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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsHarrison Henry ATWOOD
(1863-1954)
ATWOOD, Harrison Henry, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born at the home of his
grandmother in North Londonderry, Vt., August 26, 1863; attended
the public schools of Boston, Mass.; studied architecture and
engaged in that profession in Boston, Mass.; member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives 1887-1889; city architect of
Boston in 1889 and 1890; member of the Republican State committee
1887-1889; member and secretary of the Boston Republican city
committee 1888-1894; delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1888 and 1892; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress;
resumed his former profession in Boston; again a member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923,
1924, 1927, and 1928; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in
1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed his profession as an
architect in Boston, Mass.; moved to Wellesley Hills, Mass., in
April 1938; died in Boston, Mass., October 22, 1954; interment in
Forest Hills Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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