Carl A. Raymond
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Carl A. Raymond | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1941–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Robert A. Perkins |
| Succeeded by | Thomas L. Thistle |
| Budget Commissioner of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1928–1940 | |
| Preceded by | Charles P. Howard |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Greenough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | March 8, 1963 (aged 86) Melrose, Massachusetts |
Carl A. Raymond (1876–1963) was an American government official who served as budget commissioner of Massachusetts from 1928 to 1940 and mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts, from 1941 to 1947.
Raymond was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, in 1876.[1] His father, Hobart Raymond, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the 1893 Massachusetts legislature. In 1894, Raymond became page in the House of Representatives. Three years later he was appointed as the House's second assistant clerk.[2] He also spent a dozen summers as an employee of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, starting as a rodman and rising to the position of resident engineer.[3] During the Spanish–American War, Raymond served in the United States Volunteer Corps of Engineers.[4]
Deputy auditor
In 1912, Raymond was appointed second deputy state auditor.[4] He was seen as the eventual successor to first deputy William D. Hawley, who was the chief advisor to the House and Senate committees on Ways and Means. He began to relieve Hawley of some of his duties and in 1917 took over his role on an acting basis when Hawley was incapacitated by illness. Due to Raymond's increased responsibilities, the state legislature sought to make Raymond's tenure nearly permanent, which went against the wishes Massachusetts State Auditor Alonzo B. Cook. The House of Representatives passed a bill that increased Raymond's salary and made his tenure of office dependent on the Governor of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Governor's Council, not the auditor. Before the bill could be voted on by the Massachusetts Senate, Cook fired Raymond for going over his head to the legislature.[5]