Edgar R. Champlin

Edgar Robert Champlin (November 9, 1858 – November 8, 1932) was a Massachusetts lawyer, banker,[1] and politician who served as the twenty-seventh Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Edgar Robert Champlin
27th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1][2]
In office January 1899 – January 1901
Preceded by	Alvin F. Sortwell
Succeeded by	David T. Dickinson
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1893–1893
Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1885[1] – 1887[1]
Personal details
Born	November 9, 1858[1][2]
Died	November 8, 1932[3] Boston, Massachusetts[3]
Political party	Republican[3]
Spouse(s)	Katherine E. Paine, m. December 12, 1883[4]
Alma mater	Harvard Law School,[5] class of 1880[4]

Legal career

Champlin attended Harvard Law School, graduating in June 1880.[4] Champlin also read for the law in the law offices of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and Lewis S. Dabney.[4]

Even before he graduated from Harvard Law School, Champlin was admitted to the bar, in April 1880.[4]

Family life

Champlin married Katherine E. Paine of Cambridge on December 12, 1883.[4]

Notes

1. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1909), Who's Who in New England, Volume 1, Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 200.
2. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's Who in New England, Volume 2, Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 194.
3. New York Times (November 9, 1932), EX-MAYOR CHAMPLIN OF CAMBRIDGE DEAD; President of a Bank Brigadier General on Staffs of Two Governors. PRACTICED LAW 25 YEARS As Member of Charles River Dam Commission Had Much to Do With Beautifying Riverfront., New York, NY: The New York Times, p. 19.
4. Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and The Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Volume III, Boston, MA: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 404.
5. Harvard Alumni Association (1910), Harvard University Directory, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, p. 870.