Edgar R. Champlin

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Edgar Robert Champlin
27th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1][2]
In office
January 1899 – January 1901
Preceded byAlvin F. Sortwell
Succeeded byDavid T. Dickinson
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1893–1893
Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1885[1]–1887[1]
Personal details
BornNovember 9, 1858[1][2]
DiedNovember 8, 1932[3]
Boston, Massachusetts[3]
Political partyRepublican[3]
Spouse(s)Katherine E. Paine, m. December 12, 1883[4]
Alma materHarvard Law School,[5] class of 1880[4]

Edgar Robert Champlin (November 9, 1858 – November 8, 1932) was a Massachusetts lawyer, banker,[1] and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Legal career[edit]

Champlin attended Harvard Law School, graduating in June 1880.[4] Champlin also read for the law in the law offices of Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Lewis S. Dabney.[4]

Even before he graduated from Harvard Law School, Champlin was admitted to the bar, in April 1880.[4]

Family life[edit]

Champlin married Katherine E. Paine of Cambridge on December 12, 1883.[4]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Marquis, Albert Nelson (1909), Who's Who in New England, Volume 1, Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 200
  2. ^ a b c Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's Who in New England, Volume 2, Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 194
  3. ^ a b c New York Times (November 9, 1932), "EX-MAYOR CHAMPLIN OF CAMBRIDGE DEAD; President of a Bank Brigadier General on Staffs of Two Governors. PRACTICED LAW 25 YEARS As Member of Charles River Dam Commission Had Much to Do With Beautifying Riverfront.", The New York Times, New York, NY, p. 19
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and The Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Volume III, Boston, MA: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 404
  5. ^ Harvard Alumni Association (1910), Harvard University Directory, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, p. 870
Political offices
Preceded by 27th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1899 – January 1901
Succeeded by