Nathaniel B. Shurtleff

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Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
20th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
January 6, 1868[1]  January 2, 1871[2]
Preceded by Otis Norcross
Succeeded by William Gaston
Personal details
Born June 22, 1810
Boston, Massachusetts
Died October 17, 1874(1874-10-17) (aged 64)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic[3]
Spouse(s) Sara Eliza Smith
Alma mater Harvard College, Harvard Medical School
Profession Medical Doctor

Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871.[4]

Shurtleff, who had been the defeated as the Know-Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat.[5]

Books

  • A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston.

References

  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. 258  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. 261  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
  3. 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. 29 
  4. 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, pp. 258–261  Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
  5. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar (1969), The Boston Transcript: A History of Its First Hundred Years, Freport, NY: Ayer Publishing, p. 113  ISBN 0-8369-5146-8

Bibliography

  • 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) pp. 258–261.
  • Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914) pp. 28–29.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Otis Norcross
Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1868–1870
Succeeded by
William Gaston
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