Stephen H. Rhodes

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Stephen Holbrook Rhodes
2^nd Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts
In office June 19, 1867^[1] – 1870^[1]
Preceded by	Edmund H. Bennett^[1]
Succeeded by	Daniel L. Mitchell^[1]
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate^[2]
In office 1870^[2] – 1871^[2]
Member of the Taunton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward One^[1]
In office 1867^[1] – June 19, 1867^[1]
Preceded by	Edgar H. Reed^[1]
Succeeded by	Abram Biggs^[1]
4^th President^[3] of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.^[2]^[4]
In office March 1879^[3] – June 11, 1909^[5]^[4]
Preceded by	George Thornton^[3]
Succeeded by	Roland O. Lamb^[5]
11^th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts
In office December 8, 1874^[6]^[7] – March 12, 1879^[6]^[7]
Preceded by	Julius L. Clarke
Succeeded by	Julius L. Clarke
Personal details
Born	November 7, 1825^[2] Franklin, Massachusetts^[2]
Died	June 11, 1909^[5] Brookline, Massachusetts^[5]^[4]
Spouse(s)	E. M. Godfry^[2]

Stephen Holbrook Rhodes (November 7, 1825 - June 11, 1909) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate,^[2] as the second Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts,^[4] and as the fourth President^[3] of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.^[2]^[4]

Early life

Rhodes was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on November 7, 1825 to Stephen and Betsy (Bird) Rhodes.^[2]

Rhodes married E. M. Godfry^[2] in Taunton, Massachusetts on November 27, 1847.^[2]

Rhodes died on June 11, 1909 at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 820.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l John William Leonard, ed. (1906), Who's Who in America 1906-1907, Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 1484.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia (1903), Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States 1902-1903, Hartford, Connecticut: Insurance Journal Co., p. 230.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Special to the New York Times (June 13, 1909), Stephen Holbrook Rhodes., New York, New York: The New York Times, p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Standard. (April 20, 1912), The Standard. A Weekly Insurance Newspaper, Vol. LXX, Boston, Massachusetts: The Standard Publishing Company, p. 408.
^ ^a ^b Singer, Isidore (1910), International Insurance Encyclopedia, Volume One. Insurance, Men Past and Present, New York, New York: The New York Times, p. 585.
^ ^a ^b Singer, Isidore (1894), The Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States., 1893-1894, Hartford, Connecticut: H. R. Hayden, p. 301.

Business positions
Preceded by George Thornton	4^th President of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company March 1879–June 11, 1909	Succeeded by Roland O. Lamb

Political offices
Preceded by Edmund H. Bennett	2^nd Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts June 19, 1867-1870	Succeeded by Daniel L. Mitchell
Preceded by Edgar H. Reed	Member of the Taunton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward 1 1867 – June 19, 1867	Succeeded by Abram Biggs
Preceded by Julius L. Clarke	11^th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts December 8, 1874–March 12, 1879	Succeeded by Julius L. Clarke