George Washington Warren

George Washington Warren (October 1, 1813 – May 13, 1883) was a Massachusetts attorney, jurist, and politician who served as the first mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts.

George Washington Warren
Judge of the Municipal Court
Charlestown District[1]
In office
1861[1]  May 13, 1883[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1853[1]  1854[1]
First Mayor
of Charlestown, Massachusetts[1][2]
In office
1847–1850
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen
Succeeded byRichard Frothingham, Jr.
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1838[1]  1838[1]
Personal details
BornOctober 1, 1813[1][2]
Watertown, Massachusetts[2]
DiedMay 13, 1883[1][2]
Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Lucy Rogers Newell,[1] m. 1835, d. September 4, 1840.[1]
Georgianna Thompson.[1]
ChildrenLucius Henry Warren, b. 1838[1]
Alma materHarvard College, 1830;[1] Harvard Law School
ProfessionAttorney[1]

He was born in Watertown, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1830 and later from Harvard Law School. He was an attorney by profession.

In 1838 he served as a representative to the Massachusetts General Court.

He served as the first mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1850. He was a member of the Whig Party.

From 1853 to 1854 he served as a Massachusetts state senator.

He served as a municipal court judge for Charlestown from 1861 until his death.

In 1867 he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

He died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1883 at the age of 69.

References

  • Amory, Thomas Coffin: Class Memoir of George Washington Warren, with English and American Ancestry (1886).

Notes

  1. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 6.
  2. City of Boston (1889), Municipal Register, Boston, MA: City of Boston, p. 365.
Political offices
Preceded by
Board of Selectmen
First
Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts

1847-1850
Succeeded by
Richard Frothingham, Jr.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Judge of the Municipal Court
Charlestown District

1861–May 13, 1883
Succeeded by


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