Nathan Matthews Jr.

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Nathan Matthews Jr. (March 28, 1854 – December 11, 1927) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894.

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1854, son of Nathan and Albertine (Bunker) Matthews. Nathan Matthews Jr. was a lawyer-turned-politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Matthews earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1875 and a LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1880. He married Ellen Bacon, daughter of Col. Lucius Manlius Sargent Jr. on April 5, 1883. They had two children, Ellen Natalie Matthews and Sullivan Amory Matthews.

Mayoralty

On December 15, 1891, Mathews was reelected Mayor over Horace G. Allen by 15,182 votes.

Death and burial

Matthews died at Massachusetts General Hospital on December 11, 1927, from a pulmonary embolism. He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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