Albert D. Bosson

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Albert Davis Bosson (November 8, 1853 – April 4, 1926) was a Massachusetts jurist, attorney, and politician who served as the seventeenth Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

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Albert Davis Bosson
17th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts
In office
1891–1891
Preceded byArthur B. Champlin
Succeeded byAlfred C. Converse
Justice of the
Chelsea District Court[1]
In office
July 1892[2][3]  April 4, 1926[1]
Nominated byWilliam E. Russell[3]
Associate Justice of
Chelsea District Court[1]
In office
December 1882[3]  July 1892[3]
Nominated byJohn Davis Long[1][4]
Personal details
BornNovember 8, 1853[1]
DiedApril 4, 1926[1][5][6][7]
Boston, Massachusetts[5][6][7]
PartyRepublican (to 1884); Democratic[3]
SpouseAlice Lavinia Campbell[8]
ChildrenCampbell Bosson, b. November 18, 1888;[8]
Pauline Arlaud Bosson, b. February 24, 1894[8]
Phillips Exeter;[1]
Brown (1875);[1]
Boston University School of Law[4]
ProfessionAttorney;[1] Banker;[1]
Judge[5]
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Early life

Bosson was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on November 8, 1853, to George Chapman and Jennie (Hood) Bosson.[1][3]

Family life

In 1887 Bosson married Alice Lavinia Campbell[8] the daughter of Charles A. and Lavinia (Hutchinson) Campbell.[8] They had two children, a son,[9] Campbell Bosson, born on November 18, 1888,[8] and a daughter, Pauline Arlaud Bosson, born on February 24, 1894.[8]

Judgeship

In December 1882[3] Governor John Davis Long[4] appointed Bosson as a Special Justice of the Chelsea Police Court.[3] In 1892 Bosson was nominated by Governor William E. Russell[3] to be a full Justice of the Chelsea Police Court. Bosson's nomination was approved at a meeting of the Governor's Council in July 1892.[2]

Death

Bosson died on Easter Sunday,[1] April 4, 1926, in his apartment at the Hotel Sheraton at 91 Bay State Road, in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.[5][6]

References

Journal of the American Statistical Association Vol. 22, No. 158 (Jun., 1927), pp. 240–242.

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