Henry B. Lovering Explained

Henry Bacon Lovering
Image Name:Henry B. Lovering (cropped).png
State:Massachusetts
Term Start:March 4, 1883
Term End:March 3, 1887
Preceded:Eben F. Stone
Succeeded:Henry Cabot Lodge
Office2:18th
Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
Term Start2:January 3, 1881
Term End2:January 1, 1883
Office3:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term3:1872
1874
Birth Date:April 8, 1841
Birth Place:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Death Place:Wakefield, Massachusetts
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Phillips Exeter Academy
Spouse:Abby J. Clifford
Allegiance:United States of America
Union
Branch:Union Army
Unit:Eighth Massachusetts Regiment
Third Massachusetts Cavalry
Battles:American Civil War
Signature:Henry B. Lovering signature.png

Henry Bacon Lovering (April 8, 1841  - April 5, 1911) was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life and education

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lovering attended the public schools of Lynn, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.

During the Civil War; Lovering enlisted in 1862 in the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served out his term. He reenlisted in the Third Massachusetts Cavalry and served until the Battle of Winchester; where he lost his left leg.

Political career

Lovering served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1872 and 1874. He was a member of the Lynn, Massachusetts Board of Assessors in 1879 and 1880. Lovering served as the 18th Mayor of Lynn in 1881 and 1882. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883  - March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. Lovering was Chairmen of the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention of 1886 and the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1887. In 1888, Lovering was appointed United States Marshal for Massachusetts by President Cleveland, serving until the Republicans returned to power in 1891. Lovering was Warden of the State prison 1891–1893, United States pension agent at Boston 1894–1898, Sealer of weights and measures for the city of Boston, Massachusetts from 1902 to 1905, and Superintendent of the Chardon Street Soldiers' Home at Boston from 1905 to 1907.

Death and Burial

Lovering moved to Wakefield, Massachusetts, in 1907, where he died at the residence of his son on April 5, 1911. Lovering was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts.

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