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[edit]

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

Journalistic career[edit]

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

Politics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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

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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
1851–1853 		Succeeded by
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