Joseph Milner Wightman | |
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| 17th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 7, 1861[1] – January 5, 1863[2] | |
| Preceded by | Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. |
| City of Boston Chairman Board of Aldermen | |
| In office 1858–1859 | |
| Preceded by | Pelham Bonney |
| Succeeded by | Silas Peirce |
| City of Boston Member Board of Aldermen | |
| In office April 1856[3] – 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Levi Benjamin Meriam[3] |
| Representative Massachusetts House[4] | |
| In office 1851–1851 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1812[5][6] Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 25, 1885 (aged 72)[7][8] |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Political party | Whig,[9] Democrat[7][10] |
| Spouse | Berthia Morse |
| Children | Mary Ellen, Joseph Claxton, Henry Morse, Berthia M., Sarah Ernestine, Gertrude E. and Florence Ada |
| Residence(s) | 79 Carver Street, Boston, Massachusetts[11] |
| Profession | Manufacturer of Philosophical Apparatus,[12] Attorney.[13] |
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Joseph Milner Wightman (October 19, 1812 – January 25, 1885)[14] was an American politician who, from 1861 to 1863, served as the seventeenth Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
- ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 173 ISBN 1-55553-621-2, ISBN 978-1-55553-621-3
- ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 175 ISBN 1-55553-621-2, ISBN 978-1-55553-621-3
- ^ a b Boston City Clerk Statistics Department (1882), Municipal Register containing the City Charter the Rules and Orders of the City Council and a List of Officers for the City of Boston, For the Year 1882., Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, p. 323
- ^ Capen, Nahum (1851), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information: 1851 v. 5, Boston, Massachusetts: J. French, p. 12
- ^ Dall, Caroline Wells Healey (2006), Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-century Woman, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, p. 301, ISBN 0-8070-5034-2
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), 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, p. 44
- ^ a b Dall, Caroline Wells Healey (2006), Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-century Woman, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, p. 301 ISBN 0-8070-5034-2, ISBN 978-0-8070-5034-7
- ^ City Council of Boston (1909), 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, p. 301
- ^ Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston, Volume III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 276
- ^ Vrabel, Jim (2004), When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac, Boston, MA: University Press of New England (UPNE), p. 175, ISBN 1-55553-621-2
- ^ Adams, George (1852), The Boston Directory for the Year 1852: Embracing the City Record, a General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory, with an Almanac from July, 1852, to July, 1853, No. 91 Washington Street, Boston, MA: George Adams, p. 272
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Channing, William Francis (April 17, 1871), Record of Proceedings Before the U.S. Patent Office: – Application for an Extension of Letters Patent No. 17,355, New York, NY: Kilbourne Tompkins, Book and Commercial Printer, p. 203
- ^ Davis, William Thomas (1895), "Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Two Volumes, Vol. II", The Boston History Company, Boston, MA, p. 636
- ^ Dall, Caroline Wells Healey (2006), Daughter of Boston: The Extraordinary Diary of a Nineteenth-century Woman, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, p. 301