| 词条 | Walter Foxcroft Hawkins |
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|name=Walter Foxcroft Hawkins |image=Walter F. Hawkins.png |caption= | office = 4th Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor =John Crawford Crosby | successor = William W. Whiting |birth_date=July 12, 1863 |birth_place=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |death_date= December 28, 1922 |death_place=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |party= |alma_mater=Williams College A.B., 1884; Columbia Law School, LL.B. 1886. |profession= Attorney |spouse=Helen A. Rich, married October 7, 1891 |children= |footnotes= }} Walter Foxcroft Hawkins (July 12, 1863 – December 28, 1922) was an American attorney and local political figure who, from 1896 to 1897, served as mayor of Pittsfield, the largest city and county seat of Massachusetts' Berkshire County. A native of Pittsfield, Hawkins was the son of William T. Hawkins and his wife Harriet E. Foxcroft.[1] He received his A.B. from Williams College in 1884 and his L.L.B. from Columbia Law School in 1886. Following his bar exams, he opened a law firm in his hometown and, on October 7, 1891, married Helen A. Rich. Following his 1896–97 term as mayor, he continued with his law practice and also served as vice president of Berkshire Life Insurance Company. At the age of 59, he committed suicide at his law office in Pittsfield by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver.[2] See also
Notes1. ^{{Citation| last= Albert Nelson Marquis Albert Nelson Marquis | title =Who's who in New England, Volume 3. Second Edition, HAWKINS, Walter Foxcroft| page = 525. | publisher = A. N. Marquis & Company| location = Chicago, Il. | year =1915}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title=Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts | before=John Crawford Crosby| after=William W. Whiting| years=1896–1897}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Walter Foxcroft}}{{Massachusetts-mayor-stub}}2. ^{{Citation| last=Boston Globe | title =FORMER MAYOR KILLS HIMSELF Walter F. Hawkins, Leading Pittsfield Lawyer Found Dead in Chair With Revolver on Floor Vice President Berkshire Life Insurance Co| page = 1. | publisher = The Boston Globe | location = Boston, Ma. | date = December 29, 1922}} 8 : Mayors of Pittsfield, Massachusetts|American politicians who committed suicide|Suicides by firearm in Massachusetts|Williams College alumni|Columbia Law School alumni|1863 births|1922 deaths|Male suicides |
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