Halsey Joseph Boardman (born May 19, 1834 – January 15, 1900) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in, and as the President of the Boston, Massachusetts Common Council,[3] in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.[4][5]

Halsey Joseph Boardman[1]
54th President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1887[1]–1888[1]
Preceded byAlbert E. Pillsbury
Succeeded byHarris C. Hartwell
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1887[2]–1888[2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1883–1885
President of the
Boston, Massachusetts
Common Council[3]
In office
January 4, 1875[3] – January 3, 1876
Preceded byEdward Olcott Shepard
Succeeded byQuincy Adams Brackett
Member of the
Boston, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward 14[3]
In office
January 6, 1873 – January 3, 1876
Personal details
BornMay 19, 1834
Norwich, Vermont
DiedJanuary 15, 1900 (aged 65)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGeorgia M. Hinman[2]
ChildrenFlora M. Boardman and Emily I. Boardman.[2]
Alma materDartmouth College

Early life edit

Boardman was born on May 19, 1834, to Nathaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Boardman in Norwich, Vermont.[1]

Family life edit

Boardman married Georgia M. Hinman on November 6, 1861, they had two children, Flora M. Boardman, and Emily I. Boardman.[2]

Death edit

Boardman died on January 15, 1900, at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England For the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Boston, MA: Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 242
  2. ^ a b c d e Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England For the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Boston, MA: Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 243
  3. ^ a b c d 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, p. 265
  4. ^ Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 124
  5. ^ Rand, John Clark (1890), One of A Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 61
  6. ^ Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 10 January, 1900, with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1893-1899, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 7 February 1923, p. xliv
Political offices
Preceded by
Edward Olcott Shepard
President of the Boston Common Council
January 4, 1875-January 3, 1876
Succeeded by
Preceded by 54th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1887-1888
Succeeded by