Halsey J. Boardman

Halsey Joseph Boardman[1]
54th President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1887[1] – 1888[1]
Preceded by	Albert E. Pillsbury
Succeeded by	Harris 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, Massachusetts Common Council[3]
In office January 4, 1875[3] – January 3, 1876
Preceded by	Edward Olcott Shepard
Succeeded by	Quincy Adams Brackett
Member of the Boston, Massachusetts Common Council Ward 14[3]
In office January 6, 1873 – January 3, 1876
Personal details
Born	May 19, 1834 Norwich, Vermont
Died	January 15, 1900 Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Georgia M. Hinman[2]
Children	Flora M. Boardman and Emily I. Boardman.[2]
Alma mater	Dartmouth College

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, Massachusetts Common Council,^[3] in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.^[4][5]

Early life

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

Family life

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

Death

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

References

1. 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. 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 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 Clark (1890), 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, MA: 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.