Martin Brimmer II | |
Office: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 3rd Suffolk district |
Term Start: | January 6, 1864 |
Term End: | January 4, 1865 |
Predecessor: | Peter Harvey |
Successor: | Francis E. Parker |
Office1: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 6th Suffolk district |
Term Start1: | January 5, 1859 |
Term End1: | January 2, 1861 |
Predecessor1: | John Albion Andrew George P. Clapp |
Alongside1: | Thornton K. Lothrop (1859) |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | December 9, 1829 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Martin Brimmer (December 9, 1829 – January 14, 1896) was an American politician and first president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[1]
Martin Brimmer was born in Boston on December 9, 1829, the son of Martin Brimmer, Mayor of Boston.[2] He started his studies at Harvard University and graduated in 1849.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1859-1861 and the Massachusetts State Senate in 1864. He was a presidential elector in the US election of 1876. He also served on the Citizens' Relief Committee following the Great Boston fire of 1872.[3]
He died in Boston on January 14, 1896.[3]