Halsey Joseph Boardman (born May 19, 1834 – January 15, 1900) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in, and as the president of the Boston Common Council,[3] in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and president of the Massachusetts Senate.[4][5]

Halsey Joseph Boardman[1]
54th President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1887[1]–1888[1]
Preceded byAlbert E. Pillsbury
Succeeded byHarris C. Hartwell
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1887[2]–1888[2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1883–1885
President of the
Boston Common Council[3]
In office
January 4, 1875[3] – January 3, 1876
Preceded byEdward Olcott Shepard
Succeeded byJohn Q. A. Brackett
Member of the
Boston Common Council
from Ward 14[3]
In office
January 6, 1873 – January 3, 1876
Personal details
BornMay 19, 1834
Norwich, Vermont
DiedJanuary 15, 1900 (aged 65)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGeorgia M. Hinman[2]
ChildrenFlora M. Boardman and Emily I. Boardman.[2]
Alma materDartmouth College

Early life

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Boardman was born on May 19, 1834, to Nathaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Boardman in Norwich, Vermont.[1]

Business life

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Boardman was vice-president of the North Star Construction Company organized in 1890 that built significant portions of the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad based in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1893 when the Canadian Pacific Railway took control of D & W, Boardman became president of the troubled railroad.

Family life

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Boardman married Georgia M. Hinman on November 6, 1861, they had two children, Flora M. Boardman, and Emily I. Boardman.[2]

Death

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Boardman died on January 15, 1900, at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England For the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Boston, MA: Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 242
  2. ^ a b c d e Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England For the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Boston, MA: Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 243
  3. ^ a b c d 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. 265
  4. ^ Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 124
  5. ^ Rand, John C., ed. (1890), "Boardman, Halsey J." , One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A. D. 1888–'89, Boston: First National Publishing Company, p. 61
  6. ^ Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 10 January, 1900, with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1893-1899, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 7 February 1923, p. xliv
Political offices
Preceded by
Edward Olcott Shepard
President of the Boston Common Council
January 4, 1875-January 3, 1876
Succeeded by
Preceded by 54th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1887-1888
Succeeded by