James E. Rich

James E. Rich
33rd
Mayor of
Lynn, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1909[1]–1910[1]
Preceded byThomas F. Porter[1]
Succeeded byWilliam P. Connery, Sr.
Personal details
BornDecember 22, 1869
DiedOctober 20, 1961(1961-10-20) (aged 91)[2]
Political partyDemocrat[3]
OccupationForeman of a car barn of the Boston and Northern Street Railway.[3][4]

James Ellis Rich (December 22, 1869 – October 20, 1961) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 33rd mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts from 1909 to 1910.

Before he was elected mayor, Rich was a motorman[4] and later foreman of a car barn of the Boston and Northern Street Railway.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922), Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., p. 402
  2. ^ "Mention of James E. Rich's death". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ^ a b c Christian Science Monitor (February 2, 1909), Plain Talk By Lynn's New Mayor James E. Rich Says He Will Enforce the Law and Denies That There Will Be a "Wide Open" Town. AFTER THE POLICE PLAIN TALK BY MAYOR OF LYNN, Boston, MA: The Christian Science Monitor, p. 1
  4. ^ a b Boston Daily Globe (December 13, 1908), IF YOU KNEW JIMMY RICH"- The Fascinating Personality of the Mayor-Elect of Lynn, Who Has Risen from the Positions of Motorman and Foreman of a Car Barn to the Chief Magistracy of a Large City., Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 50