Richard Frothingham Jr.

Richard Frothingham Jr.
Second Mayor
of Charlestown, Massachusetts
In office
1851–1853
Preceded byGeorge Washington Warren
Succeeded byJames Adams
Personal details
BornJanuary 31, 1812[1]
Charlestown, Massachusetts[1]
DiedJanuary 29, 1880[1][2]
Charlestown, Massachusetts[1]
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseVrylena Blanchard[3]
OccupationJournalist, Newspaper editor

Richard Frothingham Jr. (January 31, 1812 – January 29, 1880) was a Massachusetts historian, journalist,[2] and politician. Frothingham was a proprietor and managing editor of The Boston Post.[2] He also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,[1] and as the second mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the United States.

Early life

Frothingham was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Richard and Mary (Thompson) Frothingham. He attended school in Charlestown.[2]

Journalistic career

Frothingham was a proprietor, and from 1852 to 1865, a managing editor of, The Boston Post.[2]

Politics

He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1839, 1840, 1842, 1849, and 1850, and mayor of Charlestown from 1851 to 1853.[4] Frothingham was a delegate to the 1852 Democratic National Convention. During the 1852 election, Frothingham was an energetic supporter of Franklin Pierce for President.[1] He was also a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention.[4]

Writings

He devoted much of his time to historical study, and published, in addition to many pamphlets, magazine articles and addresses:

  • History of Charlestown (1848)
  • History of the Siege of Boston, and the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1849)
  • The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill (1850)
  • Life and Times of Joseph Warren (1865)
  • Tribute to Thomas Starr King (1865)
  • The Rise of the Republic of the United States, his most important work by some estimates (1871)
  • The Centennial: Battle of Bunker Hill (1875)

For several years, he was treasurer of the Massachusetts Historical Society.[5] In 1858, Frothingham was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The New York Times (January 30, 1880), "Obituary - Richard Frothingham", The New York Times, New York, NY, p. 5
  2. ^ a b c d e The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 359
  3. ^ The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 360
  4. ^ a b Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Frothingham, Richard" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  5. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Frothingham, Richard" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  6. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
1851–1853 		Succeeded by