Stephen H. Rhodes Explained

Stephen Holbrook Rhodes
Term Start:June 19, 1867
Term End:1870
Birth Date:November 7, 1825
Death Place:Brookline, Massachusetts
Office2:Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Term Start2:1870
Term End2:1871
Office3:Member of the
Taunton, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward One
Term Start3:1867
Term End3:June 19, 1867
Predecessor3:Edgar H. Reed
Successor3:Abram Biggs
Office4:4th President of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Term Start4:March 1879
Term End4:June 11, 1909
Predecessor4:George Thornton
Successor4:Roland O. Lamb
Title5:11th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts
Term Start5:December 8, 1874
Term End5:March 12, 1879
Successor5:Julius L. Clarke
Spouse:E. M. Godfry
Signature:Signature of Stephen Holbrook Rhodes.png

Stephen Holbrook Rhodes (November 7, 1825 – June 11, 1909) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate, as the second Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts, and as the fourth President of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Early life

Rhodes was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1825, to Stephen and Betsy (Bird) Rhodes.

Family life

Rhodes married E. M. Godfry in Taunton, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1847.

Death

Rhodes died on June 11, 1909, at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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