Henry O. Sawyer

Sawyer spent most of his life in West Boylston, Massachusetts.^[2] He owned a store in the town and represented the area in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1881.^[3] He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention. In 1898, Sawyer sued the Metropolitan Water Board, alleging that the construction of the Wachusett Reservoir had harmed his business by forcing his customers to move away and the $3,250 he had been awarded by the board was insufficient. His case made it to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled in favor of the water board.^[4]

Sawyer moved to Fitchburg in 1899,^[2] and worked as an undertaker.^[1] He represented he spent two terms as the ward 5 member of the board of aldermen.^[2] In 1903, he was the citizens' temperance candidate for mayor and defeated incumbent Charles H. Blood by 689 votes.^[5] He was reelected in 1904 in a four candidate race.^[6] In 1906 and 1907, he represented the 12th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was a member of the committee on street railways during both terms.^[1] Sawyer died on November 17, 1909.^[7]