Henry King Braley | |
Appointer: | Winthrop Murray Crane |
Office: | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
Term Start: | December 1902 |
Term End: | January 17, 1929 |
Predecessor: | Marcus Perrin Knowlton |
Office2: | Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court |
Appointer2: | William Russell |
Term Start2: | 1891 |
Term End2: | 1902 |
Office3: | Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts |
Term Start3: | 1882 |
Term End3: | 1883 |
Predecessor3: | Robert Henry |
Successor3: | Milton Reed |
Birth Date: | March 17, 1850 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, Massachusetts |
Death Date: | January 17, 1929 |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Party: | Democratic |
Profession: | Attorney |
Spouse: | Caroline W. Leach |
Children: | Abner L. Braley |
Signature: | Henry King Braley signature.png |
Henry King Braley (March 17, 1850 - January 18, 1929) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.
Braley was appointed as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the place of Marcus Perrin Knowlton. Knowlton had been elevated to the position of Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Braley was born in Rochester, Massachusetts to Samuel Tripp Braley and Mary A. (King) Braley on March 17, 1850. He got his early education at Pierce Academy and Rochester Academy. He was married to Caroline W. Leach on April 29, 1875 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[1]
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