Endicott Peabody Saltonstall

After law school, Saltonstall worked in the office of Nichols & Cobb in Boston. He then worked in the Boston Elevated Railway's legal department. From 1902 to 1905 he was affiliated with the firm of Richardson, Herrick & Neave. He then entered a partnership with Albert P. Carter and Robert G. Dodge. The partnership was dissolved in 1910. He later formed a partnership with Charles W. Blood.^[1][2]

From 1899 to 1904, Saltonstall was a member of the Newton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen.^[1][2]

On October 5, 1921, Saltonstall was appointed District Attorney of Middlesex County by Governor Channing H. Cox. He succeeded Nathan A. Tufts, who had been removed from office for misconduct.^[1][2] He named his law partner Charles W. Blood as his first assistant and his nephew, Leverett Saltonstall, as second assistant.^[2][3] He was not a candidate in the 1922 election.^[4]

Saltonstall was married to Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee, a daughter of William Richardson Dupee and Jeannie Ursula Dupee.^[5] Together, they were the parents of:

• Endicott Peabody Saltonstall (1900–1943), who married Ellen Edwards.^[6]
• Elizabeth Saltonstall (1900–1990), an art teacher.^[7]
• Florence Saltonstall (1913–1990), who died unmarried.^[8]

Saltonstall died suddenly on December 19, 1922, at his home in Newton from an attack of phlebitis.^[4] His widow died in October 1951.^[5]