Frederic Walker Lincoln Jr.
Mayor of Boston
In office
January 5, 1863 – January 7, 1867
Preceded byJoseph Wightman
Succeeded byOtis Norcross
In office
January 4, 1858 – January 7, 1861
Preceded byAlexander H. Rice
Succeeded byJoseph Wightman
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 6th Suffolk district[1]
In office
1872[1]–1874[1]
Succeeded byJohn Torrey Morse
Member of the
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853[1]
In office
1853[1]–1853[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1847[1]–1848[1]
Personal details
BornFebruary 27, 1817[2]
Boston, Massachusetts[2]
DiedSeptember 12, 1898(1898-09-12) (aged 81)[2]
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse(s)Emeline Hall, m. May 18, 1848;[1]
Emily Caroline Lincoln, m. June 20, 1854.[1]
ChildrenHarriet Lincoln Coolidge[3]
OccupationMaker of nautical and surveying instruments[2]

Frederic Walker Lincoln Jr. (February 27, 1817 – September 12, 1898)[4] was an American manufacturer and politician, serving as the sixteenth and eighteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1858 to 1860 and 1863–1867, respectively.

Frederick Douglass criticized him for not protecting, with city police, a December 1860 public meeting in Boston to discuss abolitionism. The meeting was broken up by a pro-slavery mob.[5] On July 14, 1863, Lincoln ordered all 330 officers in the Boston Police Department to quell a draft riot among Irish Catholics attempting to raid Union armories in the North End.[6]

He elected a 3rd Class (honorary) Companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States in recognition of his support of the Union during the American Civil War.

Family

Lincoln was the grandfather of Frederic W. Lincoln IV.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cutter, William Richard (1913), New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume II, New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 671
  2. ^ a b c d Cutter, William Richard (1913), New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume II, New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 670
  3. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton. pp. 205–.
  4. ^ a b Cutter, William Richard (1913), New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume II, New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, pp. 670–671
  5. ^ Lash, Kurt T., "Frederick Douglass’s 'Plea for Freedom of Speech in Boston'” (Law & Liberty, Aug. 21, 2019) "https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/08/21/frederick-douglass-plea-for-freedom-of-speech-in-boston/
  6. ^ Tager, Jack (2001). Boston Riots: Three Centuries of Social Violence. Boston: Northeastern University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1555534615.
Political offices Preceded byAlexander H. Rice Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1858–1861 Succeeded byJoseph Wightman Preceded byJoseph Wightman Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1863–1867 Succeeded byOtis Norcross
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