Enos Kittredge Sawyer | |
Office: | New Hampshire Secretary of State |
Term Start: | 1923 |
Term End: | 1925 |
Successor2: | George I. Haselton |
Office3: | Member of the New Hampshire Senate District 6 |
Term Start4: | 1909 |
Term End4: | 1910 |
Majority4: | 77 (1909) |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1879 |
Death Place: | Franklin, New Hampshire |
Profession: | Grocery business |
Enos Kittredge Sawyer (August 24, 1879 – March 2, 1933) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Franklin, New Hampshire, President of the New Hampshire Senate[1] and as the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Sawyer was born on August 24, 1879, in Franklin, New Hampshire, to George W. and Louise C. (Barnes) Sawyer.[1]
Sawyer was educated in Franklin High School, Phillips Academy and Dartmouth College.[1]
1n 1908 Sawyer was elected the Mayor of Franklin, New Hampshire, by 77 votes.
After he left Dartmouth College, Sawyer went to work in his father's meat, grocery, and provision business.[1]
On February 28, 1911, Sawyer married Mabel E. White of Somerville, Massachusetts, who was a teacher in the Franklin schools.[1]
In 1912 Sawyer was elected to the New Hampshire Senate from District 6.[2] In 1913 Sawyer was chosen as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, Sawyer was the first Democrat elected as Senate President since 1876[1] and he was the last Democrat elected until 1999.
In 1918 Sawyer was appointed the Director of the United States Employment Service in New Hampshire and Vermont.[2]
Sawyer died in Franklin, New Hampshire, on March 2, 1933.[3]