Edwin Upton Curtis

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Edwin Upton Curtis
In office
1895 – 1895
Preceded by Nathan Matthews, Jr.
Succeeded by Josiah Quincy
Born May 26, 1861
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died March 28, 1922

Edwin Upton Curtis (b. Roxbury, Massachusetts May 26, 1861 - d. March 28, 1922) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston in 1895. He was also the police commissioner during the 1919 Boston Police Strike which broke out when Curtis refused to permit the creation of a police union.

Curtis was a graduate of The Roxbury Latin School.

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Preceded by
Nathan Matthews, Jr.		 Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1895		 Succeeded by
Josiah Quincy
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Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts

Phillips • Quincy III • Otis • Wells • Lyman • Armstrong • Eliot • Chapman • Brimmer • Davis • Quincy, Jr. • Bigelow • Seaver • Smith • Rice • Lincoln • Wightman • Lincoln • Norcross • Sturtleff • Gaston • Pierce • Cutter* • Cobb • Prince • Pierce • Prince • Green • Palmer • Martin • O'Brien • Hart • Matthews • Curtis • Quincy • Hart • Collins • Whelton* • Fitzgerald • Hibbard • Fitzgerald • Curley • Peters • Curley • Nichols • Curley • Mansfield • Tobin • Kerrigan* • Curley • Hynes • Collins • White • Flynn • Menino
* denotes acting


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