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Edmund Hatch Bennett | |
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| 1st Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts[3] | |
| In office January 2, 1865[1][2] – June 19, 1867[4] | |
| Preceded by | Allen Presbrey, Esq., (Chairman of the Taunton, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen)[2] |
| Succeeded by | Stephen H. Rhodes[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 6, 1824 Manchester, Vermont[3] |
| Died | January 2, 1898 (aged 73)[3] Boston, Massachusetts[3] |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Whig Party, Republican Party |
| Spouse |
Sally Crocker (m. 1853) |
| Children | Caroline, Edmund Neville, Samuel and Mary |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (April 6, 1824 – January 2, 1898) was an American lawyer, judge, the first Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts, and Dean of Boston University School of Law.[5]
- ^ City of Taunton (1865), The City Charter, and Address of Hon. Edmund H. Bennett, Mayor of Taunton: upon the First Inauguration of the City Government, January 2, 1865, Taunton, Massachusetts: Taunton Daily Gazette, p. 1
- ^ a b City of Taunton (1865), The City Charter, and Address of Hon. Edmund H. Bennett, Mayor of Taunton: upon the First Inauguration of the City Government, January 2, 1865, Taunton, Massachusetts: Taunton Daily Gazette, p. 21
- ^ a b c d "Death List of a Day: Edmund H. Bennett". The New York Times. January 3, 1898. p. 7. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 820
- ^ Ross Clifford, Leading Lawyers' Case for the Resurrection, Edmonton, Canada: Canadian Institute for Law, Theology & Public Policy, 1996, p.15.