Hosea M. Knowlton

Hosea Morrill Knowlton (May 20, 1847 – December 19, 1902) was a lawyer, District Attorney, and Attorney General of Massachusetts.

Hosea Morrill Knowlton[1]
Massachusetts Attorney General[2]
In office
1894–1902
GovernorFrederic T. Greenhalge
Roger Wolcott
Winthrop Murray Crane
Preceded byAlbert E. Pillsbury
Succeeded byHerbert Parker
District Attorney[2][3][4]
of the Southern District of Massachusetts[3][4]
In office
January,[5] 1879[3][4] – 1893[3]
Preceded byGeorge Marston[4]
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate[2][4]
In office
1878[3][4] – 1879[3][4]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[2][4]
In office
1876[2][3][4] – 1877[2][3][4][6]
Register in Bankruptcy[2][3][4]
In office
May,[5] 1872[2][4] – 1878[4]
Succeeded byOffice abolished[2]
City Solicitor of New Bedford, Massachusetts[5]
Member of the
School Committee[1][6]
of New Bedford, Massachusetts[1][4]
In office
1873[5] – 1876[1][4][5][6]
Personal details
BornMay 20, 1847[1]
Durham, Maine[1]
DiedDecember 19, 1902(1902-12-19) (aged 55)[2][7]
Marion, Massachusetts[2][7]
Political partyRepublican[5]
Spouse(s)Sylvia Bassett Almy[3] M. 1873.[8]
ChildrenJohn Wellington Knowlton;
Abby Almy Knowlton;
Frank Warren Knowlton;
Edward Allen Knowlton;
Helen Sophia Knowlton;
August I. Knowlton;
Sylvia Prescott Knowlton;
Benjamin Almy Knowlton.[3]
Alma materKeene, New Hampshire High School;[5] Tufts College, B.A.[1] 1867;[2] Harvard Law School,[2] class of 1870.[1]
ProfessionAttorney[2]

References
  1. Cutter, William Richard (1916), Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--Genealogical, Volume VI, New York, N. Y., Boston, Ma: American Historical Society (Inc.), p. 225.
  2. Special to The New York Times (December 19, 1902), DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Hosea M. Knowlton., New York, New York: The New York Times, p. 9
  3. Cutter, William Richard (1916), Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--Genealogical, Volume VI, New York, N. Y., Boston, Ma: American Historical Society (Inc.), p. 226.
  4. Bristol County Bar (April 21, 1903), Hosea Morrill Knowlton Tribute of the Bristol County Bar to the Memory of the late Hon. Hosea Morrill Knowlton at Taunton, April 21, 1903, New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons, p. 16.
  5. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1894, Vol. III, Brockton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 107.
  6. Bristol County Bar (April 21, 1903), Hosea Morrill Knowlton Tribute of the Bristol County Bar to the Memory of the late Hon. Hosea Morrill Knowlton at Taunton, April 21, 1903, New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons, p. 28.
  7. The Hartford Courant (December 19, 1902), HOSEA M. KNOWLTON Death of an Ex-Attorney General of Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Courant, p. 15
  8. Bristol County Bar (April 21, 1903), Hosea Morrill Knowlton Tribute of the Bristol County Bar to the Memory of the late Hon. Hosea Morrill Knowlton at Taunton, April 21, 1903, New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons, p. 25.

Bibliography
  • Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1894, Vol. III, Brockton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 107.
  • Bristol County Bar (April 21, 1903), Hosea Morrill Knowlton Tribute of the Bristol County Bar to the memory of the late Hon. Hosea Morrill Knowlton at Taunton, April 21, 1903, New Bedford, MA: E. Anthony & Sons.
  • The Hartford Courant, page 15, December 19, 1902, HOSEA M. KNOWLTON Death of an Ex-Attorney General of Massachusetts.
  • The New York Times, page 9, December 19, 1902, DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Hosea M. Knowlton.
  • Cutter, William Richard (1916), Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical—Genealogical, Volume VI, New York, N. Y., Boston, Ma: American Historical Society (Inc.), p9. 225-226.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Albert E. Pillsbury		 Attorney General of Massachusetts
1894 - 1902		 Succeeded by
Herbert Parker
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