George S. Junkins, rep., 3641
1896
George S. Junkins, rep., 4302
James F. Leonard, dem., 3437
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
1912-'13 Michael A. Scanlon, 5975 Michael J. Sullivan, 3977
1916-'17 John J. Hurley, 5786
John P. Kane,
5258
*1914 Michael A. Scanlon, 4968
1918-'19 John J. Hurley, 6506
William P. White, 4801
John P. Kane,
4253
** 1914-'15 John P. Kane, 5474
William P. White, 5177
*Died August 16, 1914.
** Elected at City Election to fill unexpired term,
TOWN AND CITY TREASURERS
1847 Daniel Saunders
1887-'91 Edward P. Poor
1848 Nathaniel White
1892 Daniel C. O'Sullivan
1849 Daniel Saunders 1893-'94
Walter R. Rowe
1850-'52 George W. Sanborn I895
Franklin B. Davis
1853 Brackett H. Clark
1896-'97
Walter R. Rowe Arthur A. Bailey
1854 Daniel Hardy
1898-'01
William H. Russell Daniel F. Murray
1865-'73 Robert H. Tewksbury
1904
1874 Elihu W. Colcord
1875-'82 Albert V. Bugbee
1883-'86 Patrick Murphy
1910-
1905-'08 Barry T. O'Connell 1909 William N. Hamel William A. Kelleher
5722
1888 Alvin E. Mack, rep.,
3177
4019
D. F. McCarthy, dem.,
2521
4990
1889 Alvin E. Mack, rep.,
3530
51.42
1890 J. W. Crawford, dem.,
2914
1892 Henry P. Doe, dem., Lewis P. Collins, rep.,
3418
1909 W. P. White. rep., ind. 1., Michael F. Cronin, dem.,
5157
1894
Charles G. Rutter, dem., John L. Brewster, rep.,
3874
Joseph Donovan, ind.,
146
Rudolph Miller, rep., 3045
P. B. Robinson, rep., 1972
2582
4431 1898 James H. Eaton, rep., 4968 James E. Donoghue, dem., 4083 1899 James H. Eaton, rep., John P. S. Mahoney, dem., 4243 James F. Leonard, dem., James H. Eaton, rep., 4515 4188
1884 John Breen, dem., Charles U. Bell, rep.,
1885 James R. Simpson, rep.,
3052
A. B. Bruce, dem.
2425
Byron Truell, rep.,
2302
Alexander L. Grant, rep.,
5220
3025
6233
3690
3624
1855-'64 Nathaniel Wilson 1902-'03
231
VOTE ON LICENSE
*1881 Yes, 3158
No,
1858
1900
Yes, 5623
No,
2892
1882 Yes,
3427
No,
1319
1901
Yes,
5812
No,
2868
1883
Yes, 3158
No,
968
1902
Yes, 5595
No, 3153
1884 Yes, 2441
No,
878
1903
Yes, Yes,
5965
No,
3749
1886
Yes,
2529
No,
1346
1905
Yes,
5188 5692
No,
3602
1887
Yes, 2460
No,
2688
1906
Yes,
5515
No, No,
3177
1889
Yes,
2792
No, No, No,
2393
1908
Yes, Yes,
5931 61.45
No,
3292
1891
Yes,
3182
No.
3085
1910
Yes,
5280
No,
2493
1892
Yes,
2965
No, No,
4004
19II
6389
No,
3117
1893
Yes,
3932
No.
2813
1894
Yes,
3857
No,
3423
1913
Yes, Yes,
5969 5520
No, No,
3367 4918
1896
Yes,
4539
No, No, No,
3897
1916
Yes, 6617
No,
4527
1898
Yes,
5105
No, 3269
1917
Yes, 6854
No. 3736
1899
Yes,
5283
No, 2673
*Beginning of Local Option on the License Question.
Note :-- From 1852 to 1875 prohibition was in effect, except from 1870 to 1875 the sale of beers and light wines was permitted. From 1875 to 1881 the question was left to the discretion of the Board of Aldermen. From 1881 to date, local option in vogue-Question determined by the people and, until 1895, licenses were granted by the Board of Aldermen. In 1895 the first grant was made by the newly appointed License Commission. On July Ist, 1888, the so-called High License statute went into effect, affecting the licenses granted the following May. The first License Commission comprised :- John P. Sweeney, chairman : Walter E. Parker and James E. Donoghue.
JUDGES OF POLICE COURT
Joseph Couch (Trial Justice) 1846-48
Nathan W. Harmon
1878-1887
William Stevens
1848-76 Andrew C. Stone
1887-1905
Wm. H. P. Wright (served) 1877 Jeremiah J. Mahoney 1905 to date
CHIEFS OF POLICE
Gilman F. Sanborn, 1847 to 1848
M. Batchelder, Aug., 1875 to 1877 Jas. T. O'Sullivan, 1877 to 1878
Nathaniel Ambrose,
1848 to 1849
James D. Herrick, 1849 to 1850
Moulton Batchelder, 1878 to 1881
Nathaniel Ambrose,
1850 to 1853
Hiram R. Neal, 1881 to 1882
Harvey L. Fuller,
1853 to 1854
Jas. T. O'Sullivan,
1882 to 1885
Leonard Stoddard,
1854 to 1855
Hiram R. Neal, 1885 to 1886
Chandler Bailey,
1855 to 1856
Jas. T. O'Sullivan, 1886 to 1888
Joseph H. Keyes,
1856 to 1857
Clinton P. Vose, 1888 to July, 1891 John Sheehan, July, 1891 to 1896
John S. Perkins,
1857 to 1859
David Bailey, 1896 to 1898
Edmund R. Hayden,
1861 to 1862
Noah Parkman, John W. Porter, 1862 to 1864 Chandler Bailey, Jan. to Aug. 1864
John Sheehan, 1906 to 1909 1909 to 19II
Chase Philbrick, Aug. 1864 to 1870
James E. Shepard, 1870 to 1871
Chase Philbrick, 1871 to 1873
Lyman Prescott, 1873 to 1875
*Timothy J. O'Brien,
1918 to ...
James M. Currier, Jan. to Aug., 1875
*Acting Chief of Police.
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No, 3376
1885 Yes,
2380
No, 1232
1904
1907
Yes,
5931
No,
3743
1890
Yes, 3326
2655
1909
Yes, Yes, 6224
1895
Yes,
4182
3331
3775
1915
Yes, 6089
No,
4844
1897
Yes,
4863
George W. Porter,
1859 to 1860 1860 to 1861
Michael J. Murphy, 1898 to 1900 Jas. T. O'Sullivan, 1900 to 1906
Richard Fox. Jas. T. O'Sullivan, 1911 to Mar., 1912 *John J. Sullivan, Mar., 1912 to 1914 Maurice F. McKenna, 1914 to 1918
2944
1888
Yes, 3708
1937
3390
1912
1914
GENERAL STATISTICS
232
LAWRENCE-YESTERDAY AND TODAY
CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
James D. Herrick, 1849 to 1851
Dennis Wholley, 1877 to 1878
Samuel I. Thompson,
1851 to 1852
William E. Heald, 1878 to 1884
William M. Kimball, 1852 to 1854
Michael F. Collins, 1884 to 1885
Luther Ladd, 1854 to 1857
Zachary T. Merrill, 1885 to 1891
Lorenzo D. Sargent, 1857 to 1859
Luther Ladd, 1859 to 1862
Benjamin Booth, 1862 to 1868
George K. Wiggin,
1868 to 1871
Luther Ladd,
1871 to 1873
Albert R. Brewster, 1873 to 1875
Melvin Beal,
1875 to 1877
*Acting Chief.
#Department reorganized, when the system of electing chief engineers was changed.
CLERKS OF POLICE COURT
William H. Parsons
Charles E. Briggs
Henry F. Hopkins
William H. P. Wright
Henry L. Sherman
William F. Moyes
Edgar J. Sherman Jesse G. Gould
Daniel W. Mahony
Nathaniel E. Rankin
CITY SOLICITORS
1854 Daniel Saunders, Jr.
** 1875-'77
1855 *Benjamin Boardman
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