Moses Kimball

Moses Kimball
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1851–1852
In office
1860–1861
Constituency10th Suffolk district
In office
January 6, 1864 – January 4, 1865
Constituency10th Suffolk district
In office
January 2, 1867 – January 1, 1868
Constituency8th Suffolk district
In office
January 6, 1869 – January 4, 1870
Constituency8th Suffolk district
In office
January 4, 1871 – January 1873
Constituency8th Suffolk district
In office
January 7, 1874 – January 2, 1877
Constituency9th Suffolk district
Member of the Boston Board of Aldermen
In office
1850–1852
Personal details
BornOctober 24, 1809
Newburyport, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 21, 1895 (aged 85)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyWhig
Republican
SpouseFrances Lavinia Hathaway
ChildrenMargaret Kimball (b. October 19, 1841-d. July 14, 1922)
[1][2][3]
for the 9th Suffolk District (1876)[4][5][6]
Newspaper advertisement for the Boston Museum, by Moses Kimball, from the Barre Patriot, Barre, Vermont, 15 September 1850.

Moses Kimball (October 24, 1809 – February 21, 1895) was an American politician, museum curator and owner, and showman. Kimball was a business rival and close associate of P. T. Barnum and public-spirited citizen of Boston, Massachusetts who represented the city in the Massachusetts General Court for several non-consecutive terms from 1851 and 1877 and made several runs for mayor.

  1. ^ Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 7 February 1923, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 7 February 1923, p. xciii
  2. ^ Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, v. IX 1890-1897, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908, p. 240
  3. ^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1867, p. 859
  4. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1876), A Manual for the Use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 332
  5. ^ Massachusetts Register, No. 93 (1859), p. 11
  6. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1864), A Manual for the Use of the General Court, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Court, p. 204