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American politician

Arthur B. Champlin
16th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts
In office
1888–1889
Preceded byGeorge E. Mitchell
Succeeded byAlbert D. Bosson
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1887–1888
President of the Chelsea, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1885–1886
Member of the Chelsea, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1881–1886
Personal details
BornFebruary 7, 1858
Chelsea, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 8, 1946(1946-01-08) (aged 87)
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAlice M. Roberts
ChildrenNorman A. Champlin;
Nathan R. Champlin;
Marion L. Champlin;
ProfessionJournalist

Arthur Babcock Champlin (February 7, 1858 – January 8, 1946) was a Massachusetts journalist and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, as a city councilor, and as the Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Newspaper career

Champlin started out his career in journalism when he became a district reported for The Boston Globe at the age of 16. When The Chelsea Record was started two years later Champlin became one of its managers while still a teenager. In 1886 Champlin became the founder and publisher of The Chelsea Gazette.

References

  1. ^ Toomey, Daniel P. (1892). Quinn, Thomas C. (ed.). Massachusetts of To-Day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. p. 389. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Rand, John Clark (1890). One of A Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89. Vol. III. Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company. p. 112. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Graves & Steinbarger. 1901. p. 137. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Arthur B. Champlin". The Boston Globe. January 8, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  5. Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89. Vol. III. Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company. p. 111. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

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Political offices
Preceded byGeorge E. Mitchell 16th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts
1888–1889 		Succeeded byAlbert D. Bosson
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