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词条 Charles H. Sawyer
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Political career

  3. Family life

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Charles Henry Sawyer (March 30, 1840{{spnd}}January 18, 1908) was an American manufacturer, businessman and Republican politician. He served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as the 41st Governor of New Hampshire.

Early life

Sawyer was born in Watertown, New York, the son of Jonathan Sawyer and Martha (Perkins) Sawyer.[1] When he was ten, he moved with his family to Dover, New Hampshire. Sawyer attended the common schools and Franklin Academy before learning the manufacturing business working at the Sawyer Woolen Mills Company. He became president of the company in 1881.[2]

Political career

He served in the Dover city council before becoming a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Sawyer served in the State House from 1869–1871, and from 1876–1878.[3] He served as aide-de-camp to Governor Charles H. Bell in 1881,[4] and was a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Conventions.[5]

He was elected the 41st Governor of New Hampshire, serving from June 2, 1887 – June 6, 1889.[6] After leaving office, he represented New Hampshire at the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris.[7] He served as director of the Dover Gas and Light Company and the Granite State Insurance Company, and as president of the Dover Horse Railroad Company.[8]

Sawyer died on January 18, 1908 in Dover, New Hampshire.[9] and is buried at Pine Hill Cemetery.

Family life

Sawyer married Susan Ellen Cowan on February 8, 1865. They had five children together: William Davis Sawyer, Charles Francis Sawyer, James Cowan Sawyer, Edward Sawyer and Elizabeth Coffin Sawyer.[10] Their son William married Gertrude Hall, daughter of U.S. Congressman Joshua G. Hall.[11] He and his family were members of the Congregational church.[12]

See also

  • Conant-Sawyer Cottage, his summer house in York Beach, Maine

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Herndon|first=Richard|title=Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of New Hampshire|date=2007|publisher=Heritage Books|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrD2aMHJFPAC&pg=PA103 }}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Clarke|first=J.B. Clarke|title=Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men|date=1882|publisher=J.B. Clarke|page=250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxcaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA249 }}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Herndon|first=Richard|title=Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of New Hampshire|date=2007|publisher=Heritage Books|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrD2aMHJFPAC&pg=PA103 }}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Willey|first=George Franklyn|title=State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century|date=1903|publisher=The New Hampshire Publishing Corporation|page=294|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSDnxlK1sMUC&pg=PA294 }}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Charles W.|title=Official Proceedings of the Republican National Convention|date=1903|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga01AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA60 }}
6. ^{{cite book|last=McClintock|first=John Norris|title=Colony, Province, State, 1623–1888: History of New Hampshire|date=1889|publisher=B. B. Russell|page=681|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA681 }}
7. ^{{cite book|title=Universal Exposition Paris, Volume 1|date=1890|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKxIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA80 }}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Foster|first=G.J.|title=Dover, New Hampshire: Its History and Industries Descriptive of the City and Its Manufacturing and Business Interests. Issued as an Illustrated Souvenir in Commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Foster's Daily Democrat|date=1898|publisher=G.J. Foster|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmR2aR7GmaUC&pg=PA117 }}
9. ^{{cite book|last=Metcalf|first=Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris|title=The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 40|date=1908|publisher=H.H. Metcalf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130 }}
10. ^{{cite book|last=Foster|first=G.J.|title=Dover, New Hampshire: Its History and Industries Descriptive of the City and Its Manufacturing and Business Interests. Issued as an Illustrated Souvenir in Commemoration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Foster's Daily Democrat|date=1898|publisher=G.J. Foster|page=117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmR2aR7GmaUC&pg=PA117 }}
11. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.usgwarchives.net/nh/strafford/biopics/sawyer.htm|title= Women of Strafford County|publisher = New Hampshire Women|accessdate= March 19, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite book|last=Metcalf|first=Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris|title=The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 40|date=1908|publisher=H.H. Metcalf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=drMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130 }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060307235048/http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/glikeness/sawychar.html Sawyer at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources]
  • National Governors Association


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