Richard Frothingham, Jr.

Richard Frothingham, Jr. (January 31, 1812-January 29, 1880) was a Massachusetts historian, journalist,^[2] and politician. Frothingham was a proprietor and managing editor of The Boston Post.^[2] He also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,^[1] and as the second mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.

Early life

Frothingham was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Richard and Mary (Thompson) Frothingham. He attended school in Charlestown.^[2]

Journalistic career

Frothingham was a proprietor, and from 1852 to 1865, a managing editor of, The Boston Post.^[2]

Politics

He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1839, 1840, 1842, 1849, and 1850, and mayor of Charlestown from 1851 to 1853.^[4] Frothingham was a delegate to the 1852 Democratic National Convention. During the 1852 election, Frothingham was an energetic supporter of Franklin Pierce for President.^[1] He was also a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention.^[4]

Writings

He devoted much of his time to historical study, and published, in addition to many pamphlets, magazine articles and addresses:

• History of Charlestown (1848)
• History of the siege of Boston, and of the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1849)
• The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill (1850)
• Life and Times of Joseph Warren (1865)
• Tribute to Thomas Starr King (1865)
• The Rise of the Republic of the United States, his most important work by some estimates (1871)
• The Centennial: Battle of Bunker Hill (1875)

For several years, he was treasurer of the Massachusetts Historical Society.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} The New York Times (January 30, 1880), Obituary - Richard Frothingham, New York, NY: The New York Times, p. 5. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 359. 
3. ^ The New England historic genealogical society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 360. 
4. ^ ^{a b}  "Frothingham, Richard". New International Encyclopedia. 1906. 
5. ^  "Frothingham, Richard". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.