Elihu Burritt Hayes | |
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25th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts[1] | |
In office January 4, 1892[1][2] – January 1, 1894 | |
Preceded by | E. Knowlton Fogg |
Succeeded by | Charles E. Harwood |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Essex District[3] | |
Member of the Lynn, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[2] | |
In office 1883–1883 | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 26, 1848[3] West Lebanon, Maine[3] |
Died | April 1, 1903[4] Lynn, Massachusetts[4] | (aged 54)
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Amy A. Farnum, m. 1873.[2] |
Children | Eugene[2] |
Profession | Shoemaker, Newspaperman[3] |
Signature | |
Signature from: Newhall, James Robinson.: History of Lynn Essex County, Massachusetts ; Including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant: Massachusetts Including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant Vol. 2 (1897) p. 377. | |
Elihu Burritt Hayes (April 26, 1848 – April 1, 1903) was an American shoe manufacturer,[3] newspaperman,[3] and politician, who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 18th Essex District,[3] and as the 25th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[3]
Hayes was born in West Lebanon, Maine on April 26, 1848,[3] and moved to Lynn, Massachusetts in 1865.[3]
In 1873 Hayes married Amy A. Farnum of Lynn, They had one child, Eugene.[2]
Hayes worked in the shoe industry, indeed he may have been employed by the Hayes Cooperage Co. which was founded by John and Patrick Hayes in mid 1800s, until 1872.[3] After he left the shoe industry, Hayes went into the newspaper business. Hayes took over ownership of The Lynn Bee. In 1885 Hayes took over The Boston Advertiser.[3]
In 1888, while in the Massachusetts Legislature, Hayes introduced the first bill in the United States to adopt the Australian style ballot system,[5] initiating the successful movement for the adoption of the Secret ballot in the United States.[6]