Martin Brimmer

Martin Brimmer
9th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office January 2, 1843[1] – January 6, 1845[2]
Preceded by	Jonathan Chapman
Succeeded by	Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Majority	2744 (1842); 2537 (1843)[3]
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Boston, Massachusetts[4]
In office January 1, 1838[4][5] – January 7, 1839[6]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1838–1839
Personal details
Born	June 8, 1793[4] Roxbury, Massachusetts[4]
Died	April 27, 1847(1847-04-27) (aged 53)[4]
Political party	Whig[4]
Children	Martin Brimmer[7]
Alma mater	Harvard[4]

Martin Brimmer (June 8, 1793 – April 25, 1847) was an American businessman and politician, who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,^[7] in the Boston Board of Alderman, and as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.

Early life

Brimmer was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts^[4] on June 8, 1793^[4] to Martin a merchant on Brimmer's T wharf,^[7] and Sarah (Watson) Brimmer.^[4][7]

Education

Brimmer attended Harvard,^[4] graduating in 1814.^[4]

Marriage

Brimmer married Harriet E Wadsworth of Geneseo, New York. They had one child, Martin Brimmer (1829-1896), an 1849 graduate of Harvard who served from 1859 to 1861 in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was for 26 years the president of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.^[7][8]

Business career

Brimmer began his business career working with Isaac Winslow on Long Wharf.^[7] Later Brimmer ran a counting room on Brimmer's Wharf.^[7]

Government service

Brimmer was a Member of the Boston Board of Alderman from January 1, 1838^[5] to January 7, 1839.^[6] Brimmer serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives^[7] in 1838 and 1839.^[7] On December 12, 1842 Brimmer was elected Mayor of Boston for 1843,^[3] on December 11, 1843 Brimmer was reelected mayor for the 1844 term.^[3][4]

Death

Brimmer died on April 25, 1847.^[4]

References

• Image from Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 16, (1914).

Notes

1. ↑ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 233  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
2. ↑ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 45  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 50  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 17 
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 228  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 229  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Boston Directory for the Year 1851, Boston, MA: George Adams, 1851, p. 8 
8. ↑ Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 31, p. 361.