Henry Converse Atwill

Henry Converse Atwill
Massachusetts Attorney General
In office
1915–1919
Preceded by Thomas J. Boynton
Succeeded by J. Weston Allen
Personal details
Born March 11, 1872 [1]
Lynn, Massachusetts [1]
Political party Republican
Alma mater Boston University School of Law [1]
Profession Lawyer

Henry Converse Atwill was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1915 to 1919.

Atwill served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1899 to 1901. From 1905 to 1910 he was an Assistant District Attorney in Essex County, Massachusetts. When District Attorney W. Scott Peters retired, Atwill was elected to succeed him.[1] As Essex County DA, Atwill oversaw the prosecution of Joseph James Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, and Giuseppe Caruso for the murder of Anna Lopizzo during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike.[2]

Atwill was elected Attorney General in 1914. He resigned in 1919 and Henry A. Wyman completed his term.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Public Officials of Massachusetts. The Boston Review. http://www.archive.org/stream/bostonreviewbiog1919bost#page/28/mode/2up. 
  2. ^ "HEARD GUN TALK BY ETTOR.; Reporters Testify to Incendiary Speeches of Lawrence Strike Leader.". New York Times. February 10, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E0DF1F31E233A25753C1A9649C946396D6CF. Retrieved 2010-04-11. 
  3. ^ Bostonia. 19-21. pp. 72. http://books.google.com/books?id=I-ISAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA72&dq. Retrieved 2010-04-11. 
Legal offices
Preceded by
Thomas J. Boynton		 Attorney General of Massachusetts
1915 - 1919		 Succeeded by
J. Weston Allen