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Baxter E. Perry

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Baxter E. Perry
2nd Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1895 – January 4, 1897
Preceded bySamuel C. Lawrence
Succeeded byLewis H. Lovering
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
Personal details
Born(1826-04-26)April 26, 1826[1]
Lyme, New Hampshire[1]
DiedAugust 28, 1906(1906-08-28) (aged 80)
Castine, Maine
Political partyRepublican[2]
Spouse(s)Charlotte H. Hough, m. August 1851[2]
Alma materMiddlebury College[1]
ProfessionEducator,[1] Attorney[1]
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Baxter Edwards Perry[3] (April 26, 1826 – August 28, 1906) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician. Perry served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the second Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.

Career as an attorney

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Perry began the practice of law in Boston in May 1855.[2] Perry was disbarred in 1897.[4]

He died in Castine, Maine on August 28, 1906.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  • Bacon, Edwin M. (1892), Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics, Boston, Ma: Post Publishing Company, p. 346
  • Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, vol. I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 474

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, vol. I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 474
  2. ^ a b c Bacon, Edwin M. (1892), Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics, Boston, Ma: Post Publishing Company, p. 346
  3. ^ Adams, B. (1955). An incomplete history of the descendants of John Perry of London, 1604-1954. Utah Printing Co. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Baxter E. Perry Disbarred; Ex Mayor of Medford Can No More Practice as an Attorney". The Boston Daily Globe. April 22, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Person Details for Baxter E Perry, 'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907' — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Medford's Mayor, 1895–96". The Boston Globe. Medford. August 29, 1906. p. 9. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Political offices
Preceded by
Samuel C. Lawrence
2nd Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
1895 – January 4, 1897
Succeeded by
Lewis H. Lovering