Harrison Henry Atwood | |
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 Atwood c. 1894 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Michael J. McEttrick |
| Succeeded by | Samuel J. Barrows |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1887–1889 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick D. Dwyer Matthew Dolan |
| Succeeded by | Joseph P. Lomasney |
| Constituency | 8th Suffolk district |
| In office 1915–1915 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy J. Ahern Sanford Bates Charles S. Lawler |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Lawler |
| Constituency | 24th Suffolk district |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Succeeded by | Frank L. Brier Elihu D. Stone |
| Constituency | 19th Suffolk district |
| In office 1923–1924 | |
| Preceded by | Frank L. Brier Herbert W. Burr Charles Shulman |
| Succeeded by | Bernard P. Casey Bernard Ginsburg |
| Constituency | 19th Suffolk district |
| In office 1927–1928 | |
| Preceded by | Peter J. Fitzgerald Joseph J. Mulhern |
| Succeeded by | Frank J. McFarland |
| Constituency | 17th Suffolk district |
| 5th City Architect ofBoston | |
| In office 1889–1891 | |
| Preceded by | Charles J. Bateman |
| Succeeded by | Edmund M. Wheelwright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1863-08-26)August 26, 1863 |
| Died | October 22, 1954(1954-10-22) (aged 91) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican Progressive |
| Spouse | Clara Stein |
| Children | Harrison Jr. August |
| Profession | Architect |
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Harrison Henry Atwood (August 26, 1863 – October 22, 1954) was an American architect and politician who represented Boston in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 and for several nonconsecutive terms in theMassachusetts House of Representatives. He was a member of theRepublican Party but was also supported by theProgressive Party during his later terms in the Massachusetts House.
Born at the home of his grandmother inNorth Londonderry, Vermont, Atwood attended public schools inBoston. He studied architecture and engaged in that profession in Boston. Atwood was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). Atwood defeated incumbent DemocratMichael J. McEttrick.[2] He was a member of the Republican State Committee.
Atwood was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896 to theFifty-fifth Congress. He resumed his former profession in Boston. From 1888 to 1894 he was a member of and secretary to the Boston Republican City Committee. From 1889 to 1890 he was City Architect of Boston, designing theBowditch School, theCongress Street Fire Station, and theHarvard Avenue Fire Station, all on theNational Register of Historic Places. Atwood also designed several churches for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.He was again a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1918 to theSixty-sixth Congress, and then resumed his work as an architect inBoston. In April 1938, he moved toWellesley Hills, Massachusetts.
Atwood died inBoston on October 22, 1954, and was interred inForest Hills Cemetery in theForest Hills neighborhood of Boston.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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