Henry Converse Atwill Explained

Henry Converse Atwill
Office:Massachusetts Attorney General
Governor:David I. Walsh
Samuel W. McCall
Predecessor:Thomas J. Boynton
Successor:J. Weston Allen
Term Start:1915
Term End:1919
Office2:District Attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts
Predecessor2:W. Scott Peters
Successor2:Michael A. Sullivan
Term Start2:1911
Term End2:1915
Birth Date:March 11, 1872
Birth Place:Lynn, Massachusetts
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Alma Mater:Boston University School of Law
Party:Republican
Profession:Lawyer

Henry Converse Atwill (1872–1936) was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1915 to 1919. He was born in Lynn in 1872.[1]

Atwill served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1899 to 1901. From 1905 to 1910 he was an Assistant District Attorney in Essex County, Massachusetts. When District Attorney W. Scott Peters retired, Atwill was elected to succeed him.[1] As Essex County DA, Atwill oversaw the prosecution of Joseph James Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, and Joseph Caruso for the murder of Anna Lopizzo during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike.[2]

Atwill was elected Attorney General in 1914. He resigned in 1919 and Henry A. Wyman completed his term.[3] He died November 1, 1936.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts . 1919 . The Boston Review .
  2. News: HEARD GUN TALK BY ETTOR.; Reporters Testify to Incendiary Speeches of Lawrence Strike Leader. . . February 10, 1912 . 2010-04-11 .
  3. Bostonia . 19-21 . 72 . 2010-04-11 . 1918 .
  4. Book: Essex Institute Historical Collections. Essex Institute. Peabody & Essex Museum. 1939. 75. Essex Institute Press. 0014-0953. 2015-07-19.