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

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

References

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, vol. I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 474
  2. 1 2 3 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.


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