James E. Rich

James E. Rich
Thirty Third
Mayorof
Lynn, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1909[1] – 1910[1]
Preceded by Thomas F. Porter[1]
Succeeded by William P. Connery, Sr.
Personal details
Political party Democrat[2]
Occupation Foreman of a car barn of the Boston & Northern Street Railway.[2][3]

James E. Rich was a Massachusetts politician who served as the thirty third Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Before he was elected Mayor Rich was a motorman[3] and later foreman of a car barn of the Boston & Northern Street Railway.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922), Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., p. 402. 
  2. ^ a b c Christian Science Monitor (February 2, 1909), Plain Talk By Lynn's New Mayor James E. Rich Says He Will Enforce the Law and Denies That There Will Be a"Wide Open" Town. AFTER THE POLICE PLAIN TALK BY MAYOR OF LYNN, Boston, MA: The Christian Science Monitor, p. 1 
  3. ^ a b Boston Daily Globe (December 13, 1908), IF YOU KNEW JIMMY RICH"- The Fascinating Personality of the Mayor-Elect of Lynn, Who Has Risen from the Positions of Motorman and Foreman of a Car Barn to the Chief Magistracy of a Large City., Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 50 
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas F. Porter		 Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
1909
to
1910		 Succeeded by
William P. Connery, Sr.