Charles F. McCarthy

Charles Francis McCarthy was an American newspaper reporter[6] and politician who served in the Massachusetts Great and General Court[7] and as the eighteenth Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Charles Francis McCarthy
McCarthy c. 1908
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
from the 5th Middlesex district
In office
1912–1913
Preceded byRoger Sherman Hoar
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 9th Middlesex district
In office
1908–1910
18th Mayor of
Marlborough, Massachusetts
In office
1918–1920
Preceded byWilliam T. Pine
Succeeded byAndrew Patrick Sullivan
Personal details
BornAugust 15, 1876
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
Residence64 Florence Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts
ProfessionJournalist
Military service
Branch/serviceCompany F, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment
Years of serviceMay 18, 1898—January 21, 1899
RankCorporal
Battles/warsSpanish–American War
 • Puerto Rico
[1][2][3][4][5]

Spanish American War

McCarthy served from May 18, 1898 – January 21, 1899 in Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment during the Spanish–American War, attaining the rank of corporal. McCarthy was deployed along with his regiment to Puerto Rico[4] where they disembarked on July 25, 1898.[8] McCarthy was mustered out of service on January 21, 1899.[4]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

McCarthy served as a Democrat to represent Marlborough in the Ninth Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[4][6] While in the House, McCarthy served on the Mercantile Affairs Committee.[9]

Massachusetts Senate

McCarthy served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1912 to 1914.[1]

Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved the calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, McCarthy was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 9th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[10] McCarthy served on the Convention's committee on Military Affairs.[1][5]

McCarthy is reported as having made a Memorial Day address at the Town Hall on May 29, 1933.[11]

See also

Notes
  1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 81
  2. Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 42
  3. United States, Selective Service System (September 1918), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918; Registration Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Roll: 1684573; Draft Board: 16., Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
  4. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145
  5. A Manual for the Constitutional Convention, 1917: Submitted to the Constitutional Convention by the Commission to Compile Information and Data for the use of the Constitutional Convention, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1917, p. 289
  6. Who's Who in State Politics, 1908, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 241
  7. Bigelow, Ella A. (1910), Historical Reminiscences of the early times in Marlborough, Massachusetts: and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Marlborough, Massachusetts: Times Pub. Co., p. 330
  8. Spanish War Vets Reunion - Celebrate Anniversary of Landing of Co. 6th, Mass. Reg. at Porto Rico, Marlborough, Massachusetts: The Marlboro Enterprise, July 26, 1911, p. 1
  9. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 39
  10. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–9
  11. Annual Reports of Town Officers, Volumes 71-74 (1936), p. 153: "Memorial Day exercises were observed at the Town Hall, May 29. Ex-Mayor Charles McCarthy, of Marlboro, spoke to the assembly".
Political offices
Preceded by
William T. Pine		 18th Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts
1918 - 1920		 Succeeded by
Andrew Patrick Sullivan

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