Harrison H. Atwood

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Harrison Henry Atwood (August 26, 1863 - October 22, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born at the home of his grandmother in North Londonderry, Vermont, Atwood attended the public schools of Boston, Massachusetts. He studied architecture and engaged in that profession in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1887-1889. City architect of Boston in 1889 and 1890. He served as member of the Republican State committee 1887-1889. He served as member and secretary of the Boston Republican city committee 1888-1894. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1888 and 1892.

Atwood was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He resumed his former profession in Boston. He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. He resumed his profession as an architect in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, in April 1938. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, October 22, 1954. He was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery.

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