Enos K. Sawyer Explained

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.

Biography

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]

Notes

  1. The N. H. State Government of 1913–14 . The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress . XLV . 3–4 . 71–73 . Concord, New Hampshire . March–April 1913 . 2023-03-01 . Google Books.
  2. Book: One Thousand New Hampshire Notables . Henry Harrison . Metcalf . Frances M. . Abbott . The Rumford Printing Company . 295–297 . 1919 . 2023-03-01 . Internet Archive.
  3. News: Enos K. Sawyer Dies Suddenly at Meeting; One of New Hampshire's Loading Democrats . 17 . . Franklin, New Hampshire . March 3, 1933 . 2023-03-01 . Newspapers.com.

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