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]
SpouseJulia Hannah Hurd[1]
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College[6] A.M.; Harvard Law School[1]
OccupationAttorney

Early life and education

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b c d City of Boston (1889), Municipal Register, Boston, MA: City of Boston, p. 365
  3. ^ a b c 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 b 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. ^ a b c d e 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 Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
1861
to
1861
Succeeded by